Re: a's great article

[Guest guest]

Hi group,

I am new to this chat group after reading a's article today in

the Vancouver Sun. I am 35 years old and was diagnosed with OA in my

right hip at 32. I played hockey for 26 years and had to retire from

playing. I try to stay active by going to the gym and weight

training and low-impact cardio, but I am desperate to play hockey

again, and was intrigued by today's Sun article.

Thanks a for writing your article, it has given me some hope and

relief that there are others out there who are desperate for a

solution, and desire to get back to the activities that they love.

How do I go about getting on the wait list for Resurfacing Surgery?

I don't know much about it, so some tips on resources/information

would be great too. I read other postings that the wait list in

Vancouver is approximately two years. Can anyone offer me some

advice on this surgery in Vancouver, BC?

Harold

> Hi all

> If you are in B.C., pick up a copy of today's Vancouver Sun,

and

> see a's article on page F1. It's called " Into the chat room to

> make a hip check " (but I think they have a separate person writing

the

> headlines at the Sun ), and it's all about the new way of taking

> care of one's health, using the Internet, on-line discussion

groups,

> etc., and travelling the world to get problems fixed. Surfacehippy

is

> featured prominantly, and I'll bet we get a lot more lurkers and

> would-be hippies from B.C. in this group shortly. I'd love to post

a

> copy of the article here, but it's copyrighted, and you have to be

a

> subscriber to see it

> (http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/index.html).

> She says that the series she wrote for the Sun last year on

hip

> resurfacing was the most requested reprint in 2003 (according to

the

> Sun's librarian). We have a lot of retired people in B.C. (because

we

> have the mildest weather in Canada, on the coast), so our waiting

> lists are consequently horrendous.

> As a person who faced the possibility of a two-year wait,

because

> I wasn't on the " urgent " list yet (I could still work part-time and

> limp around), I chose to go abroad for my resurfacing, and six

months

> later I don't regret it; in fact, I wish I'd done it much earlier.

> Life is too short to suffer like that unnecessarily. However, not

> everyone has the financial resources (or access to credit) to make

> that choice, so we need to keep fighting for more timely health

care

> here in Canada.

> n

> rBHR Oct.2003 McMinn

[Guest guest]

Thanks n, I will get a copy of the Sun today.

Ted

a's great article

Hi all

If you are in B.C., pick up a copy of today's Vancouver Sun, and

see a's article on page F1. It's called " Into the chat room to

make a hip check " (but I think they have a separate person writing the

headlines at the Sun ), and it's all about the new way of taking

care of one's health, using the Internet, on-line discussion groups,

etc., and travelling the world to get problems fixed. Surfacehippy is

featured prominantly, and I'll bet we get a lot more lurkers and

would-be hippies from B.C. in this group shortly. I'd love to post a

copy of the article here, but it's copyrighted, and you have to be a

subscriber to see it

(http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/index.html).

She says that the series she wrote for the Sun last year on hip

resurfacing was the most requested reprint in 2003 (according to the

Sun's librarian). We have a lot of retired people in B.C. (because we

have the mildest weather in Canada, on the coast), so our waiting

lists are consequently horrendous.

As a person who faced the possibility of a two-year wait, because

I wasn't on the " urgent " list yet (I could still work part-time and

limp around), I chose to go abroad for my resurfacing, and six months

later I don't regret it; in fact, I wish I'd done it much earlier.

Life is too short to suffer like that unnecessarily. However, not

everyone has the financial resources (or access to credit) to make

that choice, so we need to keep fighting for more timely health care

here in Canada.

n

rBHR Oct.2003 McMinn