Funds for cancer treatment

Hi Janine! Thank you so much for asking. I haven't personally tried, but I know of numerous stage 4 breast cancer people who have. Most of the ones who have tried were on the sickness benefit and all were refused. I spoke with my oncologist about it, as well as with a representative with Pfizer. Both said because I still work full time and because of the complexity of the criteria, it is highly unlikely that I would qualify. I also believe (I may be wrong) that it is only for drugs not approved by MedSafe, and Ibrance is approved. I also asked about the scheme for another brand of CDK4/6 inhibitor, and was also told that it was highly unlikely that I would qualify. It also has some very unpleasant side effects, so I haven't pursued it further. There is another CDK4/6 inhibitor that has just been MedSafe approved and which may be more cost effective than Ibrance and which doesn't have nasty side effects, so I'm keeping a close eye on it too.

Thank you so much for your kind thoughts and the great suggestion!