Posted by: Kenny
I don't quite follow your comment here but this one hits a little closer to home.
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer.
Her overall experience with the medical system, both BC cancer and local hospital, has been excellent. She had a double mastectomy at lions gate six weeks ago and is recovering well.
I'm self employed and although we have good insurance the one thing they would not cover us for was breast cancer (family history). It's all been ok but I shudder to think about how this would have gone down in many other countries.
I know, sample size of one, but there are positive stories out there too.
My wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer 4 years ago when our daughter was 14 months old. She underwent a single mastectomy, some pretty aggressive chemo, a second prophylactic mastectomy on the remaining breast, followed by reconstruction.
To this day, we are incredibly thankful that we are Canadian. She has received top notch care and we were thankfully able to focus on her health and not whether her diagnosis would financially ruin us.
There are definitely some downsides, but I didn't have to go full-on Walter White and cook meth to support our family.
Posted by: chupacabra
It's nice to hear a positive story, Kenny. My wife has health issues and I know how draining it can be.
I don't know how old most of you are but I turn 50 just before Christmas and I am noticing that more and more of my friends are going through health issues with themselves or their spouses. I am getting half my thyroid removed soon (I hope) because it is swollen and the specialist said there is a 20% chance it could become cancerous. Luckily it is one of the most treatable forms of cancer so I am not really worried, but it is a wake-up call.
Woah, twinsies! My surgery is supposed to be sometime in January. Indeterminate biopsy results with a 20-30% chance of malignancy. Took nearly six months to get my initial ultrasound.
