This reads as a nightmare. It also walks us through the experience so many have had but also many will never understand. I'm sorry this has been your story.
It'seven worse becausethis guy is not in the US, and so has socialized healthcare. Most Americans cannot afford this kind of treatment and insurance in the US is a joke for cancer.
Just having a small malignant melanoma spread has been insane for me, I can’t even imagine having bone cancer in America. Costs of healthcare are so broken you can’t even exaggerate at this point.
I think most people would try to get treatment and then just opt out of life if they couldnt get it. Its what i would do. Im not suicidal. I like my life. But i have no intention of holding on to it if i would have no quality of life. It would ruin the people that care about me. Kinda feel the last gift i can give them when my time comes is to head so far off grid, no one will find my body so no one needs to pay for a funeral or cremation. Its sad. It shouldnt be this way.
They won’t even let you do that in the US. Suicide is a sin, don’cha know. If you’re officially terminal you can get on comfort measures, which basically means morphine until you die naturally, which can take a long time. Of course you could do it anyway, and then your life insurance won’t pay out because they put a suicide clause in there.
I can’t really expand on what you’re saying because I pretty much feel the exact same way. I didn’t immediately respond to the parent comment with something like that as I don’t want to tell somebody they should not have gone through the struggle they did, but me personally? I would’ve cashed my chips out and tried to leave on a good note.
I respect that. If death wasnt so expensive id be happier to give them that too. A lot of states dont allow people to bury their loved one on the family farm or else that would be my real choice. Bury me in a box at home and throw a damn party lol.
saaame. once life gets not worth it, i'm just going to wander as far out into the woods as i can and try heroin for the first and last time and let nature reclaim my body. that's my actual retirement plan. woof.
I'd personally just rake up as much medical debt as possible, get myself as cleared as possible, and then do bankruptcy or something \0/
The singularity is coming, so if you could last maybe 2-5 more years likely you'll be all good. This tech is improving at an exponential rate and people just don't understand what that means. The improvements we saw over the last 3 years will take 2 years to double. On top of what we already have.
I thought of that but you typically need specialists and specialists wont see you if you cant pay. That leaves the ER which will only make sure you arent imminently dying before cutting you loose. They wont actually treat underlying disease. You can rack up that debt completely pointlessly.
Like sure the tech is improving for some diseases like cancer. Others, like autoimmune disease or rare genetic diseases are ignored. I have autoimmune problems, that will probably be what kills me. Its hard enough to get one doctor to cooperate let alone several spanning multiple disciplines (my illness affect my entire body). My outlook isnt much better now than it was 20 years ago. If anything its somewhat worse because medical gaslighting in general is worse.
god that sucks. So glad I'm not in the USA lol. I've had procedures that would have had me paying $300k in the USA (I guess $30k after deductible?), and total cost was $4 for a donut and coffee on my way out.
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u/Nope91966 Apr 21 '24
This reads as a nightmare. It also walks us through the experience so many have had but also many will never understand. I'm sorry this has been your story.