thanks so much for the thoughtful and comprensive replies! vilva, special thanks for replying to this and other of my posts!

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thanks, maia and arizona, for excellent and useful info!
i am getting care at ucla now, and my onc is dr.wainberg

I hope i'm wrong, but he did not seem optimistic
about surgery. any other of his patients in the club?

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Thanks for the useful info! what kind of studio/apt. did you get for the money you paid? sorry to be so nosy but i know little about nyc real estate...

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thanks, peanut, for your helpful reply to this and other of my posts!
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hi jalusa, hope your insurance is approved! did sloan refer you to an apt or did you fid it on your own? do you have it on a monthly basis? about lhow much? surprised you bought flight tix and rented apt. without knowing if your insuurance is acceptable... any more info about how sloan can assist th...

i have read several accounts of the superb treatment provided by Dr. K at MSK but my insurance coverage, through Covered California, is invalid out of state. i would like to get my rectal tumor resected and HIPEC installed. anyone have any idea what this surgery would cost, hopefully with cash disco...

I've heard great things about Dr. K at sloan, and for stage 4 folks like me, with a met to liver and possibly to lung, treatment there would be a dream come true. my insurance through covered california is not good out of state. i am 63 and do not qualify for medicare until 65. i don't qualify for d...

Rectal bleeding led to my cancer diagnosis, and it stopped after i began folfox treatments... last night it started again, for the first time in 10 weeks. Any ideas about the cause of this and its implicatioms?

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i've been working overseas for the last 5 plus years, making me ineligible for any disability payments

dear jill, i understand your feelings very well, though my diagnosis was just three months ago. if i don't qualify for rectal cancer surgery, (mets to liver and possibly lungs) i will probably face chemo until it or cancer kills me. Not a death with dignity. hard to think of anything else, especiall...

I have heard that one begins with a drop or so of the oil and works up to about a gram per day. any idea of the cost of a first month's supply? how about the cost of 30grams...2 grams more thsn an ounce? another question...would afull gram of the oil have a very strong effect leading to paranoia and...

hello, after 3 folfox 6 treatments abroad, i have returned to the us for treatment here. my next chemo should start5/18, but i will not be able to get it here so soon. is it ok if the4th tteatment is one week late? 2 weeks late? please advise! i don't want to undo the benefits of the previous sessio...

i came back from china to LA for rectal cancer treatment and found just one doc is available...mondays only. is anyone else getting treatment at jonsson~ucla? has any one worked with dr. waynesberg? thoughts?

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also, would like to know of those who were treated outside the US.

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THanks, Vilca! i've been told by onc that my chance for surgery isvery small due to mets in lung and liver. anyone know oftreatment options other than continuing folfox6?

might Cedars or UCLA be better than City?
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