Guest guest Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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