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Posted on Sep 15, 2025, 12:09 am
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Does anyone have experience with taking a loan out for LL?

I want to do LL as soon as possible once a weight bearing nail comes back so I am highly considering saving ~50k and taking out a loan to pay for the remainder.

Is this stupid to do? What is the best way to go about this and best companies to do this with? I have good credit like 740, and I am graduating soon with a CS degree so my salaries should be atleast decent. Probably somewhere 80k+ if I had to guess. And I am totally okay living a rather low standard of living to repay.

Is it possible to get the time off work for this?
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Posted on Sep 15, 2025, 3:00 am
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You can probably do an FMLA which allows 13 weeks of unpaid leave, but you usually need to work a minimum of 12 months before you can apply.

Credit score is irrelevant in this case as you are not going to find a loan provider for this surgery period - best you can do is maxing our your credit card and possibly calling your bank to lower the interest rate, but you are still seeing anything between 15~20% interest.

If you get fired and aren't able to pay the loan regularly - that interest can spiral out of control.
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