tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215086066166000133.post2748431477961184882..comments2023-09-09T01:30:28.359-07:00Comments on Operation Get Happy: I bet I'd get an appointment tomorrow if I was about to jump off a buildingChicky Chicky Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18056206889322232109noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215086066166000133.post-91819887250931066822009-01-31T07:33:00.000-08:002009-01-31T07:33:00.000-08:00It makes my head spin, SPIN, thinking about how th...It makes my head spin, SPIN, thinking about how the funding works for preventative medicine. The issues that could be avoided by starting with the cause, and not the result. BIG GRUMPY SIGH.<BR/><BR/>You are going in the right direction baby and I'll be here to hold the cookies out of your reach while doing the elliptical. I will eat all the cookies for you if that's what it takes.motherbumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053978199395919666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215086066166000133.post-91568433608834580902009-01-28T11:03:00.000-08:002009-01-28T11:03:00.000-08:00I'm in Canada too and I've lived in the UK (good s...I'm in Canada too and I've lived in the UK (good socialist medical system). In Canada I can get quick appointments to see my Dr (same or next day) and in the UK it was often days in advance. Medicals everywhere take time so slow to book - unless you go private. Ka-ching. Yes in both places there are short to medium waits for bigger care issues (surgeries/treatment/etc) but you don't have to pay out your @ss for it and the care is very, very good. <BR/><BR/>That said the reason you just want to hang out on the couch is because those cookies are sooooooooo damn good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215086066166000133.post-18663575746694003052009-01-28T10:14:00.000-08:002009-01-28T10:14:00.000-08:00RE: supplements---try calling your pediatrician or...RE: supplements---try calling your pediatrician or lactation consultant about these and getting their answers over the phone so you don't need to wait 3 months. I know my pediatrician was a big help with that, esp. since I'm on several medications regularly.<BR/><BR/>It took me almost 6 mos. to get a regular check up with a dermatologist for a skin check! Crazy! But, I'd put up with it for universal health care, if that's what it'd take. <BR/><BR/>(and 5 minutes is probably 4 minutes more than I can exercise right now; sigh)Fairly Odd Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974404093257620566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215086066166000133.post-75899467306754171152009-01-27T21:37:00.000-08:002009-01-27T21:37:00.000-08:00Canada here... we do have wait lists, but not, gen...Canada here... we do have wait lists, but not, generally, for getting in to see your GP. (At least not in Vancouver.) I can get an appointment with my GP in under a week. Our waitlists are more for elective surgery. Those can be long. <BR/><BR/>But none of this is to address your larger point about getting healthier. Good for you. Tomorrow I may try the elliptical machine. Maybe. Sigh... inertia can be so tempting, no?Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586323120994967027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215086066166000133.post-21238864831970030752009-01-27T18:12:00.000-08:002009-01-27T18:12:00.000-08:00It can take that long to get an appointment here i...It can take that long to get an appointment here in the states too, depending on where you go and what you need to be seen for. Eye exams especially are booked months in advance.<BR/><BR/>Good for you for wanting to do the physical though. I am terrible about doing that for myself.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979925607834752536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215086066166000133.post-19558433593927381062009-01-27T13:12:00.000-08:002009-01-27T13:12:00.000-08:00That's the dilemma. I'm a Canadian, very much inv...That's the dilemma. I'm a Canadian, very much involved in the theory of universal health care. When we started with it, the idea was to do it in two stages: stage one, provide medical care to the sick; stage two, provide health care. That is; wellness training, prevention of illness, etc.<BR/>Some steps toward stage two are being taken; small, tottering baby steps. In the meantime, yeah, at my Community Health Centre, it's a three month booking for a yearly physical. And over two weeks for a bunged up knee to be seen, since it is not bleeding or threatening to self destruct. Or at least, not out loud.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.com