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Hey Pink
Herceptin would have cost me about $60,000 USD. 4 rounds of AC followed by 4 rounds of taxol would have cost $75,000 USD.
You can get some discounts if not insured but I am giving the cost to insurance which is discounted. It costs more without insurance because the insurance companies have contracts with the doctors so the docs have to charge you less if you are insured!! Weird system.
I did have a $25 copay before each session - woopdee do. All in all, it was the most expensive haircut I ever had and the style did suit me at all!!!!
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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