A very short post. My last post about heart mentioned my recent experience with heart health and the heart of my family and church. I'm happy to say Barry is home and on his way to a healthier heart.
When I was with my chiropractor on Monday he expressed our health system
to a tee. Our health care system is fantastic when it comes to
emergencies but not so great around prevention. There is talk about
funding more programs around heart and diabetes education but its only
as good as the patient caring enough to go to their family Dr. to seek
the information or get their physical. Barry and I are very lucky to
have a family doctor. The province is trying to push more graduates to
go into a family practice versus a specialty to help solve this.
Nothing is perfect but I'm happy for our health care program no matter
its short comings. This experience just made me realize again how lucky
we are in Canada.
If I could wave my magic wand the only thing I would have changed is the ability to have the angioplasty procedure happen closer to Oshawa or in Oshawa but Toronto General took very good care of us.
The key to heart health is diet and exercise. Two simple changes like removing a high cholesterol food and walking 30 minutes a day could make all the difference in your heart.
Liz
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