Hi Vix,
Welcome, sorry to hear about your troubles with TOS.
Hope you were able to PM the Canadian gals and get some good info from them.

We have a lot of info links compiled in our useful sticky & Drs/PT lists too.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=84
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=135

Please pardon the term, but seems we have another kunec amongst us**than again I have been replied to many thing that no lady should be present for** so I request that I be admonishd genlty and seems the population is growing daily ! By all means welcome and the more fellow Canadians upon the board might just help others in gaining care that may have been unbeknown by others. Word of mouth is a great means of advertisemet in itself. There are some Australians here also and it appears that quality care seems to be so far apart<<<UMmmPH? Than again some of the American doctors only God knows why they received their license, as they break the Cardinal rule in the treatment of their first patient**DO NO HARM** whilst in the persuit of money.... enough rambling and and may I bring about a many of welcome from Mark~n~Goober

Hi Mark....
not to be rude but we prefer Cancuk!! Thanks...from this Canuck in Calgary!!!

love and hugs,
Victoria

Victoria if you get a chance take a look at repl#1007 in the today thread GOOBER has taken over and had made me do revisions to his already perverse outburst

Greetings again, my new TOS family...I'm blown away by the caring & help y'all are so freely sharing...I only hope I can be such in return, and if in my reply, I've forgotten anyone, please forgive this noob...

Hey dorrie….nice to meet a fellow Ontarian….my birth mom’s up near Orillia & I used to date a guy from Keswick….small world, isn’t it?

<waves to LinJane> you’re so right about how great this place is, thanks

Hi jo…..yes, I’ve been working on getting to know the PM system here & am contacting some of my fellow Canadians, thanks for the welcome

<waves both hands, one for Mark, one for Goober> and nice to meet you’s

and yes, it’s “canuck”, hun….lol….but seems I’m in good company here, thanks

Hello hairdresser….another Canadian, how fabulous….thanks for the links, greeting & hope you’re feeling better, hun

Just working on finding a Family Doctor, went for the interview Monday actually….since when did Canadian doctors start acting like they were in hollywood or some such place that they have to “see if you’re a good fit” for their practice? And then he says, call back in a couple week's time to find out what he's decided!! What ever happened to the hypocratic oath??

Haven’t applied for Cppdisability yet (but upon a smart lady’s suggestion to do it regardless of having a family doctor seems to be in order, just to get the process started, knowing they’ll probably deny the first app anyways…yish, this is such a dance we all do, isn’t it?)

wow, Jamy…..would love to get together for coffee or such….if you’re up for it....it's just tooooo kewl to have found someone in my own back yard, as it were....woohoo


Just as an aside to all the hiyas...I've been working with an employment agency lately that specializes in handling people with disabilities. The intake worker had basically told me that about the only thing he could see me fit for doing right now might be call center work (like aspiring to a bottom rung re-entery job was such a thing to "look forward" to) <sigh>

So a couple weeks ago I went out, applied to a few & was hired by one company that I started with last week. I just couldn't handle the pain, the stress (not to mention the moral issue of such a dirty kind of business), so I quit today....stupid, I know, as I really don't have alternatives right now in any form of luxury, but I just wasn't any good to them or myself in the capacity that I am/or am not at this time. Guess I'll head back to the agency tomorrow again to regrettably fill them in on the bad news & try to explain to them that I'm just not capable of doing anything but trying to get healthy again right now...not that that will help my situation, but working left me with even lesser rest & stress & the TOS seems to be rapidly spreading/attrifying the last few weeks. Hopefully someone will finally hear my cries for help soon.

It helps to come on here & find out how similar we all are in our own unique ways....it really is like coming home....thank you's


Becca (Vixen)

OH I wish I could come to have coffee with you guys!!! It was my back yard as well....
we don't have as many people as in SOCO but hey three minus one......I am there in spirit.
Vix give the doc I gave you a call. She will get you into the system. If you need massage....price is an issue I know, but if you could find a way it really helps. Ask Jamy we had the same one and she is the most wonderful massage therapist in the world!! pls note this is personal opinion!!!!

take care and yeah health is more important than work, but hey.....one to the other...chicken or the egg.....

love and hugs,
Victoria

Hi Vix!

Ya - coffee would be fantastic!!! I know the value of having someone to 'vent' about TOS to

Finding a doc is rough...I still haven't found a doc in Hamilton yet and have been in the area 5 years. Whenever I call one that is accepting patients I am told I have too many issues to become a patient. They just seem to want folks who come in for a yearly check-up and never get sick. My needing appts for this and that, script renewals, etc just seems to be too much to handle. I am lucky that finally my family doc is working with me instead of against me. But, once you get in to see the right docs, life seems to get a bit easier. Patience was something I had to learn!!!

Whatever I can do, ask. As Vic mentioned - we both have/had a great (in my opinion) MT...she is fantastic! I have gone through a LOT of MTs over the years...and she is GREAT! If I had to put my $$ somewhere, this is where it would be (again personal opinion...).

Take it easy, enjoy your weekend. The weather is supposed to be great!

J

PS: Dorrie, hello to a fellow Lake Simcoer! I grew up just across the lake!