When it rains it pours

Well the blows keep coming......and I am still standing tall.

Discovery have not approved the Perjeta but have approved everything else. (The doctor did tell us this might happen.) The news came in yesterday and before I had put the phone down I was crying. At that moment I didn’t even know why I was crying. It just felt good to cry. After calling Brandon to let him the news I just kept crying. He really is my rock when it comes to him putting me in line and asking all the right questions to get my mind right. My worry when I heard the amount was my family could use that amount for so many other things but the most important thing is ME! YES ME! We sometimes forget about ourselves and neglect ourselves.

So now what.....we have to now pay for the Perjeta or go with another treatment plan. The Perjeta is expensive don’t get me wrong, but it’s what I need as I’m her 2 positive. The first loading dose is R40,029,89 which I have paid today, so that we can start with the treatment. Together with herceptin and docetaxel we can knock this cancer right out of here.

The Perjeta will cost us in the region of about R433,000.00 from start to the first finish line, I know there is always a second line after the first finish line. Is that what life is all about? Money to pay for medicine that keeps you alive. The lessons you learn when you on your cancer journey are really ones that test you to the fullest. They brake you down and only a few keep standing. Worrying about cancer is one thing, now worrying about money is another thing.

On the plus side I am feeling better from the oils and now ready to bring on the treatment. Hopefully tomorrow we will have some answers.