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tousled1 · 08-13-2007, 07:50 PM

Marie,

Please, if you haven't done so already, fill out the application for Social Security Disability. With Stage IV cancer Ed should be automatically approved. You must get the paperwork in so that he will qualify for Medicare at the 2 year mark and also so that he will have some income. I'm so sorry that you are having such problems. Have you contacted the drug companies directly and spoken to anyone about some type of patient assistance programs to help defray the cost of the drugs. You and Ed are in my daily prayers. Praying for a miracle!

08-13-2007, 07:50 PM	#18
tousled1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Acworth, GA Posts: 2,104	Marie, Please, if you haven't done so already, fill out the application for Social Security Disability. With Stage IV cancer Ed should be automatically approved. You must get the paperwork in so that he will qualify for Medicare at the 2 year mark and also so that he will have some income. I'm so sorry that you are having such problems. Have you contacted the drug companies directly and spoken to anyone about some type of patient assistance programs to help defray the cost of the drugs. You and Ed are in my daily prayers. Praying for a miracle! __________________ Kate Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58) ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2% Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006 14 of 26 nodes positive Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007 Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006 BRCA1/BRCA2 negative Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking. March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra