From Canada

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Thank you to all who responded to my question about Doctors in Canada.

We will be checking them out.....thanks again...Lynn

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Great one, . Sorry that you have to deal with the stress of

your van being stolen. I hope you will have the situation resolved

quickly. Carol

Bordenuick wrote:

Hi

Harper, I check with my doctor. He said that my tests

done 3 weeks ago doesn't show anything in the direction of cancer but that

he will monitor that closely in the coming tests next. Next one next

week. Thanks. I often think of you has my reference guide.LOL...

Thanks for being such a ressource person....

Bert , You couldn't see your green minivan in the snow.

Well we had a lot of snow and i couldn't see my white minivan this morning

because it got stolen during the night... I didn't need that additional

stress....but i couldn't stop smiling seeing your comment about your van

being burried under the snow. Wish mine was burried there too.

Tony , Happy Birthday ....and many more blessed one to come....

from Florida - I think of you in my prayers and

i hope for what's the best for you.

- Tell your brother his friend is getting a lot of "unknown"

prayers going his way.

- My philosophy of life exactly - With the lemons (Like

my stolen van) i make limonade (No idea what the receipe will be for this

one YET)

FOR ALL OF YOU - You know how sometimes we take a long

time to do something ...... here's one for you......This guy was lonely,

and decided life would be more fun if he had a pet.So he went to the pet

store and told the owner that he wanted to buy anunusual pet.After some

discussion, he finally bought a centipede, which came in alittle white

box to use for his house.He took the box back home, found a good location

for the box, and decidedhe would start off by taking his newpet to the

bar to have a drink.So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like

to go to Boswell'swith me and have a beer?"But there was no answer from

his new pet.This bothered him a bit, but he waited about 20 minutes and

then asked again,"How about going to the bar and having a drink with me?"But

again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet.So he waited 10

minutes more, thinking about the situation.He decided to ask him one more

time!This time putting his face up against the centipede's house and shouting,"Hey,

in there! Would you like to go to Boswell's and have a drink with me?"A

little voice came out of the box: "I heard you the first time!I'm putting

on my f........ shoes." This is how i feel sometime........Have a

nice day HUGS from Canada

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-----Original Message-----From: Philip Cobb [mailto:pcmcobb@...]Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [ ] from Canada

Great one, . Sorry that you have to deal with the stress of your van being stolen. I hope you will have the situation resolved quickly. Carol Bordenuick wrote: Hi Harper, I check with my doctor. He said that my tests done 3 weeks ago doesn't show anything in the direction of cancer but that he will monitor that closely in the coming tests next. Next one next week. Thanks. I often think of you has my reference guide.LOL... Thanks for being such a ressource person.... Bert , You couldn't see your green minivan in the snow. Well we had a lot of snow and i couldn't see my white minivan this morning because it got stolen during the night... I didn't need that additional stress....but i couldn't stop smiling seeing your comment about your van being burried under the snow. Wish mine was burried there too. Tony , Happy Birthday ....and many more blessed one to come.... from Florida - I think of you in my prayers and i hope for what's the best for you. - Tell your brother his friend is getting a lot of "unknown" prayers going his way. - My philosophy of life exactly - With the lemons (Like my stolen van) i make limonade (No idea what the receipe will be for this one YET) FOR ALL OF YOU - You know how sometimes we take a long time to do something ...... here's one for you......This guy was lonely, and decided life would be more fun if he had a pet.So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy anunusual pet.After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede, which came in alittle white box to use for his house.He took the box back home, found a good location for the box, and decidedhe would start off by taking his newpet to the bar to have a drink.So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to Boswell'swith me and have a beer?"But there was no answer from his new pet.This bothered him a bit, but he waited about 20 minutes and then asked again,"How about going to the bar and having a drink with me?"But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet.So he waited 10 minutes more, thinking about the situation.He decided to ask him one more time!This time putting his face up against the centipede's house and shouting,"Hey, in there! Would you like to go to Boswell's and have a drink with me?"A little voice came out of the box: "I heard you the first time!I'm putting on my f........ shoes." This is how i feel sometime........Have a nice day HUGS from Canada

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In a message dated 2/1/02 7:26:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, dwjam@... writes:

Harper, I check with my doctor. He said that my tests done 3 weeks ago doesn't show anything in the direction of cancer but that he will monitor that closely in the coming tests next

, I'm very sorry if I alarmed you. I wanted you to make sure your doctor knew you had lost so much weight, as weight loss in AIH patients can be a sign of something going badly. I'm very glad that this isn't the case for you.

Harper

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, I live as far away fromCanada as is possible in the States I am in Miami. I did live in Port Huron Michigan back in 1977-1979 and worked in Sarnia Ontario, I also vacationed in toronto & montreal last year. Beautiful country if you skip no--april or don't mind freezing your shnuggilies off. I want to go hiking in Banft and skiing in BC!

Patty

-----Original Message-----From: Bordenuick [mailto:dwjam@...]Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:08 PM Subject: [ ] from Canada

Hi everyone,

I've been sleeping for 12 hours in a row. Isn't that wonderfull...it helps the 2 to 3 hours every night for the last 2 or so months.

I need your prayers, my little nephew Zachary has been taken into intensive care. He had problem lately keeping any food down. He is 21/2 years old and is very small. He lost weight he couldn't afford loosing. We are really worried. They couldn't find what was wrong with him and now, well, they still don't know.

Harper,

One sentence in one of your message kind of jump at me... Something about work.... YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING USEFULL TO DO .... Let me tell you that you are doing something usefull right here.... Iknow it doesn't pay real money but i'm sure lots of people are blessed through what you are doing. Thanks.

