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Re: "Affordable" Care Act LOL
I have Cobra Blue Cross Blue Shield and I will have to keep it as long as I can. I have supported the ACA all along and when I saw the reality of it I cried. There is only one company listed for Mississippi. None of the specialists they offer are anywhere near my home. They stated flatly when I called them that they won't pay anything for out of network. None of my doctors are in their network. The nearest oncologist is about three hours away. A marletplace implies options. I am so angry. And of course Mississippi turned down the expanded Medicaid while supposedly having the highest premiums. And then, of course they can charge more because of age. This whole thing frightens me.
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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