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Hi Annski,
I’m certainly using the public system for my radiation as have already spent about $3000 on out of pocket expenses - cancer certainly isn’t cheap!
Despite having had a mammogram last year, my cancer was detected on a heart scan just over a month ago. If it hadn’t been picked up, I’d be facing a far different scenario given it was Grade 3.
Unfortunately, it was a couple of days before my 60th birthday when the doctor called with the results so in addition to planning my party, I was googling surgeons. So, you can appreciate the past weeks have been crazy but I’m lucky to have had surgery and now seen an oncologist within a month of being diagnosed.
Apart from my heart issues, I also have chronic arthritis which has been so much better since moving to the Sunshine Coast so I’m hoping the side effects of joint pain doesn’t mean it will return. Still, it can’t be any worse than the effects that chemo may have had on me.
Good luck with your continued success and thanks for sharing with me.
Elenore/x
I’m certainly using the public system for my radiation as have already spent about $3000 on out of pocket expenses - cancer certainly isn’t cheap!
Despite having had a mammogram last year, my cancer was detected on a heart scan just over a month ago. If it hadn’t been picked up, I’d be facing a far different scenario given it was Grade 3.
Unfortunately, it was a couple of days before my 60th birthday when the doctor called with the results so in addition to planning my party, I was googling surgeons. So, you can appreciate the past weeks have been crazy but I’m lucky to have had surgery and now seen an oncologist within a month of being diagnosed.
Apart from my heart issues, I also have chronic arthritis which has been so much better since moving to the Sunshine Coast so I’m hoping the side effects of joint pain doesn’t mean it will return. Still, it can’t be any worse than the effects that chemo may have had on me.
Good luck with your continued success and thanks for sharing with me.
Elenore/x