Herceptin questions

[Brenda_D]

Thanks, Andrea.
I'm doing o.k. so far. Thank goodness I have insurance, and they have paid a large part of my medical bills.
I've also been given a small amount of help through our local Cancer Association, and the hospital lets me make payments on what I owe there.
My Onc (bless him), writes off the co-pay on the Herceptin, and I made arrangements with the Rad Onc's office.
My rad bill was over$120,000 alone. Of course, the insurance paid most of that.

It makes me think though, that some women will opt for a mastectomy over a lumpectomy, simply because they can't afford the radiation treatments.

I attended a meeting of our local CA association last night, and was pretty proud when they awarded checks to 3 local hospitals (to be used for CA related patient help) and 3 other checks to some larger CA treatment and research centers.
They donated $10,000 each to St. Judes Childrens Hospital, Siteman Cancer Center (both of St. Louis) and Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute of Springfield, IL.