I just HAVE to share with all my supportive friends here....

okthen
okthen Member Posts: 232
in Colorectal Cancer #1
I got my mail today...I have come to HATE getting my mail...full of Medical Bills, and what has seemed like turn down after turn down from foundations who never seem to have any money left once they get to my application for financial/medical bill help.

Any how, got my mail. 3 letters from our cancer center.

1st one-new schedule for Jacks chemo.

2nd one- application for colorectal care.

I knew the third one had to be THE bill...I had been warned verbally while talking to my patient advocate there that our bill was approaching 6000.00...:C

You will never guess!! Go Ahead...you'll never guess!! (((O:

It was a letter informing me that our bill for 5273.23 has been reduced to

!!! 0.00 !!!
ZERO
NADA
ZILCHO
NUU UU UU THING!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!! With all ya'lls prayers and well wishes and hugs and love and caring, this wonderful thing has happened.

I am sorry to sound so excited about money, but I KNOW that you that are going through this financial stress will "get it". (O:

Thank you Lord, thank you friends, I am so so so appreciative!

I hope someday I will be able to give back to someone, give to help someone so that they too can feel this load lifted from their shoulders.

Bless you all!!
Chriss and Jack

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  • pscott1
    pscott1 Member Posts: 207 Member
    #2
    Chriss, That is wonderful
    Chriss, That is wonderful news. I am a single parent and have just started this journey of medical bills from hell....I feel the same as you; maybe someday we will be in a position to help someone else. You have every reason to celebrate!!!

    Pam
  • Love2Cats
    Love2Cats Member Posts: 127
    #3
    Cha ching
    Yeah! I'm doing my happy dance for you guys! Now take yourselves out to a nice dinner and celebrate.
  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
    #4
    pscott1 said:

    Chriss, That is wonderful
    Chriss, That is wonderful news. I am a single parent and have just started this journey of medical bills from hell....I feel the same as you; maybe someday we will be in a position to help someone else. You have every reason to celebrate!!!

    Pam

    OK.....Cryin and eatin supper just don't cut it ................
    Chriss.........It happens all the time, just when you think its over.....BOOM...something good comes.....it sure came at a great time too .........Enjoy the thoughtfulness of where ever it came from....and yeah, Miracles do happen don't they !!!

    love to you both, buzz
  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #5
    Woo Hoo!
    I'm so glad to hear some good news. And believe me money worries with this cancer are real concerns. YAY for you!!
  • dianelynn41
    dianelynn41 Member Posts: 71
    #6
    Love2Cats said:

    Cha ching
    Yeah! I'm doing my happy dance for you guys! Now take yourselves out to a nice dinner and celebrate.

    wonderful
    That is great news.
    Should make for a great weekend.
    Diane
  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #7
    What a Blessing:)
    Well, Chris, you are officially hired to come help me and Kim run our medical bills down - what a surprise for sure!

    Something really good happened to have that bill wiped away....good for you both and may it fuel you both further down this long ol' road we're all on.

    Let me know if you guys get to town - maybe next week, I'll be feeling better, just took chemo and barely made it through work this week - knockin' me around pretty good, but next week should be better - at least enough to say hello and grab a bite - on us:)

    -Craig
  • okthen
    okthen Member Posts: 232
    #8
    Sundanceh said:

    What a Blessing:)
    Well, Chris, you are officially hired to come help me and Kim run our medical bills down - what a surprise for sure!

    Something really good happened to have that bill wiped away....good for you both and may it fuel you both further down this long ol' road we're all on.

    Let me know if you guys get to town - maybe next week, I'll be feeling better, just took chemo and barely made it through work this week - knockin' me around pretty good, but next week should be better - at least enough to say hello and grab a bite - on us:)

    -Craig

    Thank you all for
    Thank you all for celebrating with me!
    I wish this would happen for everyone, anyone going through this deserves this help..

    I called my advocate, Lisa, to thank her and she said she wished she could do more, really touched my heart.

    Craig, I am sorry your having a rough week, hope it's better pronto. We find out Monday if we get to come up...or down actually...lol..our youngest started track and of all things they are saying there will be practice during spring break. It would be not next week but the one after that. Please no stress about it though...if it works out for you guys great, if it doesn't I understand!!

    Chriss
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #9
    okthen said:

    Thank you all for
    Thank you all for celebrating with me!
    I wish this would happen for everyone, anyone going through this deserves this help..

    I called my advocate, Lisa, to thank her and she said she wished she could do more, really touched my heart.

    Craig, I am sorry your having a rough week, hope it's better pronto. We find out Monday if we get to come up...or down actually...lol..our youngest started track and of all things they are saying there will be practice during spring break. It would be not next week but the one after that. Please no stress about it though...if it works out for you guys great, if it doesn't I understand!!

    Chriss

    Congratulations Chriss
    you deserve!
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #10
    Wonderful New
    Am so happy that you have found someone who could help with the financial side of this fight. I can totally relate.

    I almost didn't have my surgery last year because I have no insurance and just wasn't sure how I would ever pay for it. Thanks to a couple of helpful advocates I was able to get by with only having to pay about 20%. While that was a lot, it was still better than the total bill.

    Hugs to you and Jack and I hope that your advocate can continue to work miracles for you both.

    Hugs,

    Marie who loves kitties
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #11
    wonderful news!
    Oh, how wonderful to get news like that in the mail!
    Reminds me of when I got the call that my not only would the chemo I'd been fighting for would get covered, but they'd reimburse the out of pocket expense we'd paid for 3 treatments. That was a great day for mail when we got that reimbursement check!
    I'm sooo glad for you- wonderful news!

    Lisa
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #12
    Awesome!
    Chriss,

    That is quite a gift; I am happy for you!
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #13
    That's great!
    Wonderful!!!!

    *hgus*
    Gail

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