Great news!!! ... View more

I agree with John on many points. As people are living longer and new diagnostic techniques are available more cancers are being found .In days long ago people may have died from undetected cancers and when it was put down to another illness. Others may have had cancers and not known and did die from something else. The longer we live ,the more chance of getting some kind of cancer. John made other valid points as well. Many risk factors are linked to many cancers but they are not necessarily the causes. Some cancers have not been linked to any risk factors. It seems there is still so much more to be learned in genetic studies. In my cancer the only common thing discovered in all teast samples is a fusion gene but they are yet to discover why these genes fuse together. The next generation will know so much more. ... View more

What is it about when people are saying they have had better treatment in the public system?I went privately for surgery but did share a room with 3 others. It turned out I loved chatting to the younger womanin the next bed .That was a positive .I also had the same ENT and anaesthetist for the third time and this helped a little. For radiation it made no difference whether one was public or private but for follow-up visits I see my rad/onc. in his private rooms ,not at the hospital. A Facebook friend in northern NSW was told to go public by her doctor,although she had private insurance . For surgery and reconstruction she had no out-of -pocket expenses. Is this why people say going public is better? ... View more

I live for years in Brisbane,then for years in Ipswich and now for years on the Gold Coast. I was happy in all these cities. ... View more

Queensland is a great place . I hope you find what you need for your care and also a place to live that suits you. I live in southeast Queensland so am not much help,sorry. I hope someone else will be able to help. ... View more

Kasianne ,you have done very well. Congratulations . You have been through a LOT and come out of it smiling . ... View more

My doctor once said to me it's 2 steps forward and one step back (or it may have been 3 forward and 1 back ). That seems to be how it is for your grandfather. One day at a time is all you can do and rejoice in the good things . Glad there are good things amongst this terrible thing. ... View more

So sorry about your grandfather's cancer. It must be frightening to him and he may be feeling so many different emotions . It is a huge thing for him and the family too. I am 61 years old and seem to have known, in recent years, so many who have cancer ,some who are no longer survivors and some who are . Then I have met so many more people here and on others sites with cancer or whose loved ones have it . It is so very sad,to say the least. ... View more