Surgery next week---Should I cancel/postpone???

[HeatherO 7]

Since you are self-pay, I would consider waiting. It doesn't mean wait forever, just until you and your husband are in a better position financially. I think it would be very stressful to add a lot of extra debt on top of an already tenuous situation.

[Sunwyse 1]

Australia has a pretty good medical system. Sure we have long waiting lists in the public hospitals, but hey, at least we can get FREE medical treatments here, even lap bands have been given to some in the public health system (costing them $0).

We may bag our health system at times, but I have to say there is NOWHERE else in the world I would want to go than AussieLand.(with the possible exception of New Zealand).