I’ve always taken our health service for granted. It’s always been there during my life time so I’ve never had to worry if I can afford treatment. Yes in some situations there may be a wait for treatment but that’s largely down to successive governments cutting funding repeatedly.
What I’ve found with my cancer diagnosis is that the services and staff are faultless and I’m treated like a VIP.
I’ve been trying to calculate approximately how much I’ve had spent on me but to be honest I have no idea but it’s well in to 6 figures.
From my first ambulance ride on a Sunday to getting X-rays, ct scans, pain killers, a biopsy a few days later, a consult with an oncologist as soon as the results were in and immediate access to immunotherapy I’ve had no need to consider using my private medical insurance.
So far:
- 1 ambulance trip
- 2 ct scans
- 2 chest X-rays
- 1 local anaesthetic
- 1 biopsy
- 10+ prescriptions
- 2 overnight hospital stays
- 15+ blood tests
- 3 consultations with a renowned oncologist
- 3 rounds of immunotherapy at £33,000 each
I think this could easily be £150k by the end of the year and I’ve not had to spend anything.
So thank you to our amazing NHS!
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