In my last journal, I talked about how Metlife finally reached a decision regarding my case, and determined that I am in fact, disabled.

What they were supposed to do was send me a bunch of checks right away. But for some reason, there was some piece of information that was wrong, clogging up the pipeline and preventing that money from going out. I called one of the main folks in charge, who has been overseeing my case. They were just as confused as I was. They had no idea why on earth this was happening, and they were absolutely determined to fix it. Frustrated, the case manager put her foot down and told me they'd have this solved tomorrow morning.

And they did! I got a call the next day, with the best news I've heard in a very long time:

"You are good to go, the payments are approved. We will be sending you $9600 in backpay as well as your normal payments until you are better."

I knew they owed me quite a bit, but I did NOT think it was that much! Needless to say, I am absolutely floored.

Obviously this is incredibly good news. Finally I'll be able to breathe! With that, combined with everyone's support, I should be able to safely cover a lot of the medical bills I need to pay, and my rent for many months. On top of that, the additional pay Metlife will be sending me should make sure I don't have to worry about expenses as much. At least until I am healed and able to work.

I'm currently applying for medicaid, and should hopefully have that coverage soon. That should make sure that most of my future medical expenses stay low. Right now I have no insurance at all for a bit, but the wheels are turning and hopefully all goes well.

My only fear in this gap of time where I am uninsured, is that the injections I need might cost an absolute fortune. I'm hoping they don't, or that I can delay things until I'm covered, but we shall see.

Regardless, this is utterly fantastic news! I want to thank everyone for helping me, making sure that I was ok while all of this BS was happening. This should buy me enough time to get a lot of stuff in order, and I'm hoping this is where things turn for the better. I want to make so much stuff for all of you to enjoy!

I'll keep you all posted if anything changes. Thank you again, you all mean so much to me <3