Posted by wishingstar on May 24, 2007, at 11:42:20
In reply to Re: made some appts » wishingstar, posted by frida on May 24, 2007, at 10:52:23
Thanks both of you. Seeing Laurie is still an option.. I havent written it off completely. There are several problems with seeing her though. One is that it's a 2 hour drive. Not the end of the world, and I dont really mind doing it all that much. However, my appt has to in the morning because there is very bad rush hour and it can take me 3+ hours to get home if I leave after 2pm (she's near DC). I work half an hour south of here, and she is north, so it'd make it impossible to even go in to work on therapy days. Gas it ridiculously expensive (as you all know!) But the biggest factor is that I have to pay her $75/hr out of pocket. Her regular rate is $100 so $75 is the discounted rate since my insurance doesnt cover it. My income is very low.. so much so that I'm in the lowest bracket at the hospital and probably wont have to pay a cent for the IOP program I'm in right now. My point is just that $75 is a LOT of money for me and I'm not sure I can maintain that for more than a few weeks at a time. Heck, seeing her once a week would be over a third of my income, not including gas, time away from work, etc. I've thought about trying to see her every other week (more managable financially) and that's a possibility still. I know she'd let me "owe her" and only pay part at a time, but I already have thousands of dollars of hospital bills I cant pay so I'm hesitant.
Whine whine whine! :) Sorry. Im not trying to make excuses, although Im sure it sounds that way. I'm really just trying to reason it out and come to the best decision. If after meeting these new Ts I still feel like seeing Laurie is the best decision, then I'll just have to make it work.
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