'On the morning of May 2, hours before the leaked draft striking down Roe, I sat waiting for an infusion of Herceptin, an essential drug I was prescribed when diagnosed with breast cancer. I was denied medical care until I could prove I wasn’t pregnant.'
It was this potential risk which caused my infusion to be delayed on that fateful morning. Despite the fact that my clear bag of Herceptin was within reach of my beige medical recliner and ready to be hung from my IV stand, and even though my essential lab results—including my white blood cell and platelet counts—had already come in, my HCG quantities were delayed.
Thirty minutes went by, then 45. An hour later, I again requested to waive the test. I offered to sign a release of liability so that I could proceed with my treatment and move on with my day. Again, I was denied. If I had been in the early stages of a pregnancy at the start of treatment, a delayed dose of Herceptin could have meant the difference between my fast-growing cancer remaining local or metastasizing further. During the nearly two hours that I waited, I wondered what would have happened if my pregnancy test was positive.
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