| Today, Jo Beth is taking antidepressants and seeing a therapist. By the time she came to this point, she had been bursting into tears at work, living surrounded by unsorted papers, and been diagnosed with severe clinical depression. The pills and therapy are helping, but adding to her depression now is the fact that she will have no insurance coverage after her pending divorce. Those of us with autocidal diseases are considered uninsurable. Jo Beth's medications alone will run about $400 a month. She's already spent as much as $1000 in a single month on medical costs, not including meds. How will she survive? Jo Beth will be left with high medical expenses, half the family debt--including her unforgiven teacher loan--to pay down, and only one-quarter of her pre-lupus salary. And what about companionship? |
Autocidal Poverty
Where, today, Jo Beth's dollar faces a real stretch.
Where, today, Jo Beth's dollar faces a real stretch.
Study Questions:
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If only it really rained down like this,
instead of floating up, up, and away.
instead of floating up, up, and away.
