July Check In & Surgery Update
August 26th, 2024 at 02:08 pmDebts
Mortgage -$111,228.39 (-$244.92)
Land Loan -$7,206.90 (-$199.98)
Savings
Roth IRAs +$35, 798 (+$731)
401K +$71,326 (+$1,797)
Emergency Fund +$13,320 (+$3,025)
Animal Fund +$2,511 (+$1,204)
Car Fund +$0 (0)
HSA +$1,646 (+$417)
Overall: +$7,618.90
Late to the update but better late than never.
July was pretty crazy. I did end up going across the country for surgery, and they did not find what they were expecting. What they did find was that my lung was so damaged and diseased that they made the last-minute decision to take it out the next day. So I did get the lobectomy after all, but unexpectedly. Then I developed pancreatitis and it was the worst pain of my entire life. (I've had two non-medicated child births) I writhed and cried and was incoherent for a full week from pain. I had some other complications but eventually did get to go home. Healing was slow and I was unable to lift anything or drive for a month. My husband had to take off for four weeks to care for me. So thankful for the money people gave us that was able to cover job loss and also the plane tickets, hotel stay, food, etc.
I am doing much better now. My pancreatitis is finally mostly better. I no longer cough which is so weird, and I'm hopeful that without my diseased lung maybe I will be "cured." Time will tell. I'm still regaining my stamina back from the complications and I'm still healing. I get my heart stent put in in a couple weeks. I'm ready for this all to be behind me and hopefully have a happier healthier life.
Since getting home I've had covid and some other virus, which kind of stinks. But now on the mend. My diseased lung was full of open sores and pus and chronic infection, so maybe if I don't have to constantly fight that anymore my immune system will get better once everything is healed. That's the hope anyway.