Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
protoninfo · Protons for Prostate Cancer
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Real people. Real stories. See how Yahoo! Groups impacts members worldwide.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
Messages 1460 - 1489 of 4753   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Messages: Simplify | Expand   (Group by Topic) Author Sort by Date ^
1460
Recommendations for the "Newly Diagnosed" Prostate Cancer Patient 1. Do Not Panic! Many of us have been down this road before, and there is much to learn...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
10:09 am
1461
I had breakfast yesterday with a friend of more than 40 years, who was treated at UFPTI. He had very aggressive PCA, Gleason 9, high PSA. Dr. Carlos Vargas,...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
10:59 am
1462
Wow! I just rechecked the Web site for this new location for protons and discovered that there will be TWIN facilities, but that now the target date is 2011,...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
11:12 am
1463
In the next few years there may be four proton centers just in South Florida! The two mentioned & ProCure's in The Boca area, plus the one at Broward General...
john sandberg
jdsand53
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
1:14 pm
1464
Let's hear it for South Florida. Right on, that's where all the Q-tips live, in South Florida, the land of perpetual wait. I managed to escape from Lake...
charles coryn
corynski
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
1:41 pm
1465
Glad to see you are aboard. John...
johnshea2001
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
5:35 pm
1466
FYI MPRI says the cost for PC protron thereapy typically runs about $207,000. Cash paying customers are offered a 20% discount. Deals are negociated with the...
n4lq
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
9:16 pm
1467
I think that you will find that this figure varies tremendously with the facility. So called "non-profit" institutions have seemingly a lower figure. Fuller ...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
9:22 pm
1468
My treatment was around $130,000 three years ago at MPRI.  United Healthcare picked up the whole tab. A good friend of mine paid for all of the gas for the...
rick otey
ricksdetailing
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
9:30 pm
1469
I go to UFPTI on Monday for my three day visit and I will be told on Wednesday when I actually start my treatments. They called me this morning and wanted to...
George
geebuschcp4
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
10:15 pm
1470
George I get my seed(s) installed on Monday then treatment at MPRI begins a few weeks later. That 5 week treatment sounds enticing. Steve Ellington ...
n4lq
Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2008
11:12 pm
1471
Thanks for the information, George I'll be a few weeks behind you at UFPI as I'm just getting my colonoscopy in the next few weeks and should have my 3 day...
charles coryn
corynski
Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2008
12:46 am
1472
Goodness... At LL my cost (90% + paid by UHC) was 80k. I also know that a couple of guys who paid cash paid the same amount, which was about a 40% discount ...
John Shuey
jshuey44
Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2008
12:54 pm
1473
Gregg and I paid out of pocket for the proton therapy at Loma Linda. Kaiser so far, will not pay. The cost to us as "uninsured" was $38,000. This was a year...
Laurel
yellow_laurel
Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2008
3:09 pm
1474
Charley: The T Stage has really nothing to do with Gleason Score, which is solely determined from the biopsy. You can read about "T Staging" and Gleason...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2008
4:43 pm
1475
Dear Laurel, Thank you so much for the kind words. I tried to get answers to all my husband's questions and with the help of this group I did. My husband is...
shedorman@...
sheila_dorman
Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2008
5:21 pm
1476
Fuller Thanks for the correction about the T stage and the Gleason. The doctor didn't mention seeing my biopsy samples yet so he couldn't comment on those,...
charles coryn
corynski
Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2008
10:08 pm
1477
Did anyone try calling on Friday? What was the outcome? Sharon...
sharon93_19008
Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2008
10:12 pm
1478
I tried calling (909-558-4244) and did get through. I started calling about 7:50am. At 8:00am I got through to the Radiation Oncology department. I told...
Darren Cole
darrenscole
Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2008
12:55 am
1479
The list price (or self-pay) is typically the reasonable and customary fee for service or lab cost, as determined by insurance companies. Each insurance...
galady3744
Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2008
3:39 am
1480
Hi Darren, Try calling again on Monday morning at the same time. The usual day for admissions has been the first Monday of the month, but I had been given the...
Sharon Gordon
sharon93_19008
Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2008
7:28 am
1481
United Healthcare paid 100% of my treatment three years ago.  Things may have changed since that time.  You're right, insurance companies try to get by with...
rick otey
ricksdetailing
Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2008
11:36 am
1482
Galady3744 I'm just getting started here but I do have BCBS. They agree to pay for protons and I have it in writing. It's an 80-20 plan but I have an annual...
n4lq
Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2008
11:55 am
1483
Hi Karen, I also have Medicare and BC/BS. My Medicare paid 80% and BS/BS paid the remaining 20%. I had no out of pocket expense except the considerable cost...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2008
1:12 pm
1484
Hi Karen, My husband is a proton patient at LLUMC now and BC/BS is paying the entire cost with no copays. The woman in the financial office told us she has...
Sharon Gordon
sharon93_19008
Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2008
2:43 pm
1485
Please welcome Swatch Lover to our group. Please tell the group what you prefer to be called and some information about your diagnosis, PSA, Gleason score,...
Rick Otey
ricksdetailing
Offline Send Email
Aug 4, 2008
4:58 pm
1486
Recently someone mentioned on this site that there were plans for another proton center in Florida. Miami was mentioned and then someone else mention one in...
Rick Otey
ricksdetailing
Offline Send Email
Aug 4, 2008
5:03 pm
1487
Hiyer Rick, & thanks, been out. http://www.southfloridaprotoncenter.com/article1 for the TWP Miami area ...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 4, 2008
6:32 pm
1488
TWP=TWO sorry ... http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS162408+06-May-2008+BW20080506 ... someone...
Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Offline Send Email
Aug 4, 2008
6:33 pm
1489
In preparation for proton treatment at MPRI, I had my tracking seed installed today. The doctor at MPRI told me it was really a coil, not to be confused with...
n4lq
Offline Send Email
Aug 5, 2008
1:31 am
Messages 1460 - 1489 of 4753   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Advanced
Add to My Yahoo!      XML What's This?

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help