o.m.g
Im sure treatments for breast cancer,were invented by men.Its bad enough you lose a breast, then your hair,then deal with the grey fluff growing back,then burns from radiation,the scars you are left ...
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Hi Annie,
This is Annie from BCNA's Policy Team. I'm sorry to hear you need to wear a compression sleve (on top of everything else). I'm writing to let you know that there are some state and territory run subsidy schemes for compression garments. They don't offer a great deal of help, and the eligibility criteria is quite limiting.
We know that the out-of-pocket costs associated with breast cancer can be very high and place additional burden on women, so we put together a fact sheet that lets women know about the subsidies that are available. If you're interested in taking a look, the fact sheet is called "Lymphoedema compression garment subsidies fact sheet" which is located here - http://www.bcna.org.au/fact-sheets.
All the best,
Annie