"By the way: I live in Finland - and our health care system is awesome. My journey has [cost] me only about 1000euros."

I'm so glad to hear that! It's a blessing when you and your family don't have to face financial stress and/or constant insurance-company battles when you're already dealing with the cancer itself: that's just kicking a person when they're down. 😢

I am extremely grateful that after 10+ hours of emergency surgery in 2021 (at age 56), serious post-surgery complications involving numerous specialists, 3½ months in hospital and rehab, and two rounds of radiation, my biggest hospital costs were my spouse's monthly parking pass for visits and my snacks from the vending machine.

Cancer's never going to be easy, but at least the Ontario healthcare system didn't make it even harder for me (except for the bland hospital food — that gets grim after a couple of weeks, when you've already cycled through the full menu 2–3 times 🤢).