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August 15, 2007

An Avastin Surprise

Yesterday was my "medical" day, treatment at the clinic and to the family doctor to remove a small cyst. Simple, what could go wrong? Well, you know something did or I wouldn't raise the question. As I was being "plugged up" I mentioned the cyst that is about 3 inches from my port and needing to get out of here close to 3:00 to have it removed and of course not looking forward to it. The response was "wait a minute, you need to talk to Cindi." It seems that Avastin slows the healing process and that "hole" that would be created could be a problem. Two years using Avastin and I just find out this kind of side effect. Wonderful. So, this was not an urgent thing and I had to cancel it. I did stop by the doctor's office and apologize and get the results from my blood tests. I was a little surprised that everything was fine. I'm not used to having something fine. By the way, the cost of my last Avastin increased some 150%. I couldn't believe $11,000???? for one dose. I keep thinking maybe they made a mistake, but probably not. Thank God for insurance. That's my update. Good health to all of you.

Posted by Robert on August 15, 2007 1:07 PM | DIGG | del.icio.us | furl