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Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jul 18 1:50pm | Replies (233)
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@besswillis

It's very scary when someone tells you that you may at the most have 3 months to live without treatment and a year with. And it's so hard to get anything done. We have fought to move up days and pre approve things with the insurance. It's scary.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Feb 8, 2020

Hi @besswillis and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Getting such news is hard to accept.
@popkorhn talks more about the chemo drugs her husband is receiving in this earlier post https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/small-cell-lung-cancer-1/?pg=8#comment-358804 I'm confident that she will return to share more about their experience with chemo and immunotherapy.

Bess, is this your aunt's first diagnosis or is this cancer that has returned? How is your aunt feeling? How are you doing?

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Feb 9, 2020

Good morning @besswillis. Welcome to Mayo Connect. I agree it is terrifying when you are given a set time that is left in your life. Is it possible to get a lawyer to help with insurance woes? I can't imagine having to rely on a corporation for such information and then have them hold it up due to red-tape. If this is a new cancer is it possible to get legal help?

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