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Jen take a deep breath and chill out for a moment,too much too fast. Sorry for all that's going on in your life right now but it is right now and things really DO look different in the light of day. You have a lot of issues and you will have to deal with them one at a time,biggest issue first. We have a few good members here that are great at all the insurance and Medicaid stuff and once they have a chance to welcome you and read your troubles I'm sure they'll have a good idea of what you need to do. Who sent you the letter that says you can't afford the insurance? There generally are ways around things but your not seeing them right now due to your pain and state of mind,hopelessness is something most of us have experienced and came out the other side just fine.

As for the kids we have a good deal of CP parents here who have managed to do an awesome job of raising awesome kids. I finished raising my 5 and I had a newborn preemie as my youngest. All my girls are wonderfully empathic adults who have a great trait of serving mankind. Yeah we did things different at our house but we still kept up with the joneses. Kids are resilient and can adapt better than we can.

I have to say that I'm not seeing any kind of issues that warrant checking out of those kids lives and believe me that living and adjusting to the changes your CP has will NOT have anything close to the impact on them that your checking out on them will have.

Pain can blur the light of the future but we have all came through the darkness and amazed we survived pain that seemed like it was killing us!! I refer to those as my Kevorkian days and that's no joke but I knew if I just could make it one more hour and then one more day I would make it year after year. Think small,minutes and hours not next month and you will find a way to deal with it using any means available. We put a lot of research and time into finding the correct program to treat our pain issues and then we have to accept what's left as just being what it is.

Healing thoughts to you this night.

Hi Jenpen, so sorry to hear of all the troubles. Most hospitals have charity care programs and cannot deny treatment based on ability to pay. I've torn both rotator cuffs and know that pain. Get a sling that has a strap that goes around the waist too. Then, roll a towel and put it in your armpit. It's a better position for an untreated shoulder injury. Ice, ice and more ice! Call your local legal services office. They can help you with your application for SSD or SSI. Don't try to do it alone. You sound like you have great kids. Even as limited as we are, they need us. Don't quit. Miracles happen every day. Medicaid qualifications have changed and you may very well qualify now. Won't know until you try.

I looked at your older posts and you mentioned being in San Antonio. If you are still in that same County, here's a link that may help you. If not, perhaps someone there can direct you.

http://www.universityhealthsystem.com/about-university-health-system/our-history

Who did you receive the letter from and what did it say ? Were you on Medicaid ? If there have been no income changes, I don't understand why you were dropped. If you lost insurance coverage you had, you don't have to wait for open Enrollment. There are free and sliding scale clinics. There is also help through patient assistance programs. Although the criteria varies. There are also drug discount cards. These discounts are the difference between many, many peope being able to have their meds and not have them. There is also GoodRx website. Exactly what does the letter say about why you lost your coverage ?