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Lance Armstrong Comes Clean to Doping

The other night, I was in bed, looking for something to watch on television.  I know, I know, experts say you shouldn’t have a television in your bedroom, but I find it comforting to watch a little before I go to bed. I was channel surfing when I came across the Lance Armstrong interview on OWN.  I didn’t realize this was the first airing and I am not a huge cycling fan, but something compelled me to watch. It has already been leaked to the media that Armstrong would confess to using performance-enhancing drugs to Oprah, but I wanted to … Continue reading →

Medicare Limits Cancer Treatment Options

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It can be really scary to be diagnosed with cancer. Treatment can include either medications or a chemotherapy drip. Which treatment is given should be decided by the person and his or her doctor. People who use Medicare, however, are finding that their insurer is making that decision for them. No one wants to hear their doctor say that they have been diagnosed with a form of cancer. It is scary, and the treatment can be extremely expensive. Those who have a good health insurance plan often find that they still get stuck paying many medical bills out of pocket. … Continue reading →

Freebies For You – Week of April 18, 2012

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Who doesn’t love a good freebie? It is always nice to get a sample of something new without having to spend money to try it out. Most of the time, freebies are elusive. They have short expiration dates, or a limited number of freebies that will be given out before the offer ends. Grab these freebies before they disappear! Purina will give you a FREE Puppy Care eBook. To get it, fill out the form on their page. It appears that filling out the form will unlock a button that says “Download”. Rachel Ray will give you a FREE sample … Continue reading →

When a Friend Has Cancer

I found out not long ago one of my oldest friends has cancer. I don’t mean to imply that we are terribly close by saying “oldest friends.” I’ve known him since I was 9. He is two years older than me, the older brother of a friend with whom I took piano lessons. However, he and I had reconnected through Facebook a couple of years ago. We had a shared memory of taking judo lessons together. He was still participating in judo. I gave it up at age 14 when it suddenly became legal to choke me during a tournament. … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – January 15-21, 2012

News about insurance related issues moves pretty fast. Every week, there are fourteen different posts on the Families.com Insurance Blog. You may have overlooked, or missed, something that you really would have liked to read. The Insurance Blog Week in Review can help you “ketchup”. The ASPCA Sells Pet Insurance Do you need affordable pet insurance? The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has some options for you. The Insurance Podcast Roundup for the week went up on January 16, 2012. Insurers Say Sleep Lab Tests Are Overprescribed More doctors are prescribing an overnight stay at … Continue reading →

What Not To Say

Some things you should not say to a person going through the cancer diagnosis and treatments even if you mean well. Some of these comments are just plain rude but others were said in a well-meaning way. 1. “God would not give you more than you can handle.” I cannot even begin to count the number of times I was told this. My standard reply was that God must have been looking at someone else if he thought I could handle this. I do believe in God but I don’t think that he gives people cancer. The way I was … Continue reading →

Insured Cancer Patients Have High Out of Pocket Expenses

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A study shows that some cancer patients are still paying an huge amount of money out of their own pockets, despite having health insurance coverage. This is leaving them with a big financial burden, which can lead to some difficult choices. Some aspects of this study have been questioned. A study was done by Duke University Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The study included 216 cancer patients, most of whom were older women who had breast cancer. They found that on average, they were paying $712.00 a month on cancer related costs that their health insurance was not covering. … Continue reading →

Why do Chemo and Still Smoke

So for the next 16 weeks I kept up the same routine; Thursday chemo, Friday Neulasta Shot, Saturday and Sunday in bed, the next week included Doctor’s appointments, blood test and trying to be somewhat normal for my three kids and husband. The treatment cycle was hard with most chemo treatment plans you do three week cycles so you have the third week to feel almost normal. With my does dense cycle I did mine every two weeks so I did not get the third feel normal week. Do you know what drove me crazy when I was getting my … Continue reading →

How to Help if Your Family or Friend has Cancer

If you have a family member or friend who has just been diagnosed with cancer you may want to help but do not really know how. When I first was diagnosed with cancer only my family was told, and my work but I did not really want to talk about my breast cancer. I did not want the “Poor you” cancer look. This look is the look that I kept getting when people heard I had cancer. If you ask a cancer patient what you can do to help, if they are anything like me, they will say they need … Continue reading →

What is Triple Negative Intra – Ductal Breast Cancer?

So what is triple negative intra-ductal breast cancer? Well it is rather complicated but I am going to try my best to explain it. If you have any other questions email me or post a comment and I will get back to you with what I can. When women under 40 develop breast cancer their cancers tend to have different characteristics than an older person. Although I tend to generalize by saying women, breast cancer affects men too, I apologize for my generalization. The majority of breast cancer patients have tumors that “fed” by estrogen, progesterone, or human growth hormone. … Continue reading →