• Mario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Oh I’ve had the diagnosis for a few years, and I’ve totally adhered to the dietary restrictions I was given. If I so much as question whether cross contamination may have taken place, I don’t eat the food.

    I’m pretty well stable now and no longer shitting myself. But I know I’m at greater risk of things like colon cancer, which is something that my family has a history of.

    My insurance would “cover” it in that it would go towards my deductible, but that’s still thousands of dollars, and we had to buy a furnace this year because ours died. I’m thinking about going and having it done in Mexico. I have in-laws there.

    Edit: They did more than just blood tests. I’m not going to post all my lab results here obviously, but I can tell you I took shit samples there more than once, and amid all these tests all I could think about was the cost.

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      9 months ago

      My wife has a chronic illness with expensive drugs.

      Healthcare is around 35% of our families gross income when you include in the cost my employer pays, what I pay, plus deductable and copays.

      I avoid going to the Dr as much as possible because I have a separate deductible. If I went for everything I should it would be closer to 40% of our gross income.

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        9 months ago

        That country is fucked up. You people really have to come together and demand universal healthcare, as impossible as that sounds.