Separation - Continued

Today I spoke with Jason Smith in HR at Palmetto Health Baptist. He gave me a lot of good information and all is not as bad as I thought it could be. My health insurance expires on April 21st, so my scans that will be done on Monday the 16th and my next Doctor's visit on the 20th will all be covered. The question is, my next chemo visit is scheduled for the 24th of April; will I have coverage from Cindy's insurance for that visit? At $3,600/visit we would soon run through our savings. I pray that the transition will go smoothly.

We get to keep our account with the Credit Union at work. I am SO happy about that. Those folks do an excellent job and all of our finacial stuff is wrapped up with them. If we would have had to get new accounts and move our loans we'd be in very bad shape.

My disability payments are to transition to full disability now that I am six months out. I am also eligible for Social Security payments and Medicare coverage if I draw Social Security. I will decide whether to act on this after meeting with Dr. McElveen on the 20th. Since the information I will have from that visit will impact so many things I just have to wait and see. Likewise, I have money in my retirement account that I might get to use, but only if the word from the Doctor is that my cancer is still not cured and I will require months more treatment, or that my cancer has not responded to treatment and that I have only several months left to live would I then get those funds.

So many unsure things spinning around, but I find my rock and my anchor in the Lord. I am calm and certain that all of this will sort itself out. There is still a fairly good chance that I could return to work in a few weeks. All of this I leave to God to determine and I trust in Him.

I will let you all know more after my Doctor's visit on the 20th. We are headed up to visit with Alan and Shorty on the 20th as soon as we get out of the Doctor's office, so the post will be made from their house on the 21st. Keep me in your prayers and trust that God will give the answer that is best.

Your brother in Christ,
Mack