Real from Real Chance at Love Has Cancer

NadiaPost wrote: It seems quite crass to be thinking about this mans healthy head of hair when he has such a grim diagnosis.

Thank you for the hugs ladies!!!!

My aunt's insurance through her job covered most of her treatment. They found out it was stage 4 colon cancer on May 21, 2010. It had already spread to her liver by this time. They determined liver cancer but needed to know where it came from since its rare for cancer to originate in the liver.

She had lost 30 pounds or more the month before and had tumors on her liver. She had surgery that next week to remove the diseased part of hee colon. She was due to start chemo the next few weeks but was too ill. The chemo would kill her. Soon after that her liver had stopped working and had swollen to the size of two footballs. It affected her breathing. Liver stopped breaking down medications and filtering her blood. She was drinking gallons of water and having no urine output. She was swollen from water and toxin retention. She stopped eating and wanted ice.

I got a call from my mom saying they don't expect her to live into the next week. I drove home and spent that last weekend with her. The last thing I told her was that I love her. She died July 21, 2010 at 46 years old.

Yall its hard watching a vibrant and kind woman deteriorate in 2 months and die..

If worse comes to worse, Real may succumb to liver cancer bc its not much that can be done when you have liver cancer, unless he gets a transplant. That won't be likely since his cancer has spread. I send my prayers to him and his family. So young....

ThoughtCouture wrote: kkscottdale wrote: So if insurance is supposed to help you out when you get sick. What happens when you get sick but cannot keep making the premiums? How long does the insurance for your sickness (which happened while you were making premiums) last? I always get confused on that part   well most people (and their eligible family) have health insurance thru their employer and the premiums are shared between the employer and them (deducted from their salary).  so as long as the person is working the premiums are covered and this issue would only come up when they get sick to the point when they can no longer work.   however, for those who are self-employed (like chance is more than likely) or working for a company that does not offer health insurance it's a whole nother story.  these people have to get individual health insurance ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) on their own or apply for medicaid.   if these people have money/assets, they have to burn thru that before they can qualify for medicaid.   anyway, the coverage generally stops at the end of the month the last premium is recieved...

we need a thread on this

to educate the people

ThoughtCouture wrote: kkscottdale wrote: So if insurance is supposed to help you out when you get sick. What happens when you get sick but cannot keep making the premiums? How long does the insurance for your sickness (which happened while you were making premiums) last? I always get confused on that part   well most people (and their eligible family) have health insurance thru their employer and the premiums are shared between the employer and them (deducted from their salary).  so as long as the person is working the premiums are covered and this issue would only come up when they get sick to the point when they can no longer work.   however, for those who are self-employed (like chance is more than likely) or working for a company that does not offer health insurance it's a whole nother story.  these people have to get individual health insurance ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) on their own or apply for medicaid.   if these people have money/assets, they have to burn thru that before they can qualify for medicaid.   anyway, the coverage generally stops at the end of the month the last premium is recieved...

Thanks. It makes no sense to me that they would stop paying for the time when you most need it. I am getting sort of riled up thinking about it. I guess if you have FMLA, then you might still be covered but other than that

I'm sorry he's going through this and I hope he beats the odds.
If he doesn't, I wish him a serene passing away.

BTW, regular checkups don't mean much in certain types of cancer, my husband went for a checkup (blood test, abdominal ultrasound, ECG, urine test) and a couple of months later he had the first symptoms of Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was diagnosed as stage 4. However, Hodgkin's lymphoma is quite treatable and the chemotherapy scheme he went through gives a lasting remission in about 90% of people in stage 4. He is completing tratment now, please keep him in your prayers.