Cancer, layoffs, and other stuff

First, let me say that although this sounds bad, it's not really.
Well, you know that I had breast cancer, lumpectomies, rads, and now Arimidex. Well, in June I was laid off from my job, but it was okay cause I could use the time to recoup from everything and hubby has a good job and he carries our health insurance. Well, last week he came home and he was laid off also. He was devastated. He has never been fired, laid off, ever and he was so worried about our insurance needs. He is 70 and planned to retire soon but with the housing market going belly up and us owing more than the house could possibly be sold for and the need for insurance he kept working. I still wanted him to retire. I believe that there are always solutions. So although we are both jobless I am actually okay with this. My best friend in the worlk has offered us to move in with her and that will allow us to cobra my part of his insurance and he can go on medicare and we can pay her rent. We will let our house go into foreclosure and declare bankruptcy if we must. Our daughter also offered us to move in with them but they are a little cramped in their apartment so we will do that further down the road. Our friend has a large home and lives alone and really wants the company so it should work out fine. We have hubby's social security and we can both collection unemployment for several months. In March, I can also start collecting my social security. In the meantime, I called my oncologist and my uterine cancer nurse practitioner and asked to have my September appointments moved up in case we can't afford the cobra. Both of them scheduled the appointments immediately. So on Wednesday, I saw my oncologist who refilled my arimidex for 90 more days. So I have a 180 day supply. She also told me to call the clinical study people and see what they can do and Astra Zenica as well. She said she would help with phone assistance on any questions I might have. She was going to schedule my mammograms even though they aren't due until late September or early October. The next day I went for my uterine cancer check up. She did the most complete exam. She did blood work, urine tests, is rushing a BRCA test (she feels this should be done), scheduled my mammogram for right then, and removed a suspicious mole from my pubic area (wasn't expecting that). She also said to call for any phone help I might need and she was the one that mentioned that I would only have to pay 35% of the cobra costs and that I only needed to cobra me. Bless the woman, she has been a rock for me for the past 9 years. Had my mammogram, they did the regular shots on the left, but the right one they did additional closer films because they saw something. They were going to send for my original films to compare (these were done at the Vallejo facility and I was in Sacramento) them. They told me that they would probably be doing an ultrasound. I got a card in the mail today that they would indeed be scheduling the ultrasoud. But we all know that it is not unusual for this at the 1st check up so I am not worried. I have a bladder infection and there were some other minor issues with my blood work related to my kidneys but nothing dire. So the bottom line, is that we will be relocating, downsizing, trying to retain our insurance etc. But I am so glad that my hubby is not working at his stressful job. I worried so much that he was going to work himself to death and that would have be devastating. This stuff is just bumps in the road and we will be fine. Life can throw punches but I'm pretty good at ducking. And besides, my favorite Winnie the Pooh character is Tigger cause he bounces. I bounce. I am not sure why I am sharing. It's not like I need sympathy because I don't feel sad or bad. Maybe I just wanted you to know what's going on. Now good wishes for the biopsy and for them finding me NED with the ultrasound would be wonderful. And also to share what a caring group of doctors and nurses I have. I am truly a lucky, lucky gal. In so many ways, I am blessed.
Stef