[CMLHope] Re: I REALLY need to vent!-- Unsolicited Advice.....

2007-01-14 Thread Rob
I think Novartis will make an exception to that rule if you go ahead and apply. Approval is based on whether there is a financial hardship. Novartis also can refer you to some other programs such as PSI that will help with the $400 a month co-pay. Rob On 1/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTEC

[CMLHope] Re: I REALLY need to vent!-- Unsolicited Advice.....

2007-01-13 Thread katybug45
Hi Barb and Judy, Yes I will call although I figure I have to wait till Tues with Monday being a holiday. Barb I am From Paducah Kentucky, the western end. Hugs, Katy -- "The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time." -William Butler Yeats "Women and cats will do as they please, a

[CMLHope] Re: I REALLY need to vent!-- Unsolicited Advice.....

2007-01-13 Thread Barb in AZ
Katy I agree. CALL. KEEP vigilant about your fight for the drug. Where are you from? I may have a way to find who the rep is in your area. Don't give up. Barb in AZ judy wrote: > Katy. Call them and ask. It doesn't hurt to ask an explaine the situation. > If you don't then they can't hel

[CMLHope] Re: I REALLY need to vent!-- Unsolicited Advice.....

2007-01-12 Thread judy
Katy. Call them and ask. It doesn't hurt to ask an explaine the situation. If you don't then they can't help. Just talk to them and tell them the situation. JUDY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Well thank you Barb and Judy but that is out, I just went to the Novartis site and it said to quali

[CMLHope] Re: I REALLY need to vent!-- Unsolicited Advice.....

2007-01-12 Thread katybug45
Well thank you Barb and Judy but that is out, I just went to the Novartis site and it said to qualify you couldnt have private or prescription coverage, Dale got me put back on his prescription card. Gleevec is still going to be way to expensive on it though at around $400 a month. I will just

[CMLHope] Re: I REALLY need to vent!-- Unsolicited Advice.....

2007-01-08 Thread DAWN RODEGHIER
Hi Katy and all, I'm sure that I'm not the only one on this list that sat and watched in awe as the announcement was made on TV that the US Food and Drug had approved anew drug to fight cml. A man representing Novartis told what the new drug would cost, about the same as the current treatmen