Medical Bills

June has not been a good month for debt reduction. My wife had surgery on her back and that had an impact on the bills this month. I’m happy to say everything went very well and she is up and walking and starting to exercise more. She’s also pain free and trying to get off all the medications. I’m very happy she’s getting over her back issues, maybe now we can start thinking about a baby in our family.

She had a one night stay at the hospital and I spent the night with her (most uncomfortable chair I’ve ever slept on). We had to pay money up front, close to $600 dollars and the surgeon also had a $200 fee. I expect to get more bills from the different providers but hopefully the insurance will cover most of the expenses. Since we don’t have a fully funded emergency fund, everything went on the Discover Card. I made a payment this morning for $1000 to cover most of the expenses.

June is also the month of my birthday, this year I turned 29. The wife wanted to get me a Nintendo WII, the only place she could find one was online at Walmart.com, in a bundle package for 498 dollars! Ouch, she also put that on her Discover card so the current balance is $351 dollars. We should be able to pay this remaining balance next month.

All of the expense above had an impact on my regular debt reduction. My goal now is to get rid of the CITI Professional balance, then move on to Best Buy and concentrate on CITI Premier Pass in the fall. I hope by January 2009 all these debts are paid off.

I will post all the balances this week.

HS