Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-22 Thread Dana
hmm. The first one is a patient support site, but it looks realistic. I guess if you are lucky enough to have good coverage, that drug may be covered. The second site is a bit out of date and -- I dunno. It might be accurate, or not. We're still in the land though of improved outcomes for specific

Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > Gruss would say you always have the choice of paying the $4k a month yourself No. That's been my point all along: the healthcare system is broken and it needs to be fixed. My fix is CDH because I haven't seen anything better, but show me something better and I'll back it. As for

Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-22 Thread Sam
On 6/22/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you really want to impress me though, you'll find a US insurance company > that covers this drug. http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,12867,0.htm Or an article about a British child who has Ashley's condition and is dy

Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-22 Thread Dana Tierney
there are always financial issues. Earlier in this thread I mentioned that my mother was told she was too young for knee surgery. As I understand it that's a financial issue... it's an expensive surgrey and they don't want to do it more than once. If you really want to impress me though, you'l

Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-22 Thread Sam
Or would it? Cancer patients told life-prolonging treatment is too expensive for NHS http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=231282007 On 6/20/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See now -- what those parents are going through, that's barbaric. Whatever > else you want to say about the

Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-20 Thread Rick Root
On 6/20/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > She deserves her own thread - Here's Abby's story for those interested: > > http://tinyurl.com/2lppan It's quite possible that I'm a sap, but that story actually brought tears to my eyes. Maybe it's hav

Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-20 Thread Dana Tierney
See now -- what those parents are going through, that's barbaric. Whatever else you want to say about the flaws in the British or Canadian medical systems, this would not be happening there. >She deserves her own thread - Here's Abby's story for those interested: > >h

Re: Abby's Story

2007-06-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> Rick wrote: > It's quite possible that I'm a sap, but that story actually brought > tears to my eyes. I think you'd have to be pretty hard hearted not get choked up. Here's the lastest: http://www.caringbridge.org/mn/abbyleigh/ ~~

Abby's Story

2007-06-20 Thread Gruss Gott
She deserves her own thread - Here's Abby's story for those interested: http://tinyurl.com/2lppan ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adob