Hi Laura,
It just gets worse and worse the deeper you dig into these things. I had no idea about the stock situation involving Erbitux. Wow! I'm beginning to think that corruption is the rule rather than the exception.

I will never blindly trust anyone in the medical or dental profession again. In addition to all the problems we had with J's DX and physicians, his first oral surgeon tried to pad his bill by $1000 claiming J's teeth were impacted when they were not. I had them give me the billing codes which are universal so I could find out what our dental insurance was going to pay. When he had his 2nd opinion from USC dental school, the billing codes changed from what the 1st oral surgeon had listed. Also, USC gave me a preliminary quote over the phone based on the billing codes J's 1st oral surgeon gave me. When J came home from the USC consultation, the price quoted was much lower than their preliminary quote. I immediately knew what was going on. I couldn't believe that anyone would be such a parasite as to cheat a cancer patient. They knew that we had been struggling with all the hospital, prescription, and other medical bills despite having insurance. How cruel and immoral of them. My faith in people in medical and dental professions has been completely destroyed.

I can only imagine how severely all that you have been through has destroyed your trust and peace of mind. It is like a nightmare that doesn't end. You look for answers and you find out information that is worse than anything for which you could prepare. I am so sorry that you are going through this horrendous tragedy that would have never happened if people had only taken their responsibilities seriously.

Take care, Laura. You are in my thoughts constantly. I pray that justice is served on whoever is responsible for the unnecessary death of your husband.

Sandy