Leukemia costs? plz hurry important!?!
Question: What is the cost of getting treatments for leukemia?
please include a few different treatments and their costs
Answers: What is the cost of getting treatments for leukemia?
please include a few different treatments and their costs
Ok, first,don't panic Disco Girl. You didn't say if it was you or some loved one that you are worrying about paying for, I'll assume it's you. If you want to live, forget about the money right now, you need to take care of yourself or none of that will matter. I just lost my beloved girlfriend of 12 years, Lisa Ann, in December, right before Christmas, to AML, acute myelogenous leukemia, one of the worst. They grade it on a scale of 1 to 7, she was an 8. Poor girl didn't even really know she was sick. She went to the doctor one day because she had a tummy ache and was feeling a little run down. The doctor called a few hours later, and said, "Get to the emergency room, NOW !" She did not see the outside of that hospital for months, and then, not for long.
I'm not trying to scare you, but leukemia can be a stone cold killer, take it seriously. The last thing you need to be stressing over right now is, "How am I gonna pay for this?", deal with it later babe, or there may be no more later. At least then you won't have to pay the bill.
I don't mean to make light of a very serious siruation, but, I just did this for the last 8 months, and if you don't keep your sense of humor, things can get real bleak, real fast.
Having said that, there are many different kinds of leukemia, some fairly mild and even curable, some not so.The prognosis for different types varies wildy. If you don't know exactly what you are dealing with, you better find out. Then educate yourself well. That will be your best tool to help you understand what is happening to you and what you should do about it, you can't make good, informed decisions if you don't even know what's going on, and I'm not saying you don't, but you have to take an active role. I wrote a much more involved answer and then accidentally deleted it right as I was about to send. A couple of others beat me to some of the things I was going to say so I won't repeat it all other than to say, help is out there, good help. I would recomend as early and aggressive a treatment as is appropriate for your situation.
Now, you asked about treatment options, thats for you to discuss with your doctor, but if your'e not educated about your disease, a lot of it will sound like Greek. I'm a fairly intelligent guy, did a lot of reading, and we were blessed with really good doctors. I still got confused. Ask questions, lots of em'. Don't let the doctor go untill you get a satisfactory answer. Go on the Web, you already have some great links. And I certainly agree that alternative, unconventional therapies are worth a look or two, don't box yourself in to any one approach, they can work together.
Everybody so far has sort of talked about the disease but the first thing you said was, "How am I gonna pay for this?". Deal with it later, if you can, you need to concentrate on getting well right now, dear. You didn't mention where you live, but I know you could get help out here in California. I personaly owe the County of Santa Clara tens of thousands of dollars, Lisa's bill was in the hundreds of thousands. She was disabled, unemployed, uninsured and nearly homeless. I don't think it had a significant effect on the quality of the care she recieved.
I've been operated on by two of the finest teaching surgeons in the country, saved my right hand and left foot. I still haven't paid my bill. I'm not saying "Be a deadbeat", but if you really need it, there are usualy options, there is help out there. Sometimes you have to scrounge around a little bit to find it, and it can be a real pain dealing with the government, I know, but don't despair, just do it. No one stopped to check my bank account before wheeling me into the operating room.
I know it's tough hon, try and keep your head up, and a smile on it. It helps.
Best Wishes, Scott Branaman
scottbranaman@yahoo.com
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