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Carolyns · 11-04-2008, 05:52 PM

Hi All,

This is a very educational discussion and I appreciate it. I am nervous about insurance every day as a Stage IV mets girl still able to work full time. My insurance pays an enormous amount annually to keep me alive. I am covered under a group policy and things will change when I can no longer work.

Anyway, I have a question about care in Canada for mets girls. Someone told me that you may only receive two lines of chemo as a bc mets patient in Canada. Does anyone know if that is true? I am in the US and have gone through 4 different chemos (plus Tykerb & Herceptin) so far in the past 2 & 3/4 years. Treatments seem to work for about 6 months. I am living with mets and consider myself on the leading edge of a new trend to live long and healthy with mets. There are many others like me here on this site. In order to live long most of us need access to expensive drugs over the long haul. I worry that someone may try to limit my access to chemo since I am not seen as someone who can be cured and it is very expensive to keep me alive.

Does anyone know if a bc mets patient in Canada can continue to be treated with chemo like we can in the US? I am just curious with all of the talk about change in our insurance since people like me are in the small minority and a new breed...living with mets.

Thanks, Carolyn

11-04-2008, 05:52 PM	#31
Carolyns Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 477	Hi All, This is a very educational discussion and I appreciate it. I am nervous about insurance every day as a Stage IV mets girl still able to work full time. My insurance pays an enormous amount annually to keep me alive. I am covered under a group policy and things will change when I can no longer work. Anyway, I have a question about care in Canada for mets girls. Someone told me that you may only receive two lines of chemo as a bc mets patient in Canada. Does anyone know if that is true? I am in the US and have gone through 4 different chemos (plus Tykerb & Herceptin) so far in the past 2 & 3/4 years. Treatments seem to work for about 6 months. I am living with mets and consider myself on the leading edge of a new trend to live long and healthy with mets. There are many others like me here on this site. In order to live long most of us need access to expensive drugs over the long haul. I worry that someone may try to limit my access to chemo since I am not seen as someone who can be cured and it is very expensive to keep me alive. Does anyone know if a bc mets patient in Canada can continue to be treated with chemo like we can in the US? I am just curious with all of the talk about change in our insurance since people like me are in the small minority and a new breed...living with mets. Thanks, Carolyn