My Chronic Life

Since I’ve been going through the unknown illness, I’ve been racking up medical bills. Even with very good health insurance, my constant need for new medications, blood draws and dr. visits, have really eaten up a good chunk of our budget. Then there’s the big mistake we made at the end of last year.

Call it one of those really bad brain fog moments. Call it stupidity. Call it a bad choice. But, we forgot to sign up for my husband’s company’s Flexible Spending Account (FSA). That would have paid all of our medical expenses that our insurance doesn’t cover plus over the counter items too. It even includes eye glasses.

We just totally forgot about the deadline and missed it. Now we’re scrambling to pay for these bills, as well as save for our daughter’s wedding next year. We’re thinking of finding a credit card with a zero or low interest balance transfer so we can pay things off and have money to try to save too.

For anyone with a chronic illness if you are able to take part in an FSA, take advantage of it!