Full week ahead [View all]
Monday-CT scan on brain to see if it has made it there and a follow-up w/oncologist
Tuesday-PET scan on spine to check proximity of met to spinal chord
Wed.-biopsy on liver to make sure its not primary liver cancer
Thurs-get port inserted for chemo
Fri-Meet and evaluate chemo needs
No rest for the weary! I'm glad they are being aggressive.
We bought a class B camper van a couple of months ago to do some travelling. The irony is that the previous owner had purchased it to take their mom to cancer treatments, and now, that's what we'll be using it for. It a self-contained unit with a generator, stove, microwave, shower, commode, a/c, and furnace. It has already been helpful as Carol can lay down on the bed in back when we are travelling to the docs. It'll give me a place to stay instead of spending hours in waiting rooms. I can throw a DVD in and relax for while, and she can call me to go pick her up when she's done with treatments.
Every doctor she has seen has called this week making sure we know we'll have to bring money because our deductible ($5000) has not been met. The Monday visit alone will be $4800, and that alone will put us over, so that'll be all of that. Gosh, I really feel for those who don't have insurance, or the money, to feed these vultures. There's enough to worry about without having to scrape up money for all the damned tests. Fortunately, we have the resources to cover everything. I can see how an illness like this could bankrupt someone in the first week, and it breaks my heart to know people have to have that worry piled on top of everything else they are worrying about. That just isn't right. It doesn't seen humane at all.
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