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Caremark CVS delayed my mom’s cancer drugs

Posted in true stories, tagged , , , , , on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Here’s what I wrote to them tonight after I found out from my dad that Caremark CVS has delayed my mom’s cancer medicine. They didn’t say why or what for. No explanation, just no delivery to the drugs that will help keep her alive – drugs to keep her white blood cells going.
What in the [...]

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Crowdsourcing my mom’s cancer

Posted in crowdsourcing, true stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2009 | 12 Comments »

My mom has always been our clan’s chief information hunter and learner.
That is, until last week, when she was diagnosed with a rare cancer: Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia.
Mom was a medical research librarian – someone who delighted in being a generous resource for journalists like me.
I remember her describing the day in 1981 or 1982 when a [...]

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