Category: Health
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Canadian Universal Health Care VS Private Medical Coverage in America
I’m Canadian, and were it not for universal health care, Medicare in Canada, I would likely be dead. You see Medicare has saved my life on a number of occasions. It wasn’t just the fact that it is universal, – it’s that I never had to worry about losing my coverage. And the medical care…
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You Don’t Have a Sweet Tooth – You Have a Problem
Yesterday, I was sitting in the hospital, awaiting having the staples removed from my leg. Almost two years have gone by since I had a serious compound fracture of my leg due to a vehicle accident. I’m certainly not a kid, or even remotely young, but having much less time going forward than looking back,…
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Reflections
I wrote this a few years ago, reflecting on how at one point it my life, I was both the protagonist and antagonist of this poem. It could have gone either way. I often wonder how many others stood on that bridge and made the alternate choice. This is for them, and the men I’ve…
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Living with Pain
One Perspective That May Offer Some Useful Answers We’ve all lived with pain. If you’ve lived a challenging or adventurous life, you might have lived with more than many. Where the difference comes, is when pain becomes your constant companion. Constant pain that is endemic affects all aspects of your life, but most importantly your…