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Medical Expenses, Budget & being broke

October 19th, 2010 at 11:42 pm

After my bills have been paid this pay period, money is pretty tight. I have had a LOT of extra medical expenses. My HSA is about to run out of funds and after I refill my normal prescriptions one last time & pay the last of my ER bills, I will be out of funds and paying cash.

Right now, I have left in my budget:

Groceries: 47.39
Spending: 32.21
Mom Birthday: 40.00
Halloween leftover funds: 0.83
Stamps: 9
Photos for family gift: 7.4
Vacation Money: 37.1
Meds: 8.9

Next week, I am scheduled a week's vacation. However, I have no plans and since my health has not been at its best, I plan on doing very little strenuous activity. I'm debating splitting up the vacation time in case I have more bad health days & need to stay home. I plan on talking to my manager about it tomorrow.

There is very little time open to me for vacation days in Nov & Dec, that I am afraid if I don't use them, I might lose them.

In frugal news, the heat has yet to be turned on. Its starting to get a bit chilly, but so far blankets and an extra layer are doing me just fine!

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5 Responses to “Medical Expenses, Budget & being broke”

  1. alex Says:
    October 19th, 2010 at 11:53 pm 1287532407
    1287532407

    hi.....................
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    alex
    Debt Help

  2. creditcardfree Says:
    October 20th, 2010 at 02:18 am 1287541122
    1287541122

    Sorry that things are not going the best right now. I sure hope you feel better soon.

  3. scottish girl Says:
    October 20th, 2010 at 07:04 pm 1287601461
    1287601461

    Hope you feel better soon Smile

  4. Homebody Says:
    October 21st, 2010 at 04:52 pm 1287679920
    1287679920

    Maybe staying home and relaxing and doing things you enjoy is as good as a vacation. I hope so. I have my own medical problems and have a new diagnosis.... fibromyalgia. I will be blogging soon about it.

  5. Jerry Says:
    October 23rd, 2010 at 12:36 am 1287794207
    1287794207

    We are in the home stretch for the year, at least... I hope that your last med prescription will last a good chunk of it. HSA leads to a lot of help, but it is so hard to know how much to put in it at the start of the year, and if insurance isn't helping then it can get really expensive. Good luck to you!
    Jerry

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