The Canadian health care system is well known for long waiting periods to have something done like a hip replacement. Here's one person's humorous account of how she beat the system (and, in case the player doesn't work, here's the link).
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October 10, 2008
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- 1. Predictability yields boredom in every aspect of life except one.
- 2. Repetition breeds success.
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- 4. Symptoms appear when physical demand exceeds physical capacity.
- 5. When you want something badly enough, you'll make a plan to get it and get excited by the plan.
- 6. Pain is the fifth vital sign.
- 7. To heal the pain you have, you must face the pain you have.
- 8. The first signs of a joint in trouble are stiffness and tightness.
- 9. Massage, Rolfing, Mobilization, Maunal therapy are all the same. It's the frequency, intensity and duration of the technique that differs.
- 10. Back pain always levies an emotional tax.
- 11. When you hurt during or after exercise and you keep doing it, you're just not that into you.
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