Help Deb Kovach
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Deb Kovach is a 63 year old woman, mother of 4, a hardworking entrepreneur with her own business for 33 years as a travelling dog groomer par excellence ( I know because she has been taking care of our beloved dogs for about 10 years now!)
Her husband became disabled about 10 years ago and Deb took on the challenge of being the principle income earner for her family. She has worked hard all her life and now is faced with a much bigger job.... to survive Pancreatic Cancer.
She was diagnosed on April 15th, and has already run into an even greater obstacle, her insurance company.
When you are diagnosed with cancer one of the first steps is to determine what the stage of the cancer is. That means finding out whether the cancer is still located in the original spot, the primary tumor. Or whether it has spread or metastasized to other areas. A cancer can spread locally, invading tissues and organs right beside it or it can spread widely, hitching a ride on the lymphatic system or the blood stream to set up camp in a distant organ, like the liver or the lungs. The distance and the places it has gone have a great impact on the choice of treatment and the chance of survival. So, one of the first things the doctors will order is a CAT scan or an MRI to see where the cancer is. From there, treatment is planned. Without that first step, there is no beginning of treatment. And the longer it takes to delineate the disease, the harder it gets to treat it.
Deb's first obstacle was getting the CAT scan. It was scheduled by her doctor for May 3. On May 2 Deb received word that her insurance company, a well known local HMO, had denied coverage and she had to cancel it.
When she contacted her insurance company, she was told she did not have coverage for any large cancer center. It took until May 23 for her to finally see an oncologist, a cancer doctor. He tried to order a CAT scan again, and again it was denied. So he ordered a PET scan..... also denied.
As of today, June 14, she still has not had a CAT scan. She has not had any treatment for the cancer. And no one knows what the cancer is up to.
Who knows what other obstacles Deb will face?
Of course, money is going to a big one, a REALLY big one. Sadly our best treatments and cures are reserved for the rich and powerful.
That's where you and I come in. Maybe you know her, maybe she is a relative or a friend or a neighbor. Maybe she is just another stranger in your life.
But if we can give a dollar or two or ten or twenty we can help Deb face the obstacle of her cancer and diminish the power her insurance company has over her. We can at least help her pay some of the bills. The price of survival.
Please donate what you can and spread this message to anyone and everyone you know who has a place in their heart for a stranger or a friend facing the challenge of her life. We can't carry her burden but we can give her a little help.
Her husband became disabled about 10 years ago and Deb took on the challenge of being the principle income earner for her family. She has worked hard all her life and now is faced with a much bigger job.... to survive Pancreatic Cancer.
She was diagnosed on April 15th, and has already run into an even greater obstacle, her insurance company.
When you are diagnosed with cancer one of the first steps is to determine what the stage of the cancer is. That means finding out whether the cancer is still located in the original spot, the primary tumor. Or whether it has spread or metastasized to other areas. A cancer can spread locally, invading tissues and organs right beside it or it can spread widely, hitching a ride on the lymphatic system or the blood stream to set up camp in a distant organ, like the liver or the lungs. The distance and the places it has gone have a great impact on the choice of treatment and the chance of survival. So, one of the first things the doctors will order is a CAT scan or an MRI to see where the cancer is. From there, treatment is planned. Without that first step, there is no beginning of treatment. And the longer it takes to delineate the disease, the harder it gets to treat it.
Deb's first obstacle was getting the CAT scan. It was scheduled by her doctor for May 3. On May 2 Deb received word that her insurance company, a well known local HMO, had denied coverage and she had to cancel it.
When she contacted her insurance company, she was told she did not have coverage for any large cancer center. It took until May 23 for her to finally see an oncologist, a cancer doctor. He tried to order a CAT scan again, and again it was denied. So he ordered a PET scan..... also denied.
As of today, June 14, she still has not had a CAT scan. She has not had any treatment for the cancer. And no one knows what the cancer is up to.
Who knows what other obstacles Deb will face?
Of course, money is going to a big one, a REALLY big one. Sadly our best treatments and cures are reserved for the rich and powerful.
That's where you and I come in. Maybe you know her, maybe she is a relative or a friend or a neighbor. Maybe she is just another stranger in your life.
But if we can give a dollar or two or ten or twenty we can help Deb face the obstacle of her cancer and diminish the power her insurance company has over her. We can at least help her pay some of the bills. The price of survival.
Please donate what you can and spread this message to anyone and everyone you know who has a place in their heart for a stranger or a friend facing the challenge of her life. We can't carry her burden but we can give her a little help.
Organizer
Susan Graham
Organizer
Willard, OH