Liz Needs Help

Who helps cancer patients? Well, it ain’t the government. This we know.

Some hospitals provide limited financial assistance for their patients. Many others do not. (At too many cancer centers, a social worker hands over an out-of-date list of possible sources of help. And that’s it.)

If you apply for Social Security Disability, as I did over a year ago, you wait SIX MONTHS to receive your first payment. A disabled person could starve to death in six months.

Anyway, if you are a regular reader of my blog, I’m probably preaching to the choir, so I’ll stop, and just make my pitch:

Liz, author of my favorite cancer blog, As the Tumor Turns, needs help. She’s put a “Make a Donation” button on her blog. If you have a little cash to spare, and especially if you are a reader of her blog, please send it her way.

Here’s the link:
http://spinningtumor.blogspot.com/

And Liz’s explanation of why she needs help:
Busted By Murphy's Law Again

I plan to. We need to help each other.

Jeanne

Comments

[Jill]

This is why I raise money for Komen. They have a financial assistance program for low-income women with breast cancer. I am proud to contribute to an organization that understands that even cancer is not all about research but also about helping people pay their rent when they're too sick to work.

[Jeanne]

Sure, but there is no Komen for Liz, because she has a "less popular" kind of cancer.

Jeanne

[Karen]

i would like very much to speak with someone concerning breast cancer that spread to bone. my 1st cancer was 1991 then in 2005(both same breast but differeent type of cancer) had pet scan in nov 05 due to severe bone/back pain had 5 fractured vertebrea and mention of degenerative disease but also concerns of metatastic disease in jan 07 mri reads positive features of osseous metastases within the imaged axial skeleton - reason for mri was to check #3 and 6 rib but my dr said"dont worry about it radiologist trying to cover their butt" i dont especially feel this an appropriate response - any comments???

[Karen]

i would like very much to speak with someone concerning breast cancer that spread to bone. my 1st cancer was 1991 then in 2005(both same breast but differeent type of cancer) had pet scan in nov 05 due to severe bone/back pain had 5 fractured vertebrea and mention of degenerative disease but also concerns of metatastic disease in jan 07 mri reads positive features of osseous metastases within the imaged axial skeleton - reason for mri was to check #3 and 6 rib but my dr said"dont worry about it radiologist trying to cover their butt" i dont especially feel this an appropriate response - any comments???

[Jeanne]

Sure, Karen, I'm happy to help if I can. I've been living with bone mets for about five and a half years.

There are some posts on my blog about this, and you can also e-mail me any questions.

I agree that your doctor's comment was pretty insensitive, especially since it seems the scans did turn up bone mets, right?

Some of the posts in my Metastatic Cancer category might be helpful:

http://www.assertivepatient.com/2006/12/life_with_mets.html

http://www.assertivepatient.com/2006/12/my_cancer_histo.html

http://www.assertivepatient.com/metastatic_cancer/index.html

My e-mail is jeanne.sather@gmail.com

Jeanne