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Old Fri, Nov-24-17, 04:28
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Plan: P:E/DDF
Stats: 225/150/169 Female 5' 9"
BF:45%/28%/25%
Progress: 134%
Location: NC
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There are organizations to help with expenses, but you mentioned before you have insurance, and this is the situation where it will work well. As dcc wrote, the hospital financial consultant, office insurance manager, company case worker, everyone will work together to accept the allowed charges and minimize your cost. Assuming your insurance renews on Jan 1, you might discuss the treatment schedules in view of yearly deductibles and co-pay limits but it will work out. Don’t worry about this now.

I am impressed by the surgeon 1. she is a breast disease specialist and 2. she is a center for SAVI. Not that I knew what it was until followed the links. SAVI is a new version of balloon catheter brachytherapy. 11 years ago I had the Mammosite version of same procedure. Even if your wife doesn’t have it, this surgeon keeps up with the latest developments and provides her patients cutting edge options for reduced radiation (if cancer cells have not spread). And my personal view... women make better breast surgeons opting for conserving incisions, clear margins but not excessive tumor removal, willing to learn the complex and finely detailed techniques for brachytherapy, more attention to the cosmetic outcome, etc. In the end, it comes down feeling comfortable with her solution for your wife’s situation. That ASCO site has more questions to ask, on how to choose doctors. https://www.cancer.net/navigating-c...ancer-care-team

New Book on Keto for Cancer. Highly recommended. You can start with the food list on her website, there are other tabs there on basic info how sugar can fuel growth (not as simple as sugar feeds cancer) good references to more info.
http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=478439
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