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lucywang.ca · 07-31-2015, 07:44 AM

Hello Everyone,

The update for the end of this week is that I've spoken to my family doctor and got a recommendation to Sunnybrook hospital. However, I will not be able to see the chemotherapy oncologist until September 15th (I tried to move the appointment up, and could not. And all other oncologists are all booked up as well). I am very afraid I will not be able to live to that date to see him.

So an alternate route I've decided to take is to try to ask my current oncologist to refer me to Provis, a private infusion clinic in Toronto where I hope to get TDM1. I'm currently searching for funding/grants options since a month of TDM1 is ~$10k. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in looking for drug funding in Ontario?

Any help would be much appreciated.

07-31-2015, 07:44 AM	#14
lucywang.ca Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 7	Re: Don't want to give up TDM-1 Hello Everyone, The update for the end of this week is that I've spoken to my family doctor and got a recommendation to Sunnybrook hospital. However, I will not be able to see the chemotherapy oncologist until September 15th (I tried to move the appointment up, and could not. And all other oncologists are all booked up as well). I am very afraid I will not be able to live to that date to see him. So an alternate route I've decided to take is to try to ask my current oncologist to refer me to Provis, a private infusion clinic in Toronto where I hope to get TDM1. I'm currently searching for funding/grants options since a month of TDM1 is ~$10k. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in looking for drug funding in Ontario? Any help would be much appreciated.