Tell your radiation oncologist that you can’t afford the out of pockets and then see if they will negotiate. My oop for private rads was $3000 which we paid weekly over 8 weeks but when I was stressing over it he said if we couldn’t afford it we could negotiate. If they won’t, then go public.
Check your pain meds with your gp- midway through radiation when my breast was as red as a traffic light an rwice its already massive size I was having nurofen and panadol as soon as I could and using ice packs to help bring the heat out of it. The radiation will make your breast red, hot and sore. I had the hot thing right from day one so check that this isn’t what is happening does your rads clinic have a nurse if yes see them today when you go in don’t rely on the radiation therapists to notice a difference, they will but unless you say something everyone will assume you are coping
