"When you're doing cancer treatment you should be thinking about surviving and focusing on feeling better," Percoco told CBC News. Instead, she says she was constantly worried about money."
The Canadian Cancer Society included Percoco's story, along with other people recounting their lived experience with the financial costs and stress of living with and beyond cancer, in a report released on Monday.
On top of that, there were costs for colostomy bags, which she had to restock every four days, bandages, physiotherapy sessions and osteopathic consultations, as well as travel and parking.
While in-hospital costs such as surgery and chemotherapy are publicly covered, the report reveals that in total, and averaged across all cancer types, an individual is expected to incur $32,778 in costs related to cancer over their lifetime.
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