Dressed Warm
It's been about over a month now since I have had any treatment. The last time I had chemo was well over a month ago. Last week and this week, with my platelet counts being low and my bone marrow showing signs it has had enough of chemo, my Dr has switched me over to Tarceva which we hope it will be effective against the cancer. So with the prescription all set to go, he wants me to start this treatment plan right away. However, it's not that simple to just pick this drug up from a local retail pharmacy even if I have a prescription and insurance. This Tarceva drug turns out to be extremely expensive, like $5,000.00 per monthly supply! I've been told I can't get it since they need pre-approval and pre-screening paperwork from my Doctor and insurance authorization. My copay portion I've been told could also be upwards of $500 to $1,000! Geeze, that's an awful lot
Luckily, I've already applied for copay assistance with several cancer treatment non profit organizations to see what I can help with. One of them is with http://www.cdfund.org/. This is such a great organization as their purpose is "to improve the health and quality of life of patients battling chronic disease, cancer or other life-altering conditions who cannot afford the medications they so desperately need." Let's hope I get approval for co pay assistance.
Hopefully, I can pick up this medication soon as I've been feeling the cancer making me feel weak and cold.
For the past 2 weeks, even though it's been such nice, beautiful, warm weather and the temperature is like 80 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit, I've been feeling so cold. I've had to dress warm and bundled up with sweaters all day long.
Specifically, my chest, the area where I've had a pericardial window surgically done around my heart wall , I've been feeling the tingling, burning, flow off coldness or cold sensation. It's an awful, uncomfortable, weakening feeling. I'm wondering if this is the cancerous tumor or lymph node near my heart wall that is causing this and its doing its damage by releasing fluid. Let's hope this is not the case. Let's hope and pray that Tarceva will help fight off this cancer and allow me to be healthy again.
New Tenants Found
Good news to share. With all my hard work in marketing, advertising, and making appointments to showcase the home we are renting, we finally have firmed up new tenants to sign on new lease! Yay! This is such great news for us as this now frees us to continue forward with looking for a home purchase. We'll be meeting with the home owner soon to sign us off on our lease terms and free us from our obligation. I'm so happy that he's allowed us to do this and so we're thankful for him for working with us. We're excited to now move forward with the next chapter of our new home.
It's been about over a month now since I have had any treatment. The last time I had chemo was well over a month ago. Last week and this week, with my platelet counts being low and my bone marrow showing signs it has had enough of chemo, my Dr has switched me over to Tarceva which we hope it will be effective against the cancer. So with the prescription all set to go, he wants me to start this treatment plan right away. However, it's not that simple to just pick this drug up from a local retail pharmacy even if I have a prescription and insurance. This Tarceva drug turns out to be extremely expensive, like $5,000.00 per monthly supply! I've been told I can't get it since they need pre-approval and pre-screening paperwork from my Doctor and insurance authorization. My copay portion I've been told could also be upwards of $500 to $1,000! Geeze, that's an awful lot
Luckily, I've already applied for copay assistance with several cancer treatment non profit organizations to see what I can help with. One of them is with http://www.cdfund.org/. This is such a great organization as their purpose is "to improve the health and quality of life of patients battling chronic disease, cancer or other life-altering conditions who cannot afford the medications they so desperately need." Let's hope I get approval for co pay assistance.
Hopefully, I can pick up this medication soon as I've been feeling the cancer making me feel weak and cold.
For the past 2 weeks, even though it's been such nice, beautiful, warm weather and the temperature is like 80 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit, I've been feeling so cold. I've had to dress warm and bundled up with sweaters all day long.
Specifically, my chest, the area where I've had a pericardial window surgically done around my heart wall , I've been feeling the tingling, burning, flow off coldness or cold sensation. It's an awful, uncomfortable, weakening feeling. I'm wondering if this is the cancerous tumor or lymph node near my heart wall that is causing this and its doing its damage by releasing fluid. Let's hope this is not the case. Let's hope and pray that Tarceva will help fight off this cancer and allow me to be healthy again.
New Tenants Found
Good news to share. With all my hard work in marketing, advertising, and making appointments to showcase the home we are renting, we finally have firmed up new tenants to sign on new lease! Yay! This is such great news for us as this now frees us to continue forward with looking for a home purchase. We'll be meeting with the home owner soon to sign us off on our lease terms and free us from our obligation. I'm so happy that he's allowed us to do this and so we're thankful for him for working with us. We're excited to now move forward with the next chapter of our new home.
Thanks for posting the info from the Chronic Disease Fund. I"ve already made a donation. As someone who has an autoimmune disease I can relate to this cause.
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