Another it was benign poster.
I go back to work tomorrow, but it has been a scary week with tests and biopsies.
I got the results of my hysteroscopy today. Better than “it was benign”: your uterus is completely normal, whooooooooo!
Great idea for a thread! It’s nice to read this stuff, especially the good results after worrisome symptoms.
Lessee…my overseas meds arrived on time; NASTY withdrawal symptoms avoided.
Got my first root canal, and thanks to the facefull of novocaine, it didn’t hurt a bit. I sat on that cavity far, far too long, man.
We moved to the US in June, my youngest twin was officially diagnosed as autistic in November. This week we now have a program manager, two ABA therapists, and after school therapy until 6:00 pm that is 100% paid for by insurance. Since June, my wife and I have had exactly 2, count em 2, times out together without the kids outside of school hours. Serena is finally getting the help she needs and deserves, and we know she is in safe hands from when she leaves to school at 7:00 am to when the ABA therapy is finished at 6:00 pm.
And we are buying a third acre lot in a ritzy area and going to build “our” dream house (and support the US economy). Offer has been accepted, feasibility almost completed, and we close in about 1 month. We have lived in small (starting at less than 200 sf) places for 17 years of marriage and now finally getting a house and yard and we can afford the damn thing.
As of today, credit card balances = $0!! We are completely debt free except for the mortgage.
Whoo Hooo!
Finally gave up the house that’s been my albatross. I’m not happy about it at all, but it means not struggling to pay a mortgage and little else, and I can move on with life.
Living elsewhere during a reno AND paid off house? I think you win the thread for good life choices :p.
Man, I’m amazed at how many “it was benign” posters. Extra congrats to you!
Hmmm… where to begin?
•Three biopsies between Thanksgiving and Christmas. All turned out benign. (Two boob, one cervix)
• The company I used to work for just sold out to a larger company. I owned stock in the company. Because it’s not publicly traded, the company called all unaffiliated stock (stockholders who are no longer employees had to sell our stock back). Score $1200 on my $350 investment of 10 years ago! Just when I really, really, really needed some extra money. Add that to my income tax refund and a possible bonus + raise and suddenly, I can breathe a lot easier about my finances.
•On Valentine’s Day, I got my now-exBF to move out of my house. This paved the way for the new lover. No hassle, no drama, no tears, no ugly fights. Just a nice, clean, amicable break. I got my house back, the dog feels better, I feel better, and I’m free to be with the new guy.
It’s not quite the same (and congratulations to all, specially the clean-health and finance-stuff people), but today I finally did some government paperwork I kept remembering about only at inconvenient times. Gotta love being able to do that stuff over the internet!
Some time ago, during one of those family crisis moments, we put a couple thousand on a credit card to pay for medical expenses not covered by insurance, emergency trips, and hotel rooms. After the dust settled we took the amount on the cards and some other small items, took out a low interest loan from my credit union, and paid off everything - basically, a do-it-yourself consolidation with a low monthly payment just in case another crisis hit. Which it did, two years later when I got laid off.
I am happy to say that, as of last month, we have ENTIRELY paid off that debt in full. Given our low, low income these days that is both an enormous weight off our shoulders and a point of pride that we did pay everything back as we had promised despite our current hardships.
Way to go. You have to be so relieved.
I built up a whackload of debt with medical bills over the past ten years and am almost out from under them, too. I feel lighter each time I can make the principal go down.
I was one of the organizers of a major event (music festival attended by over 1000 people) at my university, and it’s over as of last weekend. On top of that, it went fantastically well! I stressed myself out over putting it all together - and all of the last minute problems that came up - so much that I was crying every day, not sleeping more than four or five hours a night, and considering checking myself in lest I become a danger to myself. Now it’s over, and I feel really great about it all.
My divorce was final on Tuesday.
A little happy, a little sad, but at least it’s over.
I have a rather large inheritance which is to come to me on my birthday - half in 2012 (when I’m 45) the other in 2014 (when I’m 47 (for those of you who don’t want to bother with the math. 
)). The inheritance is in a Trust, and I’m co-Trustee along with my uncle.
2 weeks ago, my uncle said that, since he’s turning 72 this year, he doesn’t want to be bothered being a co-trustee anymore, so he turned over his trusteeship to the bank, with the instructions that they are to manage the money according to my instructions.
So, in essence, I get the full inheritance 2 years earlier. I can’t dissolve the trusts, but I can make investing decisions and decide on any distributions (taking money out).
Which is freakin’ great because money is TIGHT. I had a failed business a few years ago and we’re still paying off the creditors - all told, our debt level is ~$30k with monthly payments of ~ $1,200. Things are so tight we were worried that we would have to take our daughter out of her school, and she does so well there that it would just be a damned shame to do that.
And we’re going to pay it (the debt) off. Oh, I know that some people say that paying off debt is less wise than taking the money that you would pay off the debt and invest it instead in a vehicle that pays a higher ROR than the interest rate on the debt (i.e., if the interest on the debt averages 7% and I can find an investment vehicle that pays 9%, the argument goes that I should keep the debt and buy the investment as it earns 2% more than the debt outlay). I understand that theory, but never really subscribe to it for a number of reasons:
- There’s no guarantee that I would earn anything, much less debt+X%, on an investment vehicle.
- There’s more to finance than merely numbers - there is a psychological element to it as well, one that is largely ignored in the financial press. I’ll just call it the “sleep at night test” - will I sleep better at night either (a) knowing that I have no debt, or (b), knowing that I still have the debt (and the monthly $1,200 outlay to service it) but am earning 2% more than the average debt load?
Couple that with the fact that the $30k represents less than 3% of the total Trust value and the choice seems rather obvious.
So, in less than 2 weeks, we’ll go from $30k down to $800k up (even after paying off the debt) and our cash flow will improve by $1,200/month. Sophie can now stay in her school!!! 
And that’s a HUGE weight off my shoulders!
There’s someone who’s been an inextricable thorn in my side. I found out this week that I will probably be able to extricate her, for a few years at least, by the end of this year, and possibly sooner. There are still some issues to work out, but it’s looking doable. We’ll have the house to ourselves again!
Nothing life-changing like tumors and debt, but my new job (city clerk) has been a bit of a struggle. I’m not good with numbers and the job has a huge finance/reporting component. But I’ve taken things one step at a time, I’ve not been shy about asking the experts for help, and so far, requirements have been met. It’s a huge relief, because I really need to keep this job, and to know that I’m doing it well.
My dad finally had his foot amputated. We’ve been worried that he would just let it rot right off. And he finally consented to putting my mother into a nursing home with an Alzheimer’s unit. She’s been waking up in the middle of the night and wandering outside, so there was no way to leave her at home without supervision while he recovers.
With a big dose of “husband was in the real estate market while the bubble was inflating.” He made an enormous profit on his first, tiny house. And he’s damn good with money.
Lindsaybluth you say your identity was stolen when you were 15 and this debt has only resurfaced now? What took the companies so long?
(PS - not doubting you but just curious).
I finally told my boss that I’m struggling with the managerial aspects of my job. For the most part I like my job, and she confirms that I’m valuable to the company so I wasn’t worried that I’d get canned, but I had to admit that I have not been successful in getting my staff to perform their jobs correctly. They are making massive errors that I’ve been secretly fixing and also goofing off on the job much more than is acceptable.
I’ve been meeting with her every week for months and telling her everything was fine, and it is on paper, but I’ve been covering for them for too long and I had to confess that I need help shaping them up.
Turns out she’s happy to help! No hassles, no judgements, just happy to help.
Ahhhh.