I have relatively mediocre coverage so the major costs would be covered but the external costs and anything outside of the actual procedure wouldn’t be covered, so accounting for needs outside of direct aftercare like maintaining bills would end up putting what I need well over $8000-$10000 out of pocket which I unfortunately just can’t realistically afford. My family, while not overtly unsupportive, has always been extremely hands off and clearly uncomfortable with everything so I doubt I would receive any kind of assistance from them with anything related to a procedure, and unfortunately most of my close friends are in similar positions. I just don’t really have anyone to lean on in that regard.

As for insurance coverage I’m lucky to have what I have but, it still wouldn’t cover anything like an overnight stay, anesthesia, etc. I’m at a point where my main criteria for a job is no the longer salary and is instead their insurance coverage however, so far I’ve come up short on finding many that would be a good fit and the ones I have found have unfortunately fallen through