Who else can't sleep?

@kmakm can’t happen soon enough. I’m lying on the lounge with absolutely no energy alternating between shivering and sweating. I’m really hoping by the end of this month I can actually do some exercise without feeling like I’m gonna have a heart attack. I’m gonna drag myself out to the supermarket with hubby soon - maybe some freezing cold fresh air will help. 

@"Kiwi Angel" You will poor luv, it'll just be a slower process than at the start. Your body won't snap back as it's lost the ability to do that for now. It'll be slow but steady. Keep up the good nutrition, the regular exercise, and rest when your body says. You'll get there I promise. The week before my operation, which was six weeks after the end of my last three week cycle, I felt physically pretty good compared to the previous three months. Soon chemo will just be an unpleasant memory. K xox

@sister they are wanting to make breast cancer treatment/reconstruction available only to women with top cover which will push people back into the public health system. 

Feel like crap this cycle. More like the first one with the aches and fatigue - more nausea and headaches. Just keep thinking that next week I will start to feel better. 

I haven't seen the story but I'm assuming it's something to do with premiums?

I agree @JJ70. Cost is always the first barrier.

@JJ70 that’s a big concern apparently that women won’t get screened - very scary!!

The main concern to me is that at the moment only 60% of women aged 50+ actually go and get screened biannually.
What will happen to those numbers if screening becomes an insurance issue. It is absolutely nuts. 

@kmakm as u say the strain on the public system is so much already. 

@JJ70 @kmakm. I have heard that HCF is one of the best payers and I have had no problems to date with anything from my 3 surgeries to my private chemo. I have a friend who also had a prophylactic mastectomy/recon as she had the gene and it was a little more of a struggle but they did pay for hers. I am definately not top health cover maybe one or 2 down from that and that still costs $170 per month (not that I’m complaining at the moment with all this BC business). My hubby and I certainly aren’t rich, we live in Sydney so work to live, have very little savings as it’s hard to save paying rent (chance of getting a house is impossible) and we choose to travel and have fun instead of slogging for the impossible dream of house purchase (which given what has happened I’m glad I have enjoyed my life). I rely very much on my health insurance for what has happened and I have been very lucky to have minimal out of pocket costs - hopefully this continues for the reconstruction part of my journey. I think the BNCA or someone is meeting with the committee this morning or something about it. It’s a scary thought for so many women still to go through this journey that they could have the rug swept out from under them. 

@"Kiwi Angel" I'm with them as well. They haven't batted an eyelid at my treatment. They came out at the top of a list ranking health funds quite recently. I am far from having top coverage. This kind of policy change would be disastrous for the public health system, and have great implications for the amount of work the private systems do in this area. I had chemo at a local private hospital. The ward was always full. I don't live in a wealthy area & I reckon this ward would just about empty if the breast cancer patients were financially locked out.