Just been diagnosed
how do we decide what to do.Is going public really going to be longer than going private.Read some info that out of pocket could be up to $12000 ,worried that I won’t be able to afford that amount.
Forum Discussion
Yes radiation means you have to wait until it’s finished,before you can consider reconstruction.
luckily I don’t need radiation but have to decide if I want reconstruction so I can book in my mastectomy.I will know a bit more tomorrow as I intend to ring my health fund to see if they have a surgeon that has agreed to not charge a gap.If they don’t know ,then I’ll try to get into the public system and have both mastectomy and reconstruction at the same time.Thanks for the reply as I am lost with what’s the best thing to do,and I just want to get it over with as soon as possible and start recovering,in saying that I don’t want to rush too fast that I may miss an option that may be available to me.Stressing and worried and trying to understand everything is getting me down.
luckily I don’t need radiation but have to decide if I want reconstruction so I can book in my mastectomy.I will know a bit more tomorrow as I intend to ring my health fund to see if they have a surgeon that has agreed to not charge a gap.If they don’t know ,then I’ll try to get into the public system and have both mastectomy and reconstruction at the same time.Thanks for the reply as I am lost with what’s the best thing to do,and I just want to get it over with as soon as possible and start recovering,in saying that I don’t want to rush too fast that I may miss an option that may be available to me.Stressing and worried and trying to understand everything is getting me down.