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Originally Posted by HartAttack

My wife has the BRCA1 gene mutation and was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 24 (1 month before our wedding - which was 2 years ago).

Within the past 2 years she's been through a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, genetic testing (to find the BRCA1 mutation), then a double mastectomy with tissue expanders inserted, 3 months of breast expansion, and a surgery this past February to replace those tissue expanders with real silicone gel implants. Not to mention she will be on a hormone blocking drug for 5 years.

Not to mention she'll have her ovaries removed by about age 35-40.

We figured out that the cost of all her procedures listed above, plus the MRI's, CT's, Ultrasounds, etc. would have cost around $800,000 for the uninsured American.

Pretty crazy and we are very grateful for our healthcare system in Alberta.

Out of curiosity, does Alberta health care cover it if it is only preventative?