Posted by zenhussy on July 5, 2003, at 0:34:52
In reply to Re: Spiraling into the Pit of Despair » noa, posted by Penny on July 4, 2003, at 22:38:58
> Haven't asked my therapist, but my pdoc is charging me on a sliding scale, which I'm so thankful for. I hesistate to bring it up with her, though I guess I could. It's hard for me to say things like that. I was just talking to my pdoc about my financial situation and he said, "Well, until you get on your feet, I'll just charge you a nominal fee and write off the rest of what you would pay me." He gets a good amount from insurance, fortunately.
Penny,
My finances still are a wreck but when they were even worse a while back I deferred all payments to both pdoc and therapist (both now former as I have moved on to other people who 'fit' me better now) and went several months without paying either. I didn't have insurance and was in quite the financial pickle.
As ma has always said " the answer is no unless you ask". Well it took tremendous courage to ask both pdoc and therapist if I could stop paying them so that I could afford rent and food and both were more than happy to suspend payments for a few months. It relieved some financial woes for a bit and helped me stabilize for a bit.
Hang tough cookie.
zenhussy
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