Fighting Breast Cancer

This story is about a First Health care support patient who recently learned that she had breast cancer. Through the First Health® Care Support Program, she was able to receive the guidance and help she needed while undergoing the surgery, therapy, and emotions that accompanied her life-threatening condition.

"You never think it will happen to you." The diagnosis of breast cancer was just the beginning of a journey that would take one woman through surgery, therapy and all the emotional responses that accompany this potentially life-threatening condition. "You don't realize how important support is until you go through something like this," she commented. "First Health has been there for me, especially my case manager, and I am so appreciative."

Shortly after she received her diagnosis, this member received a phone call from a nurse case manager in First Health's Scottsdale, AZ office. "She helped me with precertification for all the procedures that needed to be done," said the member. "She even gave me her direct phone number so I could call her any time I needed help or direction. Knowing I could rely on her helped expedite the whole treatment process." Two operations and six weeks of radiation therapy later, this member is on the road to recovery, keeping a vigilant, but hopeful attitude that she has won this battle.