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Caremark CVS delayed my mom’s cancer drugs

true stories, UncategorizedBy charlotteanne 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…

Crowdsourcing my mom’s cancer

crowdsourcing, true storiesBy charlotteanne August 24, 2009 15 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…