Hi all, There is always a lot of discussion online and within our membership in general about the financial impact of breast cancer. This was further highlighted when BCNA commissioned Deloitte Acces...
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I lost my job a couple of weeks before I was diagnosed, again, in 2016, brilliant timing so I couldn't access my income insurance. . I had to live off my savings, because I had some, for 12 months before I could get any help from Centrelink. During that time I had zero income and was paying full price for everything.
Once I ran out of money I had to go through the ritual humiliation of applying for New Start. At least I got a health care card, which has cut the cost of my meds from $38 to @$6
Living on $250 a week is hardly luxurious, but I'm made to feel like I'm bludging. Getting back to work has been an excruciatingly slow process. Thankfully I have been able to claim my mortgage insurance--more being made to feel like a fraud.
I've gone through about $40k of my savings. If you factor in lost income--which apparently you cant-- I'd say the whole performance has cost me well over $100k. TBH I'd have been better off if I'd blown every cent I ever earned. Pffhht.
Don't start me on the cost of bloody supplements. My calcium and magnesium levels are all broken and it seems I was taking the wrong types of both. The chemist is recommending some prohibitively expensive powders to fix the problem. I started them just after a blood test so will give it a go for three months and see if anything improves. This performance costs about $2.50 a day.
Once I ran out of money I had to go through the ritual humiliation of applying for New Start. At least I got a health care card, which has cut the cost of my meds from $38 to @$6
Living on $250 a week is hardly luxurious, but I'm made to feel like I'm bludging. Getting back to work has been an excruciatingly slow process. Thankfully I have been able to claim my mortgage insurance--more being made to feel like a fraud.
I've gone through about $40k of my savings. If you factor in lost income--which apparently you cant-- I'd say the whole performance has cost me well over $100k. TBH I'd have been better off if I'd blown every cent I ever earned. Pffhht.
Don't start me on the cost of bloody supplements. My calcium and magnesium levels are all broken and it seems I was taking the wrong types of both. The chemist is recommending some prohibitively expensive powders to fix the problem. I started them just after a blood test so will give it a go for three months and see if anything improves. This performance costs about $2.50 a day.
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