I live in Calgary and have Permanent Residency. My sister who is 24 yrs old has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, stage 2. She has been recommended chemoradiation therapy, which I want her to get here. Can anyone give me a rough idea how much it wud cost?
2006-10-19 16:41:53 · 6 answers · asked by Sherry 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I live in Calgary and have Permanent Residency. My sister who is 24 yrs old has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, stage 2. She has been recommended chemoradiation therapy, which I want her to get here. Can anyone give me a rough idea how much it wud cost?
REPLY: I have read first three answers, I want an idea, roughly how much? Getting her treated in my native country is financially no issue for me. I just want to have her better care. So I need a rough idea? At least, some should give me an idea that "see these many Cd dollars will be the minimum cost." If I get a rough idea, I will be able to decided whether to get her treated here or in my native country.
As she has no insurance applicable in Canada, I think it will be fully self-paid.
Bigger question is will she be given visa for treatment? I dont know what the rules are for these cases.
2006-10-19 18:20:44 · update #1
I was 23 yrs old with Stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma. My insurance paid for a lot of the procedures but the total bill came to about $175,000 US dollars that my insurance paid and you know they get certain services for cheap or at an agreement price so probably about $200,000. I had 12 rounds of ABVD and 4 weeks of radiation.
2006-10-21 08:56:30 · answer #1 · answered by pink flower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer costs are expensive. I can answer that in the US my son's treatment reached a quarter of a million US dollars in about a year. Fortunately we have excellent health insurance that has covered the costs (well, we have had to force the insurance company to pay on a few occasions, which they did).
2006-10-20 19:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by Panda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you at least have medical insurance from somewhere? You'd better get the exact costs for it from the Cancer clinic that is to treat her. Hopefully you have medical insurance coverage or she can get a Lions, Rotary, Elks, or any kind of benevolent organization to help.
2006-10-19 23:47:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just wondering are you definite to go through the process of chemoradiotherapy treatment for your beloved sister? If you know the effect (how painful) of this treatment on the patient, you wouldn't want to let her go through this treatment. Besides, research has proven that there is another method that is effective enough to handle cancer patient.
2006-10-20 02:02:12 · answer #4 · answered by sprow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very expensive. I hope she has insurance.
Cancer RN x 12 yrs in the USA.
2006-10-20 00:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by happydawg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's one of those questions, if you have to ask how much it is, you probably can't afford it.
2006-10-20 00:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