Thanks Stocktracker. Happy Holidays!I am sorry that you are going through this Gambit.
I pray to the universal God to bring you peace, comfort and courage to face the days ahead. And please do not forget to use the power of meditation to help you keep your spirit up.
Wish you the best.
Trading while undergoing chemotherapy
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U.K. citizenship is nice but difficult to acquire. Not sure if I want to get treated in a NHS hospital anyway
I wouldn't advise NHS. The private treatment for cancer here in the UK is world class. But v expensive. You're probably best off being in the US.
Wishing u a speedy recovery.
Thank you mate (trying to learn U.K. lingo
). When I checked prices online, U.K. was significantly cheaper than U.S. private care. I mean by an order of magnitude. Are you saying that U.S. and U.K. prices are near parity?No apologies needed at all. I appreciate your insight into U.K. care.
Besides, expensive to you is probably cheap to any U.S. citizen. You wouldn't believe how expensive care is in the U.S.!
I'll research prices again. Do you have any idea of private hospital care prices in the U.K.? Rough numbers are fine.
I'll throw out a number and we can compare. For surgery, one week stay in a hospital and 12 cycles of chemo along with total body scan, the cost was roughly $100,000 USD. The majority of that was covered by insurance.
Is that price similar to what you pay in the U.K.?
Thanks again for your insight.
I'll research prices again. Do you have any idea of private hospital care prices in the U.K.? Rough numbers are fine.
I'll throw out a number and we can compare. For surgery, one week stay in a hospital and 12 cycles of chemo along with total body scan, the cost was roughly $100,000 USD. The majority of that was covered by insurance.
Is that price similar to what you pay in the U.K.?
Thanks again for your insight.
No worries at all. Thank you for doing that. I'm almost done with treatment now but it's always prudent to plan for every possible scenario.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/how-much-cancer-treatment-would-10585381
This article states that 8 rounds of chemo costs roughly 2000 pound sterling which is about 2700 USD using this morning's exchange rate. Pardon my vulgar language but I would give my left nut to pay 2700 dollars for 8 rounds of chemo out of pocket. Non NHS prices obviously.
I'm going to seriously investigate this myself. Even with additional living expenses, I would save a tremendous amount if I had to pay out of pocket for care.
This article states that 8 rounds of chemo costs roughly 2000 pound sterling which is about 2700 USD using this morning's exchange rate. Pardon my vulgar language but I would give my left nut to pay 2700 dollars for 8 rounds of chemo out of pocket. Non NHS prices obviously.
I'm going to seriously investigate this myself. Even with additional living expenses, I would save a tremendous amount if I had to pay out of pocket for care.