Doctor’s appointment update…

As promised, an update would be posted once I returned from my doctor’s appointment – and here I am sitting in front of the PC writing to all of you with the news I was given today.

After my rant with the Quebec Government about health care and lack of physicians, I was asked to call a pager number last week; which I did, and this morning I went to a Sherbrooke clinic for my prescription renewals. After meeting briefly with the doctor, and hearing my story she decided to take me on as a regular patient.

She renewed all of my prescriptions, and gave me a new prescription for another asthma inhaler that she felt I should be taking along with my Flovent.

She asked that I open a dossier with the receptionist on my way out, and gave me an appointment for a full evaluation in January – and she asked that I go to another clinic and carry out other tests as well. She wants to get all the information required in order to fully understand and teat my medical needs. So in the next few months, I’ll be busy with doctors, nurses, and a series of tests.

This is not the way I wanted to get medical attention – however if it took several phone calls, and letters, then so be it. That’s the way I got into the Quebec medical system, and let this be an example for others who are out there with no answers – write letters and make phone calls, and most importantly of all; don’t give up!

Karen Eryou
December 27, 2007