So I have secured a Rheumatologist appointment in a week or so and am arranging for my files to be sent over. I’m also attempting to get a prescription of my latest sample medication and hoping that will help me. The good news is that this is the quickest appointment turn around I have gotten in a while. Thank goodness I’m still piggybacking off the family insurance thanks to my student-status or I would be very out of luck. A lot of my friends have been losing their health insurance and it seems a really sticky spot to be in- too old to depend on your parents but too young to have a job with a good insurance policy if you are still in school. And while most schools require/offer some medical coverage, it is not ideal and generally keeps them from going to a doctor unless “absolutely necessary.” And dental? vision? ha, right.
I feel like this college age group gets forgotten a lot. There is no real economic help coming for student loans while banks get giant bail outs. The job market is a tough one, especially if you can’t afford a degree. OR you might have a degree and a job, but maybe it doesn’t pay enough to cover your monthly loan repayments.
Right now I am an unemployed student, not for lack of trying. This is the first time I’ve been jobless since about halfway through high school and I hate it. No one here seems to be hiring and my BA feels laughable at the moment. I am overqualified to run a cash register or shelve things, and have experience in those areas…
All the jobs I did have, though? I paid taxes. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect more from a government that I have no choice but to invest in.
In the meantime it’s a lot of pennypinching:
-Keeping the lights off in the apartment (common electricity sense)
-Not running the heat or the AC ( So far I’ve done pretty well with this, but it’s starting to get colder out. My apartment has old baseboard heating that I know will be ridiculous, but I’m not sure if a space heater is the way to go. I’ve added two blankets to the bed this week.)
-Eating what I have in the pantry and avoiding the grocery store until I can’t anymore
-Using online texts instead of buying books
-No “extras.” I don’t subscribe to cable, internet, or phone at home.
Tags: college, fibromyalgia, health, insurance, money matters
