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tousled1 · 07-18-2006, 08:55 AM

Sheila,

I too thought about taking CIGNA to court. My feeling is that if I was disabled enough to receive social security, I was certainly disabled enough to receive long term disability. I wasn't up to the fight at that time, so I just took retirement -- lost a lot of money. That's when I moved to GA and in with my daughter. Then I was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. I'm hoping that after I recover from radiation treatments that I'll be able to get out on my own again.

07-18-2006, 08:55 AM	#7
tousled1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Acworth, GA Posts: 2,104	Sheila, I too thought about taking CIGNA to court. My feeling is that if I was disabled enough to receive social security, I was certainly disabled enough to receive long term disability. I wasn't up to the fight at that time, so I just took retirement -- lost a lot of money. That's when I moved to GA and in with my daughter. Then I was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. I'm hoping that after I recover from radiation treatments that I'll be able to get out on my own again. __________________ 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