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Sister
7 years agoMember
It does sound like a great idea @kmakm. I get enraged about the piecemeal approach to treatment across Australia. For those in rural areas it's atrocious - and that's just for the basic stuff. When you get into whole self well-being, it's even worse. I've often said that one of the hardest things to deal with is that before I got treatment, I felt well. Now, I don't. I have nothing but praise for my medical team but it's still not enough. And having to be pro-active when you can barely focus on brushing your teeth, is a nightmare. I know that it is not possible to have a one-size-fits-all approach but surely it should be possible for there to be a co-ordinating well-being person, during and after active treatment. And breast care nurses? Well, I was treated mostly in the private system (except for rads) in a capital city and I've never felt that I had a breast care nurse other than in the hospital at the time of surgery and a one-off phone checkup a few days later.