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The praise first… We were awakened this morning to a phone call from a representative from the Nexavar Reach Program.  I had never heard of them before, but they were calling to offer financial assistance to us in order for me to have the drug even if my insurance denied it.  So we began faxing in our information, signing papers and the like.  She was telling us that we qualified for a 75% discount.  That means that instead of paying the $6000 dollars a month, it was going to be $1500 a month.  Well, we still can’t afford that.  She said it was because of our income, but if we wanted to request more help, to write a letter to Bayer (the maker of Nexavar) and ask for more help.  So we did.  We faxed it in and were hoping to pay between 5-10% ($300-$600) a month.  Way better than either of the other two prices!  She said she was waiting on the denial from the insurance company – because they would deny for sure.  So I called my doctor’s office to let them know that they needed to fax over the denial.  The lady in authorizations said that Blue Shield hadn’t said no yet, but that they were waiting to see how much assistance I would get from the Nexavar Reach Program.  So they were both waiting on each other.  Isn’t that just like bureaucracy?  So I suggested that my doctor’s office call the representative from Nexavar Reach.  I didn’t hear anything for a while, and then I got a phone call asking for my address.  Didn’t hear anything for another long while, so I called the doctor’s office again.  The nurse practioner picked up and said he was actually on the phone with the clinical pharmacist for Blue Shield, and he’d call me in few minutes.  Well he called and said, “They have approved Nexavar indefinitely!”  My insurance is going to cover the $6000 monthly price of the medication – indefinitely!!!  Cost to me $15 a month!!!  I can’t believe it!  What a blessing!  What a provision by God!  What an answer to prayer!  I ordered it from a speciality pharmacy in Orlando, FL, and it will be here on Tuesday!  🙂

With this medication comes hope that it will be the one I need!  I am praying that it will relieve the pressure on my rib cage and will take away all the cancer in my body.  It is a good day…well at least there is some joy in the midst of this pain!  

Just a follow-up…I was able (through the help of a nasty enema) to have a bowel movement.  It seems to have helped with the pain.  My mother-in-law said I get two big stickers for going poo-poo in the potty!  🙂  Potty training is so fun; it puts you in a different frame of mind for sure!

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