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Paying for Tykerb/Xeloda
Hi Brenda,
sorry to hear your troubles with the T/X oral chemo.
I'm having the same problems. My insurance does not even want to pay for any of it since it is not a generic. Once they even agreed to it then they revoked it.
I'm trying to get Tykerb through www.commitmentToAccess.com and Xeloda through Roche Pharmaceuticals 1-888-587-9438. I just called them today they are sending me the forms to fill out.
I'm fortunate that I have a very nice social worker as my patient advocate. She has to do some of the calling and enrolling me in the programs.
Let me know how is everything working out for you.
Best wishes,
Odette
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May 18, 2006 Age 52,
Diagnosed infiltrating ductal carcinoma
er/pr- HER2 + 3.9 by FISH
June-August 2006 AC chemo
August-October 2006 Taxotere + Herceptin
November 18, 2006 Mastectomy 16 involved lymph nodes
Jan 2, 2007 start radiation
Stage IV, Jan 12, 2007 recurrence in cervical lymph nodes while on Herceptin, stopped Herceptin
Rad oncologist extended the radiation field, good response
Started Tykerb Xeloda on beginning of May 2007
Progression to lungs and conglomerate lymphadenopathy July 2007
Undecided about next treatment
'One does not get to choose one's adventures'
I'm experimenting with my diet, using green tea, flax seed curry and olive oil
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