Hi there,
My potential reoccurrence of pan cancer occurred about Nov 1, 2023. I had a Medicare HMO with Blue Shield at the time. I tried so fervently to get 2nd opinions from UCLA and Cedar-Sinai at the time and was u successful. At the time, my oncologist was with Hoag Hospital. I was trying to get more opinions because my beautiful ca19-9 of “6” was basically quadrupling, but my oncologist group wanted to basically ignore it since my CT and PET scans showed no new growth based on the radiologists’ readings (they were wrong). I used the time to research new oncologists and with the holidays I was only able to get an appt the first week of January in 2024. I switched to a PPO. By this time my CA19-9 was 3840. In December of 2023 I asked for a MRI (only due to the comments of another ATM “member” in this group) and it was found that I had 2 small lesions on my liver, masses in the abdominal peritoneum, and around the hepatic/celiac artery that Hoag radiologists had previously incorrectly identified as scar tissue. You can can change insurances when you move or change in jobs. Would be interested to know about cancer insurance.