kumquat
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
This is a topic I've wanted to start for a while. I also didn't want to get into it.
Just so that the cost of seeing a doctor won't influence you I'll admit: I am Canadian and it's free. I am the perfect picture of health (like a lot of you).
Several years ago, I thought I had a severe belly ache, went to doc-in-a-box, he said no, not appendix. Several hours later after I had a lot to say to DW about my visit to the MEC, DW's Friend the DR came for coffee, looked at me, poked me a couple of times and said "you have acute appendicitis, see a surgeon or I'll stick my finger up your a$$ to prove it" 3 hours later the the appendix was gone.
Recently my BIL (again never sick in his life, didn't smoke or other bad things) got a cold (or so he thought). Ignored the symtoms and took a winter vacation witrh his family. As soon as he got out of the Cdn health care system, he got so bad that his DW, DD, and SIL dragged him to a hospital. They pumped him full of antibiotics but he continued to decline
Short story is that I am now the executor of his estate. The autopsy said he had pneumioa (spelling?) and before he got antibiotics that cleared it, the damage was severe enough to kill him. Don't ignore symtoms!
In this case money (or lack of it) was not a factor, but stubournness was. Don't be stupid.
Just so that the cost of seeing a doctor won't influence you I'll admit: I am Canadian and it's free. I am the perfect picture of health (like a lot of you).
Several years ago, I thought I had a severe belly ache, went to doc-in-a-box, he said no, not appendix. Several hours later after I had a lot to say to DW about my visit to the MEC, DW's Friend the DR came for coffee, looked at me, poked me a couple of times and said "you have acute appendicitis, see a surgeon or I'll stick my finger up your a$$ to prove it" 3 hours later the the appendix was gone.
Recently my BIL (again never sick in his life, didn't smoke or other bad things) got a cold (or so he thought). Ignored the symtoms and took a winter vacation witrh his family. As soon as he got out of the Cdn health care system, he got so bad that his DW, DD, and SIL dragged him to a hospital. They pumped him full of antibiotics but he continued to decline
Short story is that I am now the executor of his estate. The autopsy said he had pneumioa (spelling?) and before he got antibiotics that cleared it, the damage was severe enough to kill him. Don't ignore symtoms!
In this case money (or lack of it) was not a factor, but stubournness was. Don't be stupid.