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Andrea Barnett Budin · 06-07-2007, 05:52 PM

You are 100% correct on that. I will ask for an appeal next time. I'm getting all wound up, having stuffed my annoyance down last time, during a rough pd. New onc, old one left town. Tk my lifeline away. Facing genetic testing, CT scans, MRI, had new grandchild on the other coast and had to be there, of course -- pressured and distracted, trying to keep it all together. Next time, I'll see it coming and be prepared.

In the past, I have learned you can call the insur co for a precert and be denied. If you wait five min and call again, you get a diff person and can get a reasonable one vs one with the sense of a penny, just like that.

I'm on the case. Thanks again for your words. With love... ANDI

06-07-2007, 05:52 PM	#8
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Chrisy You are 100% correct on that. I will ask for an appeal next time. I'm getting all wound up, having stuffed my annoyance down last time, during a rough pd. New onc, old one left town. Tk my lifeline away. Facing genetic testing, CT scans, MRI, had new grandchild on the other coast and had to be there, of course -- pressured and distracted, trying to keep it all together. Next time, I'll see it coming and be prepared. In the past, I have learned you can call the insur co for a precert and be denied. If you wait five min and call again, you get a diff person and can get a reasonable one vs one with the sense of a penny, just like that. I'm on the case. Thanks again for your words. With love... ANDI __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...