Gofundme

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Levelling out

I’m relieved to say that I’m all good on my bills. Or at least in a far better position.  I fell a bit short of my goal but it was well worth doing. The whole point was to soften the blow from hospital bills and being unemployed for a month, which it did (a profuse thanks to all the amazing people in my life ). I’m healing up quite well too. I saw the Doctor yesterday and she says that if things keep up the way they’ve been doing I should be able to start working again in two weeks.  

It’s been a rough few weeks but as the title implies things are almost back to normal.  I’m almost done with antibiotics and my pain level is virtually nonexistent at this point. 

My dominant mentality is one of gratitude lately. I’m so grateful for everyone’s help which enabled me to focus on getting better without so much of the worrying I’m frequently prone to. 

That’d be it for now. I’m damn fortunate and well aware of it 🙂

Game on!

-Thom 

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Floored

Truly I am.  The response to my Gofundme page has been amazing.  Since Saturday I’ve gotten three quarters of the way to my goal. It’s really incredible the way friends and family have stepped up to help me through this difficult time.  

I saw the Foot Surgeon Monday and she said I’m looking at about another month of recovery and healing.  I’m chomping at the bit to go back to work but it’ll have to wait a few more weeks while my foot heals up where the abcess was drained.

I’m really touched that so many people thought of me. Even with my insurance this still ended up costing me a pretty penny and I’m overjoyed that I don’t really need to agonize about much outside of getting better.

I’m still off my RA meds while I’m finishing up the antibiotics,  so all I can do about that is ibuprofen and the occasional prednisone.  Even the prednisone I’m being sparing with as it can inhibit healing. Thankfully I haven’t been flaring up too much lately.  That, and my darling Shannon has been so amazing and accommodating throughout this process.  I’ll be alright,  just gotta stay focused and be patient. 

To everyone who donated or shared the link, thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart. 

-Thom

PS: One more share for luck:

https://www.gofundme.com/help-thom-pay-his-hospital-bills?lang=en

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Promoting and Whoring

Is kinda my MO lately. Amazingly enough,  my Gofundme page netted some decent funds on the first day. Apparently a lot of people care about me, one donation was from an ex who I haven’t seen in over a decade.  So yeah,  happy with it so far but still a long way to the 2000$ goal. Here’s the link again, anything is always profusely appreciated. 

https://www.gofundme.com/help-thom-pay-his-hospital-bills
Regards –

Thom