A new member and really wishing I wasn't
Received diagnosis on Feb 24th of Ductal Invasive Carcinoma Grade 2 in left breast after Mammogram with Breastscreen. Fortunately Dr de Viana was the one who gave me my results and I later found out ...
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@sandramj It's me again . I forgot to mention my specialist performed her surgery in public and private. I went public for my mastectomy and st the same hospital Tweed had my chemo as the GoldCoast Zuni hospital wasn't completed. The staff at oncology were exceptional and they were all so positive and caring. When you do chemo for 6 months you get to know them all so well. I had a choice of traveling to Brisbane daily for 6 eeeks for radiation or John Flynn where I had to pay. I decided in John Flyn for radiation. I was probably out of pocket about $2500 over the 6 weeks as each week you paid you also claimed electronically with Medicare a portion and it is back in your account the next day. As the eeeks go by the amount gets lessor. I have a friend who had his chemo at Gold Coast and thought it was great. You do get billed for some of the drugs for chemo which is minimal. Hope this helps clear your mind.
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