NED dancing with someone else... but not me

Regarding Herzog's acceptance policy, I don't know how difficult it is to get accepted.  I contacted the clinic by email and provided them a medical profile/history and my last scan report. After reviewing the material, they told me that they could treat me.

Some of you have asked about the costs of this treatment.  Since I am a Kaiser patient, any treatment outside of Kaiser, unless they deemed it appropriate, would cost me out of pocket, whether in the U.S. or not.  I did investigate a couple of places here in the States, but ironically, felt my dollars would go farther outside of the country, at least right now, since I'm not old enough for Medicare yet.  Herzog does accept some insurance, however, I believe these are all European.  AXA/BUPA/Signal.

As far as costs go, it's not cheap, but it's less expensive than some specialized hospitals here.  There are still some unknowns as far as cost, i.e., different chemos have different costs, etc.  But the base cost per day is approximately $500.  That includes room and board, physician, nursing, all diagnostics done in the hospital, lab tests, infusions, injections, physiotherapy and all other therapies except for hyperthermia, as well as transfers to and from the Frankfurt Airport which is about an hour away.  You can have another person stay with you for about $50 a day which includes 3 meals and tea and cake in the afternoon.  Hyperthermia is on top of that and ranges from 200 to 2600 Euros per session, depending on whether it is local, moderate or extreme whole body.  Patients pay the pharmacist directly for any chemo used.  They require a 6000 euro deposit on the day of arrival by credit card or cash.

Luckily, I have some inheritance money that will pay for treatment for a while, and I have some other options available to me, but it will be a significant financial commitment.  You know what they say about having a rainy day fund...  well, this is that rainy day!