I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in late 2018. It was decided that I needed cancer surgery and I asked my doctor to refer me to Fiona Stanley as they had had robotic surgery there for about a year.
The press release from the health minister said that it was to provide that capability for all Western Australians. I believe that turned out to be a lie as Fiona Stanley seemingly refused to treat me and instead referred me to another hospital which could not do robotic surgery due to my medicare postcode. The excuse that they gave was that I needed urgent care which this other hospital should provide as I was out of the area, yet I work South of the River and FSH was not inconvenient. That was despite them sitting on the referral for months.
Instead of conventional surgery which I understand has a worse QOL outcome, I have opted to wait which in my opinion makes that excuse even more pitiful. To this day I still have not had surgery and live with the threat of spreading prostate cancer.
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