I just don't understand why after reading all these stories out there world wide about Cancer and what it does to people, the pain, the suffering, why is it when you are worried about your life all of a sudden the bad news comes with a "price tag" for example, I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with Kidney Cancer with mets to the lungs, its all new to me, for my 1st appointment with one of my cancer specialists in Ontario, I was a nervous wreck, I am only 44 years old and have what I believed to be "handed a death sentence" as I was sitting listening to the oncologist tell me what the future had in store for me, all I could hear was this drug costs this amount and that drug costs that amount, and not small amounts, they are in the thousands of dollars in a month, I have standard insurance, but my insurance will not cover for $6000 per month, so why does it have to be in the same sentence, to hear the possible words, if you were on this drug then it may possibly "cure" you, but if you don't have the money then we can look at alternative idea's and possibly apply for grants from the makers of the drugs and stuff, why does it have to be like that, if you have cancer and your life is in danger, why do they not just give you what you need to live? worldwide? I hate that money has to be brought into every discussion.
I am on nexavar at $3500 a month myself and its getting to be a burden on the insurance company.Too bad for them,i paid a lot of money for that policy and dang gum i'm gonna use it.I'm only 45 myself.Where i worked i havenot heard from anyone i worked with and my friends left me in the dark,so when they get sick i'll be there with a big poop eating grin on my face!OH,and an empty bottle of nexavar!
cancergottome, I love your attitude, but I am also sorry that none of your co-workers or your friends have stuck by you when you needed them the most, I am lucky to have a large support base, but I can honestly say I have found more comfort and questions answered by joining this discussion forum, and I hope you do too, its just so unfair, that we have cancer, and then the burden of "who is going to pay for the drugs" whether or not we have coverage or not, and then the lose of wages, and what we know as a normal life all turned upside down, its all so overwhelming, but that is the only part that I find so hard to deal with, is when they talk about what will save your life and their is a price tag on it, that's the part that I find so hard. take care of yourself, just take each day "One Day at a TIme"