Emotions and costs of BC
Since the initial shock of diagnosis I have had so many emotions and many new ones and unfortunately many old ones. Something that has bothered me from Day one is the feeling that we, newly diagnosed...
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True, @primek I'm a public patient with no concessions as well and it's cost me very little apart from a PET scan $900, bone scan $90. The drug costs are a major problem, but there's no getting around that.
I'm just finishing a course of radiotherapy that was bulk billed. 10 years ago when I had my first BC, that treatment was going to cost me $6500. I didn't have the money, so didn't have the treatment. You've got to wonder if that treatment might have saved the public system the cost of treating my recurrence if I'd been able to have it.
Having a tumour the size of a walnut meant that I got bumped up the surgery list so my treatment was prompt. I don't need any of the stuff that has a long wait, like reconstructions. Having all treatment as a private patient sounds like a very expensive exercise, and they wonder why people are dumping private health cover.