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@sandramj, if you still have receipts you should be able to claim on the sleeves already purchased.
@Brenda5, you are right.
@Jane221. Like you, i have a lymphatic massage every 3-4 weeks to maintain my lymphoedema. With this, it has remained stable for a long time. As you say, you quickly run out of subsidised visits, regardless of where the subsidy comes from.
The ongoing costs are something that is forgotten once active treatment is over. We have lymphoedema. I have a friend diagnosed osteopaenic at her 1st dexa scan, prior to coomencing an AI. She pays approx $500 twice a year for the medication for that, not covered by PBS. And as @sandramj commented, the ongoing cost of mammograms etc as we are excluded from breastscreen for at least 5 years. These are just the easy things to come up with. Like you, I struggle with the ongoing financisl and emotional impact of bc
@Brenda5, you are right.
@Jane221. Like you, i have a lymphatic massage every 3-4 weeks to maintain my lymphoedema. With this, it has remained stable for a long time. As you say, you quickly run out of subsidised visits, regardless of where the subsidy comes from.
The ongoing costs are something that is forgotten once active treatment is over. We have lymphoedema. I have a friend diagnosed osteopaenic at her 1st dexa scan, prior to coomencing an AI. She pays approx $500 twice a year for the medication for that, not covered by PBS. And as @sandramj commented, the ongoing cost of mammograms etc as we are excluded from breastscreen for at least 5 years. These are just the easy things to come up with. Like you, I struggle with the ongoing financisl and emotional impact of bc