Sherry, I would love to leave this place. I can't. I am totally LOCKED into this group. When you pick the insurance you want for the year...you are STUCK in that group. You have to pick a doctor that works out of the hospital you plan to use. And then you can ONLY use them. If you go OUT of this group...its called "going out of network" which means we would be responsible for every penny. Thats how these doctors get away with this...they KNOW we CAN'T walk. We can only change to another oncologist in THAT same group which I have done once already.
I like your choice of words though...this is "abuse". I am going to make lots of calls this week...something HAS to change. I can't take this any longer. The stress will kill me long before the cancer does at this rate.
Thanks for caring Sherry. 
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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