Don't know which is worse - fighting the insurance companies or fighting the cancer. I've been denied twice at Kaiser and my case has been sent to the national medicare board in New York. Haven't heard from them yet.
I did see Dr Ngheim yesterday in Seattle. Since my insurance would not pay for the visit, he got me in by using me to test a new machine. Interesting side note - I offered to pay for the visit and they can't accept money from patients - is this a screwed up system of what?
I'm starting a 10 day regiment of radiation tomorrow to shrink the visible tumors. That's the recommendation of both Kaiser and Dr Nghiem. After that, Dr Nghiem wants to do an immune therapy - either interferon or yervoy.
If medicare and Kaiser now won't approve that, I don't know what the next step will be or even if there is one.
I'm feeling really cruddy this morning, so I think I'll go back to bed.
Please keep me in your prayers.
Jim
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