Hello, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in early July, saw the surgeon very quickly, but had about a month long wait until my first surgery, as the hold up was with the availability of a technician in nuclear medicine to perform the hook wire procedure before the surgery. But after the surgery was done, I have been fortunate with my care here in Tasmania, as we do suffer terribly with an over loaded health system and I was worried I would have to wait. I have had the best of support from a McGrath breast care nurse, the best oncologist and the cancer Centre within the hospital.. My surgeon told me that there would be no difference at all in the wait time as a public patient with cancer, as we have no hospital cover.. I was very relieved as you don't want any wait when you are treating cancer.. Good luck with everything 🙏
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