A N.S. woman says the long wait times for gynaecological services in Canada forced her hand, as her options were limited while her pain persists. She faces a $50K bill in the U.S.
A Nova Scotian woman is on her way to the U.S. to receive surgery for her endometriosis. She says long wait times to access gynecological services in Canada have forced her to seek other options as her pain persists. Meanwhile, as Ella Macdonald reports, her friends are fundraising to cover the cost of her surgery.A Nova Scotia woman is on her way south of the border to receive surgery for her endometriosis — a procedure she couldn’t easily access in Canada.
“I’m only 37 and I just have so much more life to live. And it’s just been it’s such a debilitating disease,” she said. “The problem, though, is, is that somebody like myself who asked to be referred there, I would have waited two, two and a half, three years to get in.”Instead, she’s looking at paying $50,000 for the surgery in the United States, which prompted her to max out credit cards and take out a bank loan.“It’s a difficult thing for women to talk about in the first place, and then when you’re faced with a life-altering disease that prevents you from carrying on with just the day-to-day,” Herrington said.
“At the governmental level, in terms of allocation of resources, more education, more advocacy can only help,” she said.
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