Chemo day plus 2

Im on my second post chemo day. Yesterday was good. I had lots of energy. I organized my closets, went to the Wild Animal Park, groomed the dogs and then went down for my Neulesta shot at Scripps Clinic. (The nurse told me that the prednisone is energizing me.)The Neulesta costs $6,000 per dose. I get it 24 hours after my chemo.I was shocked when I saw the bill. I don't have to pay for it, Thank God. But this is the miracle drug that keeps the chemo from killing off my white blood cells by stimulating my bone marrow to make new cells faster. The nurse said that it keeps my immune system up so I don't end up in the hospital with an infection and get my chemo schedule off.  So, in the long run this $6000 drug is keeping the cost of my treatment down. Ive been getting the bills for the treatment. Medicare pays part. And Tricare, the US Military insurance pays part. And the clinic eats the rest. I don't pay a thing.  Little did we know, when Frank was doing his Reserve Duty each summer that we would reap such benefits. 
Others have to do battle with their insurance and wait for authorization for each test and procedure. While I have just sailed on through. Tricare may very well have saved my life by allowing this process to proceed as fast as it did. I was in stage three. The cancer had not yet gotten to my bone marrow when it was discovered. That would have been stage 4.

While I was waiting for the shot, a couple came in to the clinic that I recognized. I went over and introduced myself. The man turned out to be Mikes 4th and 5th grade teacher. His wife had just been diagnosed with breast cancer. They were there to find out what her course of treatment would be.  I told them about Mike. Of course they were shocked. Then I talked to her about what she was feeling and tried to be supportive. We have joined an exclusive club that no one ever wants to join. But now that we are here, we are in the unique position of being able to help each other like no one else can.  I gave her my card with my phone number and email address. I hope I she calls. But if she doesn't, I hope I helped her yesterday.