Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 60 | David; Where the hell was I supposed to come up with $850 per month for COBRA when I got laid off. Our health insurance in this country is a crime. We should be ashaimed that we are the only industrialized nation that allows insurance companies to make billions while letting people die. I now owe the hospital $70000 because I got laid off right before I was diagnosed.
Jon;
I had no PEG. Swallowing was very hard. Meals were quite a bit of work. I ate several small meals mainly because I would get tired from chewing and swallowing. My cancer was my tonsil, so I do not know how swallowing would differ for BOT.
I only lost hair where the radiain hit. My beard fell out, and I had a very strange hair line on the back of my neck.
Flip _________________________________ Age: 54 SCC Tonsil + 3 nodes Radiation and Carboplatin Treatment 4/1 - 6/7/2009 No surgery, no PEG Never smoked Drink socially (brew my own beer and love wine. A bottle of scotch lasts me a couple of years) CT 11/4/09 No sign of envolvement in Tonsil or nodes
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