Cheryl and a lot of cats

Cardigans. Ovaltine. Baby loss. Step kids. Knitting. MS. Just your average middle aged aunt reminding you to send thank you notes. There’s also a dog. (she/her)

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Ok. All the things I know about packing for a trip. In a thread. With the proviso that I travelled for work, not pleasure, but I’ve tried to be generic. A thread:

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@regwald Have you met me?

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@StevieHerb @zerochilllll Oh hellllllloooooo there cleavage!

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@StevieHerb @zerochilllll Am I allowed to say wow to your boobs?!

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@DivaQBBQ I originally read this as ‘you and wine are enough’. And I thought ‘this woman understands me!

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@KatyMackay Sending so many hugs.

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@StevieHerb I think it depends. Is it their habit to slough off work? Is it confusion? Could you be mistaken about what the work is?

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@TimBryson16 @radlady @tim4hire Yes! Which is