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Shannen Doherty has Stage 4 Breast Cancer

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/shannen-doherty-cancer-state-farm-emotional-distress


Famous actress Shannen Doherty is battling State Farm Insurance over her past smoking habits that may have contributed to her breast cancer, which just a few days ago was diagnosed as Stage 4.

She's only 48 years old, and starred in Heathers & Charmed and of course Beverly Hills 90210 to name a few.

She's been battling health problems since she was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 1999.

I'll be saying a prayer for her to live as many years and as good a life that she possibly can.

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Reply #1 posted 02/08/20 8:42pm

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It's sad. This is her 2nd time batteling breast cancer. She had a single masectomy the 1st time. Hope she can make it thru this time.

Wish her the best.

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Reply #2 posted 02/08/20 9:47pm

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PennyPurple said:

It's sad. This is her 2nd time batteling breast cancer. She had a single masectomy the 1st time. Hope she can make it thru this time.

Wish her the best.


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If there's one cancer I could forever banish from the face of the earth, it's breast cancer.

30% of newly diagnosed female cancer victims have breast cancer.

And fellas, you can get it as well.

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Reply #3 posted 02/09/20 7:38am

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I work for a surgeon's office and 1 of the docs, specializes in breast cancer. It's heart wrenching to see them notified of their breast cancer and it's heart wrenching after the masectomies and chemo.


And yes, it's not as uncommon as you think for men to have breast cancer too. I too see that every day.


One gentleman had to have a double masectomy and when our office pre-certified with his insurance they denied coverage, because men don't get breast cancer. eek The Dr. even had a face to face meeting with the Insurance company and still they wouldn't pay. It was so serious for this fellow, that the Dr. and hospital did it for free.

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PennyPurple said:

I work for a surgeon's office and 1 of the docs, specializes in breast cancer. It's heart wrenching to see them notified of their breast cancer and it's heart wrenching after the masectomies and chemo.


And yes, it's not as uncommon as you think for men to have breast cancer too. I too see that every day.


One gentleman had to have a double masectomy and when our office pre-certified with his insurance they denied coverage, because men don't get breast cancer. eek The Dr. even had a face to face meeting with the Insurance company and still they wouldn't pay. It was so serious for this fellow, that the Dr. and hospital did it for free.


Yes it's a very serious concern. I remember Angelina Jolie got a lot of criticism for her preventative double mastectomy, but I think she did the right thing. I would have done the same thing if I were in her shoes.

And your story about the guy is UNREAL! How is it legal for an insurance company to say someone doesn't have cancer when doctors have already diagnosed them with it?

Don't get me going on insurance companies, they are so scummy. Even worse than Xfinity/Comcast and used car salesmen.

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Reply #5 posted 02/09/20 9:33am

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Pokeno4Money said:

PennyPurple said:

I work for a surgeon's office and 1 of the docs, specializes in breast cancer. It's heart wrenching to see them notified of their breast cancer and it's heart wrenching after the masectomies and chemo.


And yes, it's not as uncommon as you think for men to have breast cancer too. I too see that every day.


One gentleman had to have a double masectomy and when our office pre-certified with his insurance they denied coverage, because men don't get breast cancer. eek The Dr. even had a face to face meeting with the Insurance company and still they wouldn't pay. It was so serious for this fellow, that the Dr. and hospital did it for free.


Yes it's a very serious concern. I remember Angelina Jolie got a lot of criticism for her preventative double mastectomy, but I think she did the right thing. I would have done the same thing if I were in her shoes.

And your story about the guy is UNREAL! How is it legal for an insurance company to say someone doesn't have cancer when doctors have already diagnosed them with it?

Don't get me going on insurance companies, they are so scummy. Even worse than Xfinity/Comcast and used car salesmen.

His policy didn't cover breast cancer because he was a male.

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Reply #6 posted 02/09/20 9:36am

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PennyPurple said:


And yes, it's not as uncommon as you think for men to have breast cancer too. I too see that every day.


One gentleman had to have a double masectomy and when our office pre-certified with his insurance they denied coverage, because men don't get breast cancer. eek The Dr. even had a face to face meeting with the Insurance company and still they wouldn't pay. It was so serious for this fellow, that the Dr. and hospital did it for free.


I'm glad you mentioned this. I remember yearrrrzz ago actress Linda Blair (The Exorcist) talked about her husband getting breast cancer. At that time, it was 1 in 1000 men would have it. Years later, Dr. Christian Troy on FX's Nip/Tuck had it which, to my knowledge, was the first time a major male character on a TV show had breast cancer (although perhaps it happened before).

That sucks about the insurance company. What a bunch of assholes.

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PennyPurple said:

Pokeno4Money said:


Yes it's a very serious concern. I remember Angelina Jolie got a lot of criticism for her preventative double mastectomy, but I think she did the right thing. I would have done the same thing if I were in her shoes.

