Cass, I had a family friend who lived with aneurysms for 18 years, and he at the old age of 78 died from a heart attack, not the aneurysms. He had to be careful about stress and medications , but he did lead a fairly normal life, had a wife for 48 years, had kids and grandkids and seemed to be happy with his life. And your so lucky to be in Australia, if you were in the USA ,your health care would be so expensive you couldn't afford anything else, and your treatments would be limited by what the high priced insurance would allow. Australia's health care is great and some of the best in the world. I know as my ex wife is from Australia and her father had a long bout with cancer. Your system did more for him than anyone I knew in the US who had cancer ever had. Your in good hands thats for sure.. and you wont lose everything you worked for in the process either.