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Old 05-21-2012, 04:33 AM   #11
Sheila
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Re: OMG -Panic! Missed insurance premium...now coverage terminated!

Jessica

I think its important to plan on getting documentation of you being in Hawaii, your fathers illness and passing..thisis all pertinant info that the insurance company needs to take into account...especially since you have had them for years...then there is always the cancer card / chemo brain issues...use it when you need to. I just got into a heated argument with express scripts the other day over NEXIUM....yes, Nexium, and after 1 hour and 20 minutes on the phone, nothing was done. I was almost in tears, hung up and then decided I wasnt putting up with their BS...I called back, asked for a manager, and then explainded to them that I was asking for Nexium, not Opium....and that 1 hour and 20 minutes may not seem like a lot of time to them, but its different for a terminally ill cancer patient....boom, he immediately straightened out the snafu, and credited my account for the cost I had already paid, and sent the drug.....do not take no for an answer, always ask for a manager, explain what has occurred, how stress can affect you....I usually tell them..I know you people probably wish i was dead so you can quit paying, but hey, i am fighting for my life....what is it was your wife, mother, sister, daughter? Make it personal......Sending prayers that this will be taken care of today....if not, you have a mod squad of Her2 women ready to go to battle for you....sending strength and a big hug....please let us know what happens!
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Diagnosed at age 49.99999 2/21/2002 via Mammography (Calcifications)
Core Biopsy 2/22/02
L. Mastectomy 2/25/2002
Stage 1, 0.7cm IDC, Node Neg from 19 nodes Her2+++ ER PR Neg
6/2003 Reconstruction W/ Tissue Expander, Silicone Implant
9/2003 Stage IV with Mets to Supraclavicular nodes
9/2003 Began Herceptin every 3 weeks
3/2006 Xeloda 2500mg/Herceptin for recurrence to neck nodes
3/2007 Added back the Xeloda with Herceptin for continued mets to nodes
5/2007 Taken Off Xeloda, no longer working
6/14/07 Taxol/Herceptin/Avastin
3/26 - 5/28/08 Taxol Holiday Whopeeeeeeeee
5/29 2008 Back on Taxol w Herceptin q 2 weeks
4/2009 Progression on Taxol & Paralyzed L Vocal Cord from Nodes Pressing on Nerve
5/2009 Begin Rx with Navelbine/Herceptin
11/09 Progression on Navelbine
Fought for and started Tykerb/Herceptin...nodes are melting!!!!!
2/2010 Back to Avastin/Herceptin
5/2010 Switched to Metronomic Chemo with Herceptin...Cytoxan and Methotrexate
Pericardial Window Surgery to Drain Pericardial Effusion
7/2010 Back to walking a mile a day...YEAH!!!!
9/2010 Nodes are back with a vengence in neck
Qualified for TDM-1 EAP
10/6/10 Begin my miracle drug, TDM-1
Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
12/6/10 Started Halaven (Eribulen) /Herceptin excellent results in 2 treatments
2/2011 I CELEBRATE my 9 YEAR MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/5/11 begin Gemzar /Herceptin for node progression
2/8/2012 Gemzar stopped, Continue Herceptin
2/20/2012 Begin Tomo Radiation to Neck Nodes
2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
5/12/2012 BeganTaxotere/ Herceptin is my next miracle for new node progression
6/28/12 Stopped Taxotere due to pregression, Started Perjeta/Herceptin
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