<prompt> Human: My life is in such disarray that I dont even know where to start. Ill try to just hit the important details.Im a 45-year old male. Divorced. No children. I live alone in a 1-bedroom house in a lower-income neighborhood in a medium-sized city in the midwest pop. 143,000. I have a steady girlfriend of over a year she has children from a previous marriage.Ive been unemployed since July of 2014 and have been unable to find work in my field graphic design, marketing, publishing. Ive been on unemployment since late last year and continue to look for work. I have around 20 years of experience in design and publishing.I have a useless Associates degree from ITT Tech in Multimedia going to ITT was one of the worst decisions of my life, and a partially-completed degree in Fine Art. I could likely graduate within a year but I have run out of student aid options and what would I do with a degree in Fine Art anyway?Im down to my last 700 in checking and my last 700 in savings.I have around 20-25,000 in student loan debt which I havent been able to pay on since 2008. God only knows which collection agencies have it by now. I have 1400 left on my car loan I pay 112.66 a month. I have a few outstanding small medical bills. I have one credit card, nearly maxed out at around 3000. My other bills include rent 425 and utilities. My credit score is likely used as a model for the Worst Credit Score in the Nation.I finally signed up for and was approved for Medicaid a few weeks ago after much encouragement from my girlfriend. My first appointment was last week with a cardiologist. Two days later: diagnosed with an aortic anuerysm and bicuspid aortic valve disease. Surgery is very likely in the near future. Recovery could last as long as 2-3 months depending on exactly what they need to do in there. One fear now added to the rest of my growing fears is that if I do find work and lose Medicaid, something will go wrong and I wont be able to afford my impending medical needs due to insurance issues.Is there any advice at all out there that could point me in a direction? How to get my life back on the rails? I feel like Im sliding a bit closer to the edge of the cliff with each passing day. Im not sure I can do this.  <response>: I completely disagree with finding employment. Job searching is a stressful environment, and thats the LAST thing you need with a major heart condition. Fix your heart. Recover. Let the state worry about the bills. Once youre back on your feet literally, get to job searching. When they ask about gaps in your employment, you can simply say you had major surgery that required extensive recovery time. 