Med Approval!?! I think.....

Jumping through hoops was getting exhausting, so I went directly to the source. I called the Pfizer pharmaceutical company's "First Resource" Dept in California and asked them if I really needed to compile all this income verification information if there was a chance that my insurance would cover me for Sutent. After all, I reasoned to the nice lady on the phone, even though the doctor's secretary seemed quite concerned that I might not be covered and that the costs would be very very high, I do have good insurance w/ a prescription plan and this paperwork is really holding up my treatment and ______".

She said, "Well instead of you doing all this work how about I just CALL Blue Cross for you?" THANK YOU GOD!!!! She called me back in about FIVE MINUTES and said that they had already run a "test approval" and it had gone right through. BC even told her what the cost would be - only $25 for a 30 day supply, $50 for a 90 day supply by mail order!!! (this is the regular cost of my non-generic blood pressure medicine).

I was so happy I started to cry to this poor lady on the phone. I really thought all along that there was a good chance of it being covered but I have all these deadlines pressing on me this week with the homeschooling paperwork and appointments and stuff and I felt like the red tape was drowning me. I want to get the first month of side effects over with ASAP. There is still a minor step of "preapproval" which will be done by FAX to the doctor's office but I do not expect (??) that to be a problem.

So, here I am EXCITED to be starting to take anti-cancer medicine that might make me feel lousy. HMMM... a lot has changed in the last 8 weeks. :-/

Thank you for continuing to walk this road with us,
Karen