Winkie's Expenses

03 January 2007
Winkie's oncologist recommended a one year infusion of Herceptin, which would cost about 1.7M pesos. She backed out and said no as she couldn't afford the treatment. But lately, her doctor said there was one new development, an approved treatment plan of 9 weekly infusion of the same drug in smaller vials. It will cost about 400,000.00 pesos which the doctor said might be feasible. This phase of treatment has been proven to reduce recurrence rate in Her-2-neu positive patients like Winkie. She was scheduled to have her 2D-Echo last Dec 4, 2006 but since she does not have the funds for the treatment, it did not push through. Read the full story here.

(last update: 11 January 2007)