David "Crash" Mullins Cancer Treatment Costs

CRASH'S PROJECTED CANCER TREATMENT COSTS

Crash Mullins receiving chemotherapy for multiple myeloma cancer at The Myeloma Institute For Research And Therapy at The University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences.

"Multiple myeloma is a serious cancer, but it is very treatable. Many patients experience a series of responses, relapses, and remissions. New treatments may extend the average survival of 5 years or more for patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Patients with myeloma can live 10 years; some live over 20 years."
	from Understanding Stem Cell Transplant International Myeloma Foundation©2007

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS CANCER
RESEARCH CENTER (ACRC)
Multiple Myeloma Institute

REQUIRED FEES
( 1st six of a twelve month treatment regime)

$30,000.00	Initial Evaluation & Exam Fee	May 2007
Unknown $	Chemotherapy	June 2007
$39,200.00	Stem Cell Harvest each	July 2007
Unknown $	Chemotherapy	August 2007
$57,500.00	Stem Cell Transplant each	Sept. 2007
$39,200.00	Stem Cell Harvest each	November2007
$57,500.00	Stem Cell Transplant each	December 2007
$223,500.00*
* Costs for chemotherapy & evaluations, consolidation, maintenance chemo's and medicines are NOT included in these estimates, and may be significantly higher.
TOTALS
$447,000.00 Multiple Myeloma Institute
$90,000.00 additional chemotherapy & medications
$24,000.00 living accommodations
$20,000.00 travel and meal expenses
$581,000.00 TOTAL PROJECTED COSTS

REQUIRED MEDICATIONS (known)
$30,000.00	Thalomid (chemo)	$2,500.00 per 28 day supply
$60,000.00	additional medications	$5,000.00 per 30 day supply

ACCOMMODATIONS

$24,000.00 $2,000.00 per month*

*Predicated upon the stem-cell transplantation procedures; the doses of chemotherapy that Crash is receiving are much higher than more conventional chemotherapy regimes. This "double dosing" suppresses his immune system to the highest degrees, thus requiring specific hygienic protocols. Therefore, Crash and Gina must maintain separate bedroom and bathroom quarters within the same Little Rock apartment. Gina has accepted the responsibility of sterilizing EVERYTHING numerous times per day to insure that Crash will stay safe from opportunistic infections which can now easily attack his suppressed immune system.

While there are intermittent periods of weeks (treatment breaks) when Crash & Gina can leave Little Rock; it has been decided that maintaining their current living quarters will prove more practical in insuring that the aforementioned hygienic protocols stay uncompromised.

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