Hi everyone,
A little about my dad..
He is 63 yrs old. Smoker up until he got sick a couple months ago. He got sick one night and had to go to the local ER. Drs found a mass on the lower part of his right lung. We then took him to a bigger hospital and he was admitted for some tests and a biopsy. Lung cancer was confirmed a couple of weeks later. He was referred to a cancer Dr. We dont know anything much else. The Dr said that it is probably stage 2 judging by its size. She wanted to order some tests to see if he is a surgery candidate, but when she found out that he had no insurance she said that she doubted the hospital would do them without him having insurance. We got the hospital to agree to do the test under a financial agreement but now the Dr wont order the tests because she is convinced that he is eligible for state aide or VA benefits. He has been turned down for both. She still willnot order the tests..So now we are back to the original Dr to see if he will give us another referral for another cancer Dr. We absolutely donot know what to do. My dad is just so worried, cannot sit still, frustrated and so scared. He has 3 kids and 7 grandsons. We try daily to come up with ideas as to what to do. Phone calls are made daily but we just get doors slammed in our faces.
Thanks for the nice welcomes,
Trish
