for those who gave a shit and listened and/or offered helpful advise during my little overwhelmed breakdown rant, here are some updates:
my knee:
went to the doctor a few weeks ago. he says i have tendonitis, bursitis (which are each made worse by the other and are what's causing the pain), and "superficial" nerve damage (which is causing the numbness). he says he doesn't think i need xrays or surgery at this point (yay! + knock on wood). he did basic range of motion/poking and proding tests. the good news is, he believes the damage is mostly if not completely reversible. he assured me that yes, those things can cause pain and numbness like this for the 4+ months it's been ongoing. the bad news is, he says if i don't lay off of it i may cause the damage to be permanent and will eventually have a whole lot more trouble and surgery in my future. i told him i've been taking days off here and there, trying to group them together, and he says it's not enough. for this reason, i have been job searching to try and find something that works with school and still pays at least decent. i don't plan on quitting dancing all together, i'm just looking to cut back to once or twice a week. it will be good for me mentally too, i think, since i'm getting burnt out pretty bad. wish me luck on the job front. it's very weird applying for things again. heh.
debt:
all of my debt is medical aside from a really bogus old apartment complex charge i found when doing a credit check, and i plan to fight it. the medical debt i am working on. i set up a payment plan for the largest one and i'm working on settling with the other two smaller ones. one of the companies, however, is being extremely difficult/scammy/threatening ...... and i'm researching my options for dealing with them. to make a long story short, i can pay the amount they said they'd settle for, but they refuse to send me anything in writing first. they say "no collections company is going to do that for you". that's funny, since the other two companies completely agreed to. they also won't let me pay by check (which i want to do for records sake). they said they will only let me pay over the phone by giving them by bank account info. um.......... no. they also put me on hold repeatedly in mid convo and etc. i'm willing to pay them, but am also highly suspicious, so i'm holding off.
boyfriend's tooth (and now my realizing i need to see a dentist):
working on it. trying to find a dental plan we can afford to get the whole mess sorted out. if nothing works out, the dentistry school in gainsville is our most likely option.
school equipment:
once my debt is cleared, i should be able to build credit. i think i'm going to get a secured visa as well in the near future (when my refund hits most likely), and that should help build credit as well (since i have none really). once that's in order, i shouldn't have a problem getting what i need. till then i'm using pirated programs and borrow stuff from friends.
also, adam's new job has allowed him to be able to start paying off student loans (which is 95% of his debt) so his credit should be on it's way to repair as well.
so that's the story right now. if any of you read all that, thanks, really. and, sorry for bitching a few months back, i was just feeling hopeless. i don't mean this in a bad way at all, but you guys (this forum) are kind of "safe" for me because i don't actually know any of you. i don't really discuss my problems in person with people or online with most people... so it was kind of easy to just "let it all out" on here. not to say you all "don't matter" or anything. it's just, different.




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i used to have a couple good regulars who always paid me well for my time ITC... but i can't seem to find/gain any right now.
WTF? now i'm confused. i'm new to this whole collections thing. like i said, i've never owned a credit card or anything. it's all ER bills and crap. i'll look at creditboards tomorrow (i'm about to head to bed)

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