I received a call this morning from Fox Chase to tell me I have been approved by Medicaid. Seems that my doc at Cooper puts the name of the institution they are recommending on the letter of necessity that Medicaid requires to okay going out of state. The choice has already been made for me!


Pat - 62 yr. old -DX 8/29/09 SCC stage III floor of mouth
Lower teeth& bone removed
Port& Peg
Cisplatin x3; Rad 35 - ended 12/21/09
Fox Chase 2nd opinion-mandibulectomy; tracheotomy; left neck dissection; jaw reconstruction 5/13/10; flap failed;new flap 7/13/10; lipo January 2011