Tony

Thanks for the card.... and I agree a 100% - "True-self lies inside"

Patty

You are taking about a bikini contest.....what's a bikini LOL. LOL It should be a map contest in my case. LOL..... by the way where do you live to have such temperate (HAHA) temperature. Here today was around 17 degrees F. Freezing the bones...

Carol

I live between Montreal and Ottawa in a small town named Hawkesbury. It's in Ontario . 3/4 of an hour from Montreal and 1 hour from Ottawa and about 5 hours from Toronto. B.C. is great and the nature there is fantastic. Hope you enjoy being there.

Jeanette,

Thanks for the HUGS message. Being called a hugger by all my firends i wonder i come i suffered from insomnia......LOL

Blessed night to all of you

HUGS - from Canada

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I'm sorry to hear about your nephew. Hope everything goes okay for him. Will keep him in my prayers. It's hard enough when an adult has to go into the hospital. Can't imagine what it must be like for a little guy. Keep us informed of how he's doing. Ann CT [ ] from Canada Hi everyone, I've been sleeping for 12 hours in a row. Isn't that wonderfull...it helps the 2 to 3 hours every night for the last 2 or so months. I need your prayers, my little nephew Zachary has been taken into intensive care. He had problem lately keeping any food down. He is 21/2 years old and is very small. He lost weight he couldn't afford loosing. We are really worried. They couldn't find what was wrong with him and now, well, they still don't know. Harper, One sentence in one of your message kind of jump at me... Something about work.... YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING USEFULL TO DO .... Let me tell you that you are doing something usefull right here.... Iknow it doesn't pay real money but i'm sure lots of people are blessed through what you are doing. Thanks. Tony Thanks for the card.... and I agree a 100% - "True-self lies inside" Patty You are taking about a bikini contest.....what's a bikini LOL. LOL It should be a map contest in my case. LOL..... by the way where do you live to have such temperate (HAHA) temperature. Here today was around 17 degrees F. Freezing the bones... Carol I live between Montreal and Ottawa in a small town named Hawkesbury. It's in Ontario . 3/4 of an hour from Montreal and 1 hour from Ottawa and about 5 hours from Toronto. B.C. is great and the nature there is fantastic. Hope you enjoy being there. Jeanette, Thanks for the HUGS message. Being called a hugger by all my firends i wonder i come i suffered from insomnia......LOL Blessed night to all of you HUGS - from Canada

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From Canada

I am forwarding this email I received from a buddy in Canada. Please take the time to read it so you can do whatever you wish....research, verify, or delete, etc., but please read it.

I saw on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her new health care plan. Something similar to what we have in Canada. I also heard that was raving about the health care up here in Canada in his latest movie. As your friend and someone who lives with the Canada health care plan I thought I would give you some facts about this great medical plan that we have in Canada.

First of all:

1) The health care plan in Canada is not free. We pay a premium every month of $96. for Shirley and I to be covered. Sounds great eh. What they don't tell you is how much we pay in taxes to keep the health care system afloat. I am personally in the 55% tax bracket. Yes 55% of my earnings go to taxes. A large portion of that and I am not sure of the exact amount goes directly to health care our #1 expense.

2) I would not classify what we have as health care plan, it is more like a health diagnosis system. You can get into to see a doctor quick enough so he can tell you "yes indeed you are sick or you need an operation" but now the challenge becomes getting treated or operated on. We have waiting lists out the ying yang some as much as 2 years down the road.

3) Rather than fix what is wrong with you the usual tactic in Canada is to prescribe drugs. Have a pain here is a drug to take- not what is causing the pain and why. No time for checking you out because it is more important to move as many patients thru as possible each hour for Government re-imbursement

4) Many Canadians do not have a family Doctor.

5) Don't require emergency treatment as you may wait for hours in the emergency room waiting for treatment.

6) Shirley's dad cut his hand on a power saw a few weeks back and it required that his hand be put in a splint - to our surprise we had to pay $125. for a splint because it is not covered under health care plus we have to pay $60. for each visit for him to check it out each week.

7) Shirley's cousin was diagnosed with a heart blockage. Put on a waiting list . Died before he could get treatment.

8) Government allots so many operations per year. When that is done no more operations, unless you go to your local newspaper and plead your case and embarrass the government then money suddenly appears.

9)The Government takes great pride in telling us how much more they are increasing the funding for health care but waiting lists never get shorter. Government just keeps throwing money at the problem but it never goes away. But they are good at finding new ways to tax us, but they don't call it a tax anymore it is now a user fee.

10) A friend needs an operation for a blockage in her leg but because she is a smoker they will not do it. Despite paying into the health care system all these years. My friend is 65 years old. Now there is talk that maybe we should not treat fat and obese people either because they are a drain on the health care system. Let me see now, what we want in Canada is a health care system for healthy people only. That should reduce our health care costs.

11) Forget getting a second opinion, what you see is what you get.

12) I can spend what money I have left after taxes on booze, cigarettes, junk food and anything else that could kill me but I am not allowed by law to spend my money on getting an operation I need because that would be jumping the queue. I must wait my turn except if I am a hockey player or athlete then I can get looked at right away. Go figure. Where else in the world can you spend money to kill yourself but not allowed to spend money to get healthy..

13) Oh did I mention that immigrants are covered automatically at tax payer expense having never contributed a dollar to the system and pay no premiums.

14) Oh yes we now give free needles to drug users to try and keep them healthy. Wouldn't want a sickly druggie breaking into your house and stealing your things. But people with diabetes who pay into the health care system have to pay for their needles because it is not covered but the health care system.

I send this out not looking for sympathy but as the election looms in the states you will be hearing more and more about universal health care down there and the advocates will be pointing to Canada. I just want to make sure that you hear the truth about health care up here and have some food for thought and informed questions to ask when broached with this subject.

Step wisely and don't make the same mistakes we have