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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Hi there lovely lady you are not alone we have all felt or are feeling this way, I went totally public and haven't paid a cent for any surgery, treatment or scans so far and I finished chemo in October. I see my oncologist every 3 months and Redcliffe hospital in qld and that's bulk billed too. I should tell you I took my other boob off as a preventative measure ( my choice) went private patient public hospital for that at Redcliffe too and only paid around $350 for the bed overnight and the gap of around $280 for the surgeon. Maybe you should look at your public hospital options where you are as theres no way we could of afforded that either. Have you checked in with your super? I wasn't able to claim any money for financial hardship but was allowed to use it for medical expenses but because I went public there weren't any but because you are going private you should be able too. Ill PM you about it. Margie :)