Being in the north of Portugal where not many people of our age can speak English we have no emotional support and we are left to our own grief. No friends here and not even our next door neighbours can interact with us.
This is why this forum is so helpful to me when you share your thoughts and give me a heads up. Thank you so much. It really does help.
As I was saying, we went to Porto Oncology Hospital and had to use 3 different trains and a bus to get there.
This is a gov hospital but very larney and busy. This hospital is dedicated to cancer only and has the most sophisticated equipment available to date. This was strange for me as I know how outdated SA gov hospital equipment is and the lack thereof. Been there.
After all that effort for my wife to get there, she was turned back as she did not have a state health security card. WTF I thought. We have private medical insurance but as it is a gov hospital she needed that card.
So off we went back home and got the card when we arrived with no problem. She can now get almost free medical care with old age care, home care, medication and stuff like prosthetics and wheelchairs. A consultation with a doc will only cost her €2.
When we got back to the flat we got a message from the private hospital that her scan results were done so I went over the road to pick it up.
It seems she has stage 1 and it is localized. Her tumour is 13 mm long and stage 2 is 20 mm so her tumour is treatable to almost 100%. Stage 2 is also treatable to 95% and stage 3 is 50%. Stage 4 is a coffin.
So off to 3 trains and a bus on Monday and hopefully she can make it.
