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Cancer Support

Ms. Toad

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5. My daughter's medical bills are $200,000 - each and every year.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2023, 01:59 AM

Feb 2023

Mostly for meds, and the administration thereof. She may be moving to a cheaper drug (the more costly one is no longer working - and she has developed arthritis related to her disease which is better treated by an older drug). Unfortunately the older one has an increased cancer risk (on top of the half-dozen cancers her disease puts her at risk for).

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Wifey just showed me the drug bills for THIS year to treat her MDS [View all] Ferrets are Cool Nov 2022 OP

Sorry to hear that. GreenWave Nov 2022 #1

YES republianmushroom Nov 2022 #2

My daughter worked in the industry, gab13by13 Nov 2022 #3

add in the cost of the ads that run continuously on tv. That must be a fortune!! demigoddess Nov 2022 #4

My daughter's medical bills are $200,000 - each and every year. Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #5

I don't even know what to say. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #6

Fortunately, the places she's worked since she turned 26 have better insurance than I ever did. Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #7