← Return to Cervical stenosis: Wait or treat?

Discussion

Cervical stenosis: Wait or treat?

Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 24, 2021 | Replies (22)

Comment receiving replies
@mincer

Thank you 🙏 very kindly for your kind words and feed back xxx my first appointment with an neurosurgeon he told me I was okay and all good 🙁 so this is my second opinion with this neurosurgeon and I had to pay out of pocket which is difficult for me I am on my own and not working my husband passed away in 2019 and my job in childcare I cannot go back to full time as the way I feel now and if go to out patients ( public ) is what it is called here in Australia I most probably get the same surgeon I see in the first place (: and if I see another surgeon out of pocket you have to be in health insurance for them to see you so that won’t happen for me I cannot afford health insurance xx it’s a struggle I know my self how I feel and they don’t seem to listen unless I fit into their box of what is right I understand exactly what you are saying this is why I talk to people like you who understand what I am going through I will try and get to see another public hospital doctor but I don’t have many options to go to xxx take care and be safe xxxx

Jump to this post


Replies to "Thank you 🙏 very kindly for your kind words and feed back xxx my first appointment..."

@mincer I am sorry about the loss of your husband. That must make everything so much more difficult. Do you have any options in Australia for charitable care? Spine surgery is so expensive that you really need health insurance in order to pay for it, at least here in the US so I understand the difficulty you are having. Perhaps this is why the surgeon has a wait and see approach. Do you have family that can help? You might try contacting hospital administrators to ask if a hospital takes charity cases. Are there any government assistance agencies you can contact? There are also online fundraising sites like Go Fund Me if you are on social media where you can tell your story and ask for donations for your care. I am sure you are in pain. Is surgery something you would do if it was offered to you?