My husband was the breadwinner, earning three times as much as me. He was working through an agency for a client that decided they needed to cut back on their spending and my husband was basically laid off. A couple of months later he was diagnosed with bone cancer and began an aggressive and rigorous chemotherapy treatment. In November he had surgery to remove the affected bone and put in a prosthetic. He just finished the last required round of chemo and wants to do the optional four, which would mean it will be July 13th before he’s done and mid-October before he regains his strength.
We received money from family and through careful management (thanks hubby!) we’ve made it this far without having to go further into debt, except for medical bills.
While he is job hunting, there is no telling when he will definitely be finished with chemo (as his body is not rebounding like it used to) and no telling when he’ll be hired and working.
We have $7,753 in savings, $7,519 in medical bills to pay (although I could negotiate down and apply for assistance) and our spending is up since my husband is now networking/job hunting. If we could sip just $2k from savings each month, we’d make it to August, but then what?
I also just remembered that we’ll need to pay for childcare during the summer. 😣
What strategies can I employ the bridge this gap between almost out of money to husband bringing home some bacon?
Submitted April 29, 2019 at 10:44AM by Amissa http://bit.ly/2UNukhG
