Alan Osoyoos, BC - TRAVEL MEDICAL INSURANCE. YOU DEFINITELY PAY THE PREMIUM BUT ARE YOU DEFINITELY COVERED? An actual recent event experienced and reported by Alan Hodgkiss and wife Rita brings to light certain difficulties with a Travel Medical Insurance Company or poss... Click here to read more.   Victor Richmond Hill, ON - So far ,I've been fortunate in not having any major medical trauma that required waiting. But as I grow older, it surely is coming. Some of our best 'no waiting' medical facilities are privately run...I'm thinking of the 'no waiting' Morganthaler clinics,... Click here to read more.   jane toronto, ON - What we have in Ontario is legislated malpractice. For every patient on a waiting list, ten others have been sent away. What we don't see is the number of brutal triage decisions which are made. I have had 4 foot surgeries, every one too little, too late... Click here to read more.   Alan Port Perry, ON - About 2 years ago, I spoke to my doctor about a tingling (pins & needles) in the fingers of my left hand. He said he would get me an appointment with a neurosurgeon. I'm still waiting! Don't the politicians realise that the longer you wait, the more it... Click here to read more.   Safdar Toronto, ON - I am waiting for an MRI of my back to investigate some numbness I am experiencing in my foot. Having been healthy otherwise, I am deeply concerned about what may be causing this numbness. My doctor is not able to comment on possible reasons. My MRI is sch... Click here to read more.   Greta Penticton, BC - To make this story short, I have macular degeneration. Dry MD in the right eye for three years, (no help for that) Then I developed wet in my left eye early in 2006. I have made five trips to Vancouver to the eye clinic where I have received an injection... Click here to read more.   Geraldine Sidney , BC - I had a hernia operation in l994. I was told it was good and in l998 I found out,I was left in the dark because a mistake was made. I got a repair surgery done in 2000,I was told it was good, I found out now in 2007 I still have the same hernia with side ... Click here to read more.   David Duncan, BC - My wife takes Aricept for Alzheimer Disease. BC does not cover it.... Click here to read more.   Corina Calgary, AB - Subject: Unpaid caregiving by family member. My 80 some year old mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease around 1999. Since 2002, I've been caring for her at home full-time. (i'm the daughter) I do recieve home care service from the Calgary Healt... Click here to read more.   Lynn Marvelle Lethbridge, AB - We went to Africa on a mission for our church. When we came home in June 2004 I was falling down and couldn't walk straight. I went to my medical physician who told me that I should go to a neurologist. This was April 2005 and I could not get an appoin... Click here to read more.   Robert Longueuil, QC - I recently turned 69 years of sge, and because of the waiting lists I just don't bother. I know there are some things going on in my body that need fixing, but I don't even have a doctor that I can feel comfortable with. I also know that there are... Click here to read more.   Maryann Coboconk, ON - My story is simple to tell. I'm a 61 year old female who's Doctor moved to another City in August/06 (too far for me to commute). I am in good health at present and take no medication. I have never in my life been without a Doctor, however now find it imp... Click here to read more.   Dale Pembroke, ON - I have a sister who was diagnosed with breast cancer for the SECOND time at the end of July, 2006. She has four tumours growing on her right chest bone above the breast that had cancer. She has been told that she will not get radiation treatment until... Click here to read more.   Nola Kemptville, ON - I am currently waiting for cancer surgery. My first signs of any problem were in January 2006. It took me months before I was diagnosed because of wait times to see family doctors and specialists because of their wait lists and doctors vacation times. ... Click here to read more.   Jim Sooke, BC - I am a 74 year old male who was diagnosed with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, a rare (0.1% of all cancers diagnosed in the last 5 years) lymphoma, which is treatable but incurable. The median age of diagnosis is 63 and average survival rate is 5 years... Click here to read more.   David Duncan, BC - My wife has Alzheimer. She is on Aricept which BC does not cover. I am worn out and depressed and could use respite. ... Click here to read more.   Gabriela & Michael Saint-Laurent, QC - a) My story: I am now 57 years old and started having problems with arthritis in my legs and feet about two years ago. Last November 05 I finally reached the foot surgeon after a process that took over a year in between the family, orthopedic and reuma... Click here to read more.   Gwenyth Selkirk, MB - My husband has recently had heart distress again after having suffered a massive heart attack almost 17 years ago. Has kept up regular appointments every year or so for heart checks. Just last month was told he can't even have an appointment with a Card... Click here to read more.   Bob rockwood, ON - I injured my right shoulder in a fall November 2005. We were away in Hawaii. On return to our home I was seen by my G.P. She ordered an x-ray of my shoulder. The results were inconclusive but did show damage to the muscle. I took the pain medication ... Click here to read more.   Donna Cornwall, ON - I am a 66 year old female with both OA & RA and have been waiting for a hip replacement since the 1st of February 2006 - thats when my family Doctor advised me of x-ray results that she had ordered showed I needed a hip because any medications she was giv... Click here to read more.