Hello folks, I am a young cancer survivor, I was 34 when diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and now I am 39, I am currently in remission and trying to keep it that way, but I am unable to get health insurance and because I "work" for a living and don’t sit on my ass, I don’t qualify for any state or Federal aid programs, and the Major Risk Medical Insurance program in CA where I live is still way too expensive and my employer doesn’t offer insurance. I am forced to try and get health insurance on my own, and as no company will take me on, I have been trying to pay out of pocket since 2006. Things have reached critical mass as now I don’t even have any more available balances on my credit cards for even a modicum of basic care and follow up. That’s the scoopage on me and below is a rambling bit on a dream I recently had – oh it was so great, it was euphoric, it was utopia, but it ended as all good dreams do, by waking up to my life just as it was when I went to sleep the night before, and that just totally sucks.
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