I have always been pleased over the years with my endo surgeries and treatment i have received from wait times to the hospital staff. I have never complained at all about it as i was always seen in a timely manner and happy but get cancer and its a whole different story!!
About 2 weeks ago we saw my surgeon here in Nelson again just to go over some more questions we had. While there she rung the specialist in Waikato to clarify some things only to be told that i can not be seen via the public system will need to seek treatment privately. I said oh ok so there will be a long wait then on the public list and the reply was so you can not go on the public wait list at all.
At this stage we had no idea if my insurance would cover the treatment or not so i was slightly stressed at been told if you dont have insurance to pay or pay yourself you will need to look at other options (which there is none) Thankfully my insurance although only verbal has said my surgical cover will cover this treatment i need which is great. However it does not cover me getting to Hamilton for my consult with the specialist so i can even get on his surgical wait list.
So this is where the problem starts, because i have to go privately to recieve the treatment the hospital now can not offer me any help. The consult prior to this one we were told they will help with expenses to get us up there to the surgeon so now we are left on our own to come up with funds to cover this. My insurance will refund the consultation fee but not until i have had the surgery treatment. I havent even asked about the help they said i would get after surgery homehelp, personal cares etc it would be the last straw to find out i wont get any help when I come home from it.
We are looking at approx $1500-$1800 just for our trip up there for 2 days. We just do not have anywhere near that sort of $$ and have no idea how we are going to come up with that. It is now starting to really stress me that it has now been 4 months since my diagnoses and im no closer to recieving any treatment at all. To be honest i am completely dumbfounded that how in a country like ours you can find out you have cancer but cant get the treatment you needed.
We are now in the position i will need to look at possibly closing my shop down and having to go and find a part time job to try and fund the expenses we will incur. Which is another problem who will want to hire someone that will then need 2 months off work to recover from the surgery and chemo. We could sell our house which is in our plan to do anyway but still need to finish it before we can put it on the market which to finish need $$. So its all just a circle of dead end streets that lead us back to nothing.
So at the moment im super stressed, confused and angry that we are in this position.
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