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FYI... We decided to stock for a year. Hubby is retiring (5 wks 4 days, not that I am counting or anything) as he does have other offers of work that is part time and seasonal on top of finding out ALL our doctors will be out of network with the new insurance turning a 80/20 plan into a 60/40 plan instead along with $10,000 deductible after paying $1000 a month for the insurance. YES we know we are BLESSED even with that because we know others that are paying $2000 a month and higher deductible than us.SO until we see how things goes financially we decided to stock EVERYTHING for a year since I already do that with the food.
I even stocked extra humidifier treatment and Mr Clean, I cut the squares in half, it's the only thing I can use on my enamel coated pans.
Tea and coffee along with water is the major drinks here. Our Bunn coffee maker doesn't let us reuse the grounds by adding more, makes a total mess when we tried it a couple times. I can only drink Folgers and Maxwell house, rest rips my Crohn's up. So we cut back on no more than 3 cups of coffee (Hubby drank 3 pots of coffee) and we drink tea in the afternoons and evenings ..The big red boxes of tea are top right of bookcase Yes I stocked dental treats for Rascal.That's a year supply for him.
If I don't have a Crohn's attack then this will last closer to 2 years.If I have one attack cut it down to 18 months two attacks it's a year. It will be frugal for me to NOT have any (besides the fact it's out of network and horrible to go through) and to do that I have to take my meds...
My VSL#3 is NOT cheap even for over counter and my insurance will not cover it even with a prescription. I look for it on sale and have gotten lucky enough to find it twice at a price I can afford that scored me 4 bottles each time. My doctor would love to have me drop the dosage but we fear it will trigger an attack and that will make it all worse.
The only part of the pantry left not organized is my spice and herb cabinet and the dried fruit/veggie cabinet...maybe by the end of the week.
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It sounds like you have a great plan for the retirement, and are well-stocked. Health insurance is awful, I agree. Right now, with my husband's new job, the pay is very low, but the insurance is the best we've ever had. So, that's a blessing and we are very grateful for it. I really use the insurance, and we had to go on the Oregon Health Plan for a few months when he was out of work last year, as my meds alone are so much. My husband was on the phone for literally 5 or 6 hours to get me signed up, plus paperwork, plus it didn't cover a bunch of stuff, but as I told him--"Thank you so much for doing all of that hard stuff to get it for me." It did keep me going--it was enough. So, now, we feel like we are on the luxury plan.
ReplyDeleteI think you are well prepared!!!! 5 weeks is coming soon. How exciting for your husband.
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