BCNA member and Community Liaison Helen Williamson has spoken out about the extensive out-of-pocket costs she incurred after her breast cancer diagnosis.
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I had a combo of public and private care over the last 2 years, and think i would have spent at least 20,000, not to mention the probably $80000 that I have lost in wages and superannuation over this period. Pretty hard to recover from financially too.
Julia
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