From The Guardian:

Alyse Bradley has done the maths. The cost of living with multiple chronic health conditions has left her at least $400,000 out of pocket over the past two decades.

Each year the 37-year-old pays $600 for regular GP visits, $2,000 for specialist appointments, $1,000 for scans, $4,800 for ongoing pain treatments including physiotherapy, $1,400 for a variety of medications and $1,200 for vitamins.

Bradley estimates she has lost between $5,000 and $10,000 in annual income through unpaid leave when she is unable to work. This was especially the case early in her career when employers couldn’t see anything was physically wrong and would not believe her.