My sister has an emergency operation
By bulastika
@bulastika (5966)
Philippines
August 29, 2012 7:12pm CST
Its really frustrating that we have hard making end meets and the worse thing happen. My sister suddenly feel pain in her stomach so we bring her to a hospital and find out that she has a tumor that rapture its damaging her organs and in the end she get a multiple operation to removed those affected organs and clean her stomach to prevent spreading of the tumor.
She's been in emergency room like 13 hours. I'm happy that she is recovering right now but the big problem is were we going to get money to pay hospital bills.
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15 responses
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
At least she was successfully operated. If this situation happened here, people without money won't even be admitted in the hospital much more operated on.
Is there any government health insurance there that could cover the expenses? Maybe there are relatives who could help pitch in to pay for the bills.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
We don't have any insurance. Were clean to the bone. But its good that she is out of the hospital now. We really had to convince her doctor to let her out so that we can pay our bills right away. We just take loans every were even in loan sharks just to make sure that we can pay her hospital bills right away.
@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
30 Aug 12
Hi Toni! Pay Day Loans are the worst, and you should highly avoid them. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommends against them.n If she cannot pay for herself, the hospital may have a hardship program where if she provides them with certain information--they may just allow your to pay a portion. Her local church may be able to help if she shows them the bills.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt139.shtm (FTC warning against Pay Day Loans).
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
@callarse I think you were referring to bulastika and not me. I never mentioned about payday loans since we don't have that thing in my country.
@musicluv4life (1867)
• United States
30 Aug 12
I wouldnt even worry about the money you will figure that out maybe people will donate but, i would just be making sure your sister is getting her rest and everything goes well i wish you the best of luck. I hope everything is ok with your sister as well.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
She is okay now. She already in our house. But she will be back to her doctor this week so that one of the trend will be cut. The doctor will going to try to cut one thread each week until all the thread is removed. And since she has multiple operations that means its going to take months before all the threads is removed.
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
30 Aug 12
HI Bulastika,
Thank god your sister get operated and now she is alright, does your father,brother or sister are working where Govt or Private company find out that they have done insured the family members. Or try a loan from a friend or other sources and settle the bills first and then go for health Insurance policy so that you may not worry about money when some thing happens have a nice day.
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
30 Aug 12
Hi Bulastika,
Thanks for the response, it is quite amazing to know that no body is working in your home. Selling property means any one day you lost everything means last paise after that what you will eat and how you live. It is better to start a business of small grocery shop in the house or grow vegetables in the home, it is difficulty to earn money on online because I am doing since 4 years but nothing earned.Have a nice day.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
none. All of us has no work right now except my brother in law. The rest in our famly has no work only. We only live by selling one property after another. Hoping that we can find way to be rich once again. I'm really hoping that I can find way to make money online and be rich so that this financial problem of ours will be solved.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
31 Aug 12
I'm so sorry to hear about what your sister had been through, but glad also that the tumor had been found earlier and keep it from spreading. I just hope she recovered soon and leave the hospital to keep her hospital bills from increasing. Yes, it's really hard to get sicked this days because of the high cost of treatment. I just hope there are good people you can turn to for help on your sister's hospital bills.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
Actually its already spread and theirs a lot of them already that's why its burst and its damaging her other organs. I'm happy that she is alright now. I hope that she recover soon. Doctor said its going to take three months to fully recover.
@verolop29 (1096)
• United States
30 Aug 12
I'm glad ur sister is doing better. Last year my sister had to have surgery done because her appendix ruptured and it got really bad so we took her to a hospital but no one would see her because she had no way of paying so they refused to do the operation. We took her to another hospital that was farther away and we were pulled over by police and when they found out she was in pain they escorted us to the hospital and she got seen there, which was really good bcuz it was like poison spreading throughout her stomach.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
Is it not against the law to reject a patient simply because he or she does not have money to pay? I think you have right to sue that hospital. But its good that your sister is okay also. I know how painful that is. I hope that hospital will go bankrupt soon.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
31 Aug 12
OMG that is so sad to hear. Did she know she had this tumor in her stomach? That sounds so messed up, she will have to have alot of help and care when she gets out of the hospital too I'm guessing. Did she have insurance? If not maybe the hospital can help her and she can go on charity care. I know how frustrating this is as I've been having trouble making ends meet too and have had a surgery in July with a mass removed. God bless you and her plus the rest of the family. Keep us all updated.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
Years ago she knows but since she does not have money to take an operation and since its small at that time she just waited for the moment that its going to grow big and she going to take the operation. But since she does not have money to go back to the doctor also she don't monitor the progress of her tumor until its bursts.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
30 Aug 12
I am sorry to hear that, but I wish your sister to have a smooth operation and get recovered very soon with tender care. It is very important to have medical insurance. Once you have medical insurance, you won't have to pay as much. Take care, bulastika.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
We don't have any kind of insurance and that's really hurt us most. My sister feel self pity that she don't have insurance as its not only a status symbol that you have one but you really need insurance so some how lower your hospital and doctor expenses.
@ReViewMeMedia (3785)
• United States
30 Aug 12
I hope that you will be able to earn enough money to pay those expensive medical bills, I would suggest doing whatever you can, without loan sharks to earn extra money. Sell stuff, make money online, but don't get yourself in more debt.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
Its easy to say than done. I also want to stop the bleeding but the more I stop the bleeding the more I found holes in my pocket. That's why right now in order to survive we really need a loan shark until we can find a way to pay some of our debt to the level that we can breath.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
I am happy to know that your sister was able to get through her operations successfully. Are you from the Philippines? Coz if you are. I think you can ask help from your Distric Councilors for monetary assistance. it may be not that much, but atleast it could help you. Just try your luck.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
Thanks. But I guess we prefer to do it ourself. We really not good in asking for help from other people no matter how hard that is we always try to solve our problem with out own means.
Anyway my sister is in our house now. Although she need assistance each time she need to go to the bathroom.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
30 Aug 12
It's sad hearing that and i hope that your sister is fine from the operation. I can definitely understand how you feel and my dad also went to hospital because of his health. So this is really important and i hope they all recover very well from that.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
Its really hard to coup with two things. One is to find enough money to pay the bills and same time to find a strength to stay in hospital checking your love ones health get improve or deteriorate. And I really don't understand why but its seems tiring to be in the hospital whole day and whole night. I guess its because you can't sleep knowing that you are looking after a patient.
@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
Thank God that the operation was successful as you have said.Get well soon to her.
It is really important to have annual general check up for us to know the status and condition of our health to prevent any sickness that we have.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
Yeah its really important. Actually we have done this check up every six months when we still financially able but once we don't have money we stop going to the doctor for check up. We are all long over due as the last regular check up we done is two years ago.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
We don't. Its another debt. Its really hard to have debt as the more you are down the more you incur debt the more interest you need to pay the deeper the whole is. I'm hoping that in matter of a day or two I can find another person who I can borrow money to pay our monthly expenses since its the end of the month already.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
Yeah. But I feel like I'm the one who going to get heart attack next. lols. right now I don't feel good. I'm still worrying were to get money to pay our mounting debts. If theirs no hospitalization then I guess some how we can say that we are little breather. But how can we have a breather if we are drowning in debt.
@Trustyguy (69)
• Thailand
30 Aug 12
First of all, sorry to hear about your make end meets thing. But you gotta understand that problem is to be solved not to be stressed out about. Maybe when you are more calm you will be able to find other ways to meet your financial needs really soon. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
That's life. No matter if you like to solve your problem or not you can't do anything about it and you always get stress. I guess stress is uncontrollable. Its not something that you can control at all. Its emotional and that's only can be solve if your problem has a solution.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
16 Sep 12
We are all very happy to know that your sister is recovering right now in spite of having a ruptured tumour. Rupture of a tumour is always life threatening. So you must thank the almighty God that she could be operated in time, any delay could have a disastrous result. I guess she had an ovarian cyst. Am I right? Last but not the least, it is true that medical treatment at private hospitals are now so expensive that most of the common people find it extremely difficult to pay the hospital bills. Have you no health insurance? Is there no government hospital where one can get free treatment? Which country do you belong to?