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kiraelric · 7 years

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Personal Crap Below cut. - long post -

Okay I need to get this off my chest before it explodes.

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do at this point.

My husband received a back injury on the 14th of November of last year. We believed it was a simply pulled muscle but almost three months later we’re still doing this.

It started in his mid-lower back from lifting a box of crowns (bottle caps, he works for a Brewery). He felt something twinge and he finished his shift. He went back into work the next day and his back was still sore and bothering him so after about 3 hours of his shift, his team leader sent him home with a doctor’s appointment the next day.

The Doctor told him he had a strain, put him on some medication and sent him on his way. He was home for two weeks due to his restrictions and his medication making him dizzy. We’ve seen the doctor every week since Nov. 14th. (excluding the holiday week). By week 3, my husband mentioned that his pain was crawling upwards and it felt like he had constant heartburn - to which the doctor informed him that he had a chest wall strain. Well he was sent to start Physical Therapy on Dec. 28th and has gone twice a week since + his doctor’s appointment.

He was on a 10lbs weight restriction, nothing that involves his depth perception and no operating heavy machinery - including driving. No continuous setting, no continuous standing, etc etc. He can’t even pick up our cat.

Well after speaking with both my husband and the Physical Therapist, the doctor was made aware of a tingling pain sensation going down my husband’s left arm. He was scheduled for his first MRI on Saturday Jan 14th.

The MRI operator asked my husband if he had ever had any neck injuries after he was done, to which my husband replied “not that I’m aware of” and then we had to set on that until the 19th. The Doctor then explained that was because he has what is referred to as “The Chiari Malformation.” But an extremely minor case of it. Because of this, the doctor we had been seeing for two months decided to send up to a specialist. So now we’re at a fancier doctor that is even further away. This doctor has moved his PT sessions to his office so he can keep a closer eye on my husband, changed around his medication, given him an EMG test last Thursday and scheduled him for his 2nd MRI on Sunday. (Tomorrow)

Now despite the fact that these tests and such are on workmen’s comp, that doesn’t change the fact that he’s on a No driving restriction, and this is murdering us on gas. He’s been at work, but instead of doing his usual position and getting the overtime he normally work, he has been working desk work with HR, and as such his weeks have become shorter and thus he’s getting much less pay.

We got lucky last month with car insurance, realizing that I sat it up on a four month pay plan and we don’t have to pay on it again until March, but that doesn’t stop other bills like rent, food, electricity, etc. This month was also other such bills like driver’s license and license plate renewal due to my birthday being the 23rd.

So that brings me to the problem. We have exactly enough money from his last pay check to make rent. Nothing else. He gets paid every two weeks, and luckily we got food from my parents. So at least there’s that.

But he’s our only true source of income.

I was injured in a car accident in 2014, and I can’t formally work. So I take on art and costume commissions to make extra money. My creative skill is literally all I have to offer, and while selling shirts on Redbubble and Teepublic bring in a small amount of extra money it’s normally not enough to help much. I have opened Costume Commissions completely to the public, and I am working on posting a formal post for true Art Commissions instead of just my emergency commissions.

However, functioning as is caretaker right now there is literally only so much I can do. He still has back pain, and sometimes ends up taking a half day at work due to being in so much pain. We’re barely scraping by and it’s stressing me out. The other complication we just ran into is, I have 1 pill left of my antidepressants for my Bipolar but I need to go to the doctor to get more, and I need money to do that. We don’t even have the money to pick up my new glasses that have been setting at the eye doctor for about a week now.

We have about a half tank of gas and four appointments and work to go to in the coming week. He will not get paid until the 11th. So that’s three more appointments and another week of work. After rent we will have $7.

I want to cry. I want to scream.

I did our taxes, but I don’t know when the refund will be here so I can’t bank on it. I can’t take that chance. So to say I’m stressed is a little bit of an understatement. I have found myself unable to sleep or care for myself, due to being constantly on call to care for my husband.

So I guess what I’m asking is when I post things for costume commissions / Art commissions please seriously read them and reblog them if you cannot help. I am purposely taking on more than I normally would just to make some extra money. Before my accident, I worked a professional seamstress so I promise quality in my work, and I am an animation major so I get obsessive with my art work.

#Personal crap #rambling #home life #i need help #and i'm acknowledging that #i'm stressed out guys and i don't know what else to do anymore.#as i have a panic attack while i write this

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