Lou

I am in pain due to chemo treatments for my ‘new’ cancer of the Lymph nodes. I am only allowed to take 2 Tylenol a day. This is not enough to treat the pain. They took out 2 tumors and luckily, the 3d one hasn’t grown much, but how am I supposed to get better when they took me off Medicaid and I have to pay copays now since my income’s a few dollars over the limit and they cut my SNAP to $30 per month? This is crazy! I’m turning 70, I have to keep my legs up so they don’t swell, so I can’t work. I can’t even make a fist, that’s how swollen I am, even though I take water pills to keep the swelling down.

I have a friend who helps take care of me and has colon cancer. He had 6 weeks of radiation and a PET scan then 2 weeks of radiotherapy @ 5 minutes a day, and finished his treatment with no copays. He’s covered. It isn’t fair that we have to worry about money AND cancer.

WE NEED MEDICAID FOR ALL!