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| ▲ | nick__m 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| I live in Québec, Canada and the longest I had to wait was 3 months for a gallbladder ablation. And my wife, who is on her fourtht year of ribociclib to prevent her spinal metastasis (breast cancer) from coming back, have timely periodical CT-PET and IRM scans. MAID is popular not because of lack of care but because Québécois values their autonomy and quality of life above being simply alive for the longest time possible. |
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| ▲ | ben-johnson 29 minutes ago | parent [-] | | In the US nobody waits three months for a simple gall bladder ablation. What's crazy is you think that's normal. She has 'timely' scans because they are made months in advance. | | |
| ▲ | nick__m 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | But it was truly not urgent, I would have been ok with waiting 6 months! And the scans are not scheduled months in advance. We complained that we were only informed of the date and time of the next scan a few days before it... The explanation was that they have a must not be done before and a must be done after dates but the actual scheduling is done just in time so urgent case are prioritized before routine care. | |
| ▲ | ceejayoz 22 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | My dermatologist books nine months in advance. My wife’s neurologist books six months out. Long waits are absolutely a thing in the US. A surgery she needed took 18 months to go through. |
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| ▲ | jghn 5 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm in the US. I have 4 different appointments that are in 2027 because the relevant specialists book that far out. |
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| ▲ | kelseyfrog 32 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| If I used my imagination as an epistemic authority, I'd often be wrong. Why not gain knowledge through experience? Visit Canada and report back. |
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| ▲ | analog31 22 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Wait times in my region are 12-24 months. My "annual" appointments with generalists occur roughly 18 months apart, and usually involve being seen by a PA or NP. |
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| ▲ | throwway120385 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > In Canada, the wait is so long for free specialized procedures that many patients choose euthanasia instead. This claim is so outlandish that I'd like to see some sources for it. |
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| ▲ | zardo an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
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