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OT: Coronavirus Resources - and other things to not worry about

Preston said:
Uncle had a surgery scheduled for next week in Toronto. It's now canceled.


It's already beginning.
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My friend had her hip replacement canceled three times since the start of the pandemic. By the the time she finally got it (end of Nov.) she had deteriorated to the point she could barely walk more than a dozen steps before the pain would sit her down. She feeling like a new person now. 🙂

To give her credit she said that she would rather they cancel than risk getting covid while in hospital. I don’t think she would have been so understanding though if there had been a fourth cancellation.
 
Ungood albeit unsurprising. Weird how cases can be so correlated with hospitalizations and deaths. Coulda sworn they were meaningless.

 
I had to get eye surgery that would have been covered by OHIP had I waited, but I didn't want to chance getting pushed back indefinitely. Looks like a good choice to go private even though it cost me.
 
Somewhat funny (for others) story with an anecdotal healthcare system experience, so I'll post it here.

On Christmas some of the family and I decided to go out on the ATV's and clear some trail. You know, really redneck stuff. Anyway I ended up with severe poison oak on my face, arms, hands, and groin (fire away, I've heard them all). I got some sort of megadose of the oil from the plant that causes the rash. Think I must have cut through a vine and carried it, which apparently can give you a 100x dose compared to just touching the leaves. Pretty stupid, but with it being the middle of winter I wasn't even thinking.

By the night of 28th one of my eyes is swollen shut, my arm looks like it has 3rd degree burns, and my groin is...concerning. I go to emerg as its 12am and I have no other options. Despite the fact that I can't see out of one eye, every inch of my arm is covered in blisters and I'm dripping puss all over the waiting room, they tell me it's an 8+ hour wait (I'd already waited 2 hours).

Not sure if these wait times are because of COVID but I think it must be. So I bail and do a call with a doctor on Maple for $90 and get a script for steroids filled at shoppers, and suffer until they kick in a bit on the 30th. I probably needed a steroid injection but damned if I was going to wait in emerg for eight more hours overnight after the two hours I'd already waited. Probably traded some scarring on my arm for that.

Anyway, anecdotal but seems the health care system is pretty run down. I'll be a little more cautious until things cool down, as the care you expect might not be there.

Also a mega dose of poison oak is hell on earth. At any point in the last 48 hours I would have traded for COVID...literally thought I was losing my sanity. Hopefully no permanent junk damage.
 
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WellPlayed said:
Somewhat funny (for others) story with an anecdotal healthcare system experience, so I'll post it here.

On Christmas some of the family and I decided to go out on the ATV's and clear some trail. You know, really redneck stuff. Anyway I ended up with severe poison oak on my face, arms, hands, and groin (fire away, I've heard them all). I got some sort of megadose of the oil from the plant that causes the rash. Think I must have cut through a vine and carried it, which apparently can give you a 100x dose compared to just touching the leaves. Pretty stupid, but with it being the middle of winter I wasn't even thinking.

By the night of 28th one of my eyes is swollen shut, my arm looks like it has 3rd degree burns, and my groin is...concerning. I go to emerg as its 12am and I have no other options. Despite the fact that I can't see out of one eye, every inch of my arm is covered in blisters and I'm dripping puss all over the waiting room, they tell me it's an 8+ hour wait (I'd already waited 2 hours).

Not sure if these wait times are because of COVID but I think it must be. So I bail and do a call with a doctor on Maple for $90 and get a script for steroids filled at shoppers, and suffer until they kick in a bit on the 30th. I probably needed a steroid injection but damned if I was going to wait in emerg for eight more hours overnight after the two hours I'd already waited. Probably traded some scarring on my arm for that.

Anyway, anecdotal but seems the health care system is pretty run down. I'll be a little more cautious until things cool down, as the care you expect might not be there.

Also a mega dose of poison oak is hell on earth. At any point in the last 48 hours I would have traded for COVID...literally thought I was losing my sanity. Hopefully no permanent junk damage.
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Stupid sexy poison oak
 
WellPlayed said:
Redneck stuff is a lot of fun. Significantly better than watching 100 hours of a TV show you hate, I would think.
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Clearing trail in the back 40 is a hallowed event, whatever time of year.

Have never accompanied that activity with pouring a bottle of poison on my own junk though, so I guess YMMV.
 
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