Just wanted to ask everyone to pray about my medication, Sutent. I am waiting now for special forms to arrive in the mail from Dr Flaherty's office to sign and return. Those will then be used by a third party company (forget the name of it) which will investigate my insurance coverage etc and assist us in getting the medication as soon as possible and for the lowest cost. I have been warned that although we have good insurance coverage with low co-pays for prescriptions, out of formulary and chemotherapy type drugs can be a whole different situation. Although some Personal Choice plans do cover it well, other patients have been shocked to learn that the cost is VERY VERY high.
So, please pray that this process would go smoothly and that the correct information will be found with a minimum of hassle and delay. They said it is possible for me to get the med by the end of next week if all goes well. If the cost is prohibitive I do not know what we will do.
I do not have to see Dr Flaherty until I complete one full cycle of the med, since I already got the CT scan and labs done in advance. ;-) and they say that I should only have to come in about every 6 weeks during treatment which is great - I was hoping not to have to drive to Penn 30 times in the next year!
On that note I did DRIVE for the first time last evening - just to CVS - but it showed me that I CAN do it. It was very uncomfortable though, I will admit. So I think I will keep on sticking around home as much as I can for another week or two and only drive if I have no other choice for now.
On a separate note, our lost income business insurance company told our lawyer yesterday that we would have an official response to our 2+ year old claim by today. We will believe that when we see it! Please pray that God would soon bring this insurance nightmare to an end...... we doubt though that the response today will be "sure we will pay you all that we owe you right away with no hassles"..... But GOD COULD DO THAT!
Love,
Karen
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Yes, Karen - we're still reading and enjoying all the updates. You're in terrific hands you know. That Ned Carp is a genious (we refer to him often) and Keith Flaherty's no slacker either. (We use him a lot too.) And yes, you spelled adjuvant correctly! Good work, teach. And those bloody precerts... Just about every po med that isn't tylenol anymore requires precert. (Even the silliest drugs like prevacid for reflux). In fact, we have 4 woman at work who do nothing but precert meds all day every day! Oh the red tape. Glad to hear about your shore trip. We just returned yesterday for our annual White Family vacation in Big Boulder. We had 21 people -- I know...it's a lot of togetherness.
We still care and we will pray for your specific requests.
Sheryl (W.W.)
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