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Cancer Treatment in Norway: All the Financial Support I Got

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One of the most common questions I get, especially from readers in the US, is: "How do you afford cancer treatment?" And honestly, it's a fair question. In the US, a cancer diagnosis doesn't just affect your health, it can financially destroy you. Medical debt can lead one to bankruptcy there (I heard, I don't …

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The diagnostic process of my breast cancer (part 1)

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As I have written in this post, in a random attempt of improve every aspect in my life, I booked an appointment with my GP to check the lump which has "lived" (without a residence permit, of course) in my left breast for quite a while. The lump was actually not easy to feel if …

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