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Brenda,
I went on disabilty retirement and in March of this year I had to go on Medicare. I got Part A and B. I did not have to take the Part D for prescription drug plan as my traditional health insurance is a better plan. I did not take out any supplemental plan. I'm fortunate that the health care insurance I had from my employer (United Health Care) just became my secondary insurance and they usually pick up the 20% that Medicare does not pay. Can't you just keep your traditional health insurance since it would automatically become your secondary? Or is it too expensive to keep.
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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
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