Re: The Disney Magic
- From: PocoLoco <PocoLoco415@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:16:50 -0500
On 30 Oct 2005 18:27:27 -0800, chuckgould.chuck@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>PocoLoco wrote:
>> What a boat, what a ride, what a fantastic week! I *will* go for another cruise
>> on the "Disney Magic", regardless of the number of kids aboard!
>>
>> The service, food, entertainment, and atmosphere were much more than I expected.
>> I had taken three paperbacks to read, along with a new Nikon D70 book, to read
>> rather than be bored.
>>
>> I finished none of them.
>>
>> However, we had some bad news waiting for us. My older daughter underwent an MRI
>> which showed three breast tumors. Biopsies showed two to be benign, but one is
>> malignant. Now the younger daughter is very concerned, and wants to have a test
>> of her genes to determine if she inherited the BRAC1 or BRAC2 gene from her
>> mother, who died of 'abdominal' cancer. She, however, is concerned that if the
>> test comes back positive, she will lose her health insurance. Has anyone ever
>> heard of that?
>>
>> --
>> John H
>>
>> "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant:
>> It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
>>
>> Ronald Reagan
>
>
>Oh crap, John. Very sorry to hear about your daughter. (I had no idea
>you were a widower).
>
>In what state does your daughter reside? I would think each state
>insurance commissioner and statutes will vary just a bit on what her
>patient's rights are going to be. My sister-in-law, at age 56, has
>consumed a few million dollars worth of medical care (seriously) due to
>a heart condition. She has reached the "lifetime maximum" with a couple
>of companies- but just her good luck, each time she does the
>organization she works for changes hands and she gets a "fresh start".
>
>Odds are that her current insurance company cannot just dump her, but
>if she ever loses coverage due to firing, layoff, company bankruptcy,
>etc she might, in some cases, have some difficulty getting a private
>policy on her own. Several years ago we passed alaw in Washington that
>said people who lost group medical insurance had the right to buy
>private insurance (at a market rate) and could not be turned down for a
>pre-existing condition. Several insurance companies left the state as a
>result. (Good riddance).
>
>Best wishes for your daughters successful treatment and a full
>recovery. They are treating cancer far more effectively than ever
>before- but even so it's a rigorous and demanding course of treatment
>and it won't be easy for her.
>
>Tell your younger daughter to get an annual mammogram, (if she isn't
>doing so already), and to hope that some of the very latest news about
>a promising "vaccine" to prevent breast cancer might bear fruit.
Thanks Chuck. The mammogram will be done. The next question is the BRCA1 and 2
tests.
--
John H
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant:
It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
Ronald Reagan
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