So frustrated-in tears
I am on Mississippi Medicaid. I was self employed and uninsurable before this diagnosis. It is so frustrating to try to find doctors that will take it. Thought I was going to see a dermatologist today only to find out they had scheduled me with a general surgeon for a biopsy. I don't know how much you know about Medicaid but you only get 11 doctors visits a year. I really need to see a dermatologist. All I kept hearing is that they don't take Medicaid. It is getting harder and harder to find doctors who take Medicaid. I am so tired of being treated like a second class citizen. There are very few doctors who got through school without federal aid. They could use my tax dollars but now they won't accept them. I know that Medicaid does not pay well but I cannot change that. I finally got an appointment but now I am exhausted and will have to miss more classes.
On top of all of this they are wanting to biopsy a place on my mastectomy arm. No one seems to be willing to answer my question about lymphedema risks. I don't know what to do.
Leslie
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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