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Cal-Gal · 10-27-2009, 01:14 PM

Dear Steph,

I am so sorry--I don't have any answers except that I know that something needs to be done.

I am on COBRA at the moment--(lost my job due to breast cancer diagnosis) and I am very thankful for the Obama stimulus plan.

My COBRA payments are $170 a month for the first 9 months--if I am still unemployed at month 10--my payments will be $500 a month----which is what I would be paying now without the stimulus--

I do not know how I will be able to afford that--but being under treatment--I do not have an option--I continue to pray everyday for health care that is affordable and that is quality care for all of US and for EVERYONE--

--and I continue to pray that my house (in another State) sells (on the mkt a year) and that I get a job here in Southern Cal---

Be well and again, I am so sorry to hear about this---

10-27-2009, 01:14 PM	#2
Cal-Gal Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 309	Re: My Medical ins - Premium nearly doubled !!! Dear Steph, I am so sorry--I don't have any answers except that I know that something needs to be done. I am on COBRA at the moment--(lost my job due to breast cancer diagnosis) and I am very thankful for the Obama stimulus plan. My COBRA payments are $170 a month for the first 9 months--if I am still unemployed at month 10--my payments will be $500 a month----which is what I would be paying now without the stimulus-- I do not know how I will be able to afford that--but being under treatment--I do not have an option--I continue to pray everyday for health care that is affordable and that is quality care for all of US and for EVERYONE-- --and I continue to pray that my house (in another State) sells (on the mkt a year) and that I get a job here in Southern Cal--- Be well and again, I am so sorry to hear about this--- __________________ DX: 11/08 Age: 53 Surgery: 1/09 Bilat Mastectomy, no reconstruction ILC-4 tumors-1.7 cm,1.5 cm (2).8 cm DCIS-11 cm All tumors Grade 3 All tumors ER-0%/PR-0% All tumors HER2+ IHC-all tumors Overexpression/borderline FISH 2 tumors Her2-Negative FISH 2 tumors Her2+ Equivocal Stage I, 0/1 nodes LVI-Indeterminate(treated as positive) SPR Score 8/9 Ki-67 20% BRCA genetic test 1/2=negative Chemo: 6 rounds TAC Feb-June 2009 w/Neulasta Herceptin: 6/12/09-6/4/10 52weeks HNPCC genetic test: negative Port Placement-9/23/09 Port Removal 6/25/10 Echo's every 3 months-All normal 2/09 Staging PET/CT showed 0.2 micronodule upper R lobe-lung-Onc does not think this is mets-- 6/5/09 AND 10/09 CT scan 0.2 micronodule unchanged 1/10-PET/CT-uptake in nasopharynx- 1/10-MRI All normal 6/10-Bone Scan-clear 12/10-PET/CT-All Clear-NED 12/11-PET-All Clear-NED 12/12-PET-All Clear-NED 12/13-CT w/contrast Head, Torso-All Clear 12/14-CT w/contrast Head-All Clear 2/15-Core needle biopsy-R scar line