BCNA member speaks out on out-of-pocket costs

OUT OF POCKET COST FOR DIEP.

I had reconstruction with implants in 2012. I have just found out my left implant has ruptured. I am in a private health fund and was looking at DIEP instead of implants again, but was told the cost i...

Debbie_J Breast reconstruction

6 years ago

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Out of pocket expenses - share our stories

Greetings to all network members. I guess we have all received an email from BCNA encouraging us to take part in a survey conducted by the Consumers Health Forum - to find out more about 'out of pock...

jennyss General discussions

8 years ago

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Out of pocket in the private

Hi lovely ladies, I am wondering if you have any insight. I had a mastectomy last week and of course got charges from my surgeon and surgical nurse assistant (first time I have heard one). I am won...

ara General

6 years ago

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Dr Hamish Farrow Melbourne feedback and out of pocket

I had DMX and immediate recon in 2020, performed in Hobart. I developed a hole in my capsule on my left breast a couple of months after surgery. My right breast then developed capsular contraction, s...

Ratbag Breast reconstruction

3 years ago

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New member

Hi. I was diagnosed with mbc in 2021. An MRI done of my hip (me thinking I needed a hip replacement) revealed a bone lesion and further scans showed I had lesions in my skull, breast bone and right sh...

joyalick6 Living with metastatic breast cancer

10 months ago

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