With the holidays approaching many of us have gift buying on the brain.  I know I buy many gifts online at places like amazon.com.  Now, thanks to goodshop.com, many of my favorite stores and websites will give the Galen Foundation and beating-myeloma.org a donation every time I buy something.  Big names like amazon.com, Target, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, and Ebay are involved, and donations range from 1-30% of the purchase price.

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So you or someone you love has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma.  The natural thing to do is focus on your cancer.  The last thing you want to do is read a letter from your insurance company that says that they are denying a payment.

"Don't they know I have cancer, you ask yourself?"  "But my doctor told me to do this!!!  How can the insurance company not pay for it???"

After you take a deep breath, perhaps go for a walk, sit down quietly and try to think through this problem.