And your story about the guy is UNREAL! How is it legal for an insurance company to say someone doesn't have cancer when doctors have already diagnosed them with it?

Don't get me going on insurance companies, they are so scummy. Even worse than Xfinity/Comcast and used car salesmen.

His policy didn't cover breast cancer because he was a male.


Do insurance policies explicitly state when they don't cover something like this? Or does it just list everything that it DOES cover?

I think it's important for people to know what kind of coverage they have or don't have BEFORE they come down with something. That way they can get supplemental insurance (like Aflac) during open enrollment.

As far as I'm concerned, if someone gets cancer - ANY type of cancer - their insurance company should pay for it. But I do understand lung cancer from smoking is a slippery slope.

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Wish her the best

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Reply #11 posted 02/10/20 11:18am

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I'm the exact same age as her, and I remember seeing her in Little House and Our House. Long before she was a kind of edgy teen/20-something. I always thought she was cute.

My own sister passed of breast cancer. I wish nothing but the best for Shannen and her family.

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aww.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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neutral I feel for her. Bless her soul. I had to watch my aunt go thru this a couple of years ago. pray

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Reply #18 posted 02/12/20 4:34pm

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thats really sad...and shes soo young, too.

first Kristina Applegate, then Angelina Jolie´s preemptive breast surgery, now Mrs. Doherty..

I wonder why cancer is on the rise these days.........experts estimate that every second person will have cancer in 2040

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Reply #19 posted 02/12/20 6:44pm

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Also Olivia Newton John

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Cancer is a cancer.

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PennyPurple said:

Also Olivia Newton John


Yup.

And Sheryl Crow.

Cynthia Nixon

Kylie Minogue

Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Wanda Sykes (both starred in the same show)

Carly Simon

Suzanne Somers

Gloria Steinem

Kathy Bates

Judy Blume

Robin Roberts

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1 out of every 8 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime.


1 out of 883 men will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime. ... Actually I think that number should be higher because of the male breast cancer we see in our office on a weekly basis.


Every.Single.Day in our office of 4 Dr.'s each Dr sees at least 4 patients a day, with breast cancer.. which = 16 breast cancer patients a day = 80 per week.


It sucks. Personally I think Breast Cancer is on the rise for both sexes, and that's from what I see in the office with my own eyes.

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1 out of every 8 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime.


1 out of 883 men will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime. ... Actually I think that number should be higher because of the male breast cancer we see in our office on a weekly basis.


Every.Single.Day in our office of 4 Dr.'s each Dr sees at least 4 patients a day, with breast cancer.. which = 16 breast cancer patients a day = 80 per week.


It sucks. Personally I think Breast Cancer is on the rise for both sexes, and that's from what I see in the office with my own eyes.


Do you have any idea if there's contributing factors?

I know with lung, skin, mouth, liver cancer it's smoking, sun, chewing tobacco, and drinking.

Does anything we do increase our odds of breast cancer? Or is it more of a hereditary thing?

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Pokeno4Money said:

PennyPurple said:

1 out of every 8 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime.


1 out of 883 men will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime. ... Actually I think that number should be higher because of the male breast cancer we see in our office on a weekly basis.


Every.Single.Day in our office of 4 Dr.'s each Dr sees at least 4 patients a day, with breast cancer.. which = 16 breast cancer patients a day = 80 per week.


It sucks. Personally I think Breast Cancer is on the rise for both sexes, and that's from what I see in the office with my own eyes.


Do you have any idea if there's contributing factors?

I know with lung, skin, mouth, liver cancer it's smoking, sun, chewing tobacco, and drinking.

Does anything we do increase our odds of breast cancer? Or is it more of a hereditary thing?

Personally I think that some of it is hereditary. If you are a woman and a close relative, (Mother, Sister, Aunt, Grandmother, usually on the Mother's side of the family) has or had breast cancer your chances greatly increase. If it is on your father's side, the chances are less. For example: My Paternal Grandmother had breast cancer, her mother died of breast cancer, my chances are a bit lesser because it's on the Fraternal side, it ups my risk a bit, but not as much as if it was on my maternal side.


I'm starting to think that hormones play a role in it also, and possibly birth control pills. BUT I'm not an expert.

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PennyPurple said:

Personally I think that some of it is hereditary. If you are a woman and a close relative, (Mother, Sister, Aunt, Grandmother, usually on the Mother's side of the family) has or had breast cancer your chances greatly increase. If it is on your father's side, the chances are less. For example: My Paternal Grandmother had breast cancer, her mother died of breast cancer, my chances are a bit lesser because it's on the Fraternal side, it ups my risk a bit, but not as much as if it was on my maternal side.


I'm starting to think that hormones play a role in it also, and possibly birth control pills. BUT I'm not an expert.


I agree with everyone you wrote, and I've also heard that birth control pills could be a factor.

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