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If you can't find another local oncologist, call Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Their counselors will take your insurance info. and let you know if you are covered. Most plans are. They will provide transportation and meals for you and a guest. There is reasonable lodging with free shuttle service to the hospital. My husband and I arrived on a Monday and they had a treatment plan for us by Thursday. I went there for a second opinion and stayed for 6 weeks, had a biopsy of my other breast (benign), and 22 radiation tx. to my chest and spine. I talked to so many people that were given no hope from their docs at home. I met many survivors. Don't give up the fight yet. I was dx. stage 4 last Feb. and I really didn't think I would be here today. I decided to have my chemo here at a local provider, but If I need more rad. tx. I would seriously think about going back. They have one of six tomotherapy radiation units that can pin-point tx. so well that it can be used on patients that have had their max of radiation treatment. Even if you don't want to go, let them send you their kit of information. The place is amazing.
Take care and God Bless you. Love, Lu Ann.
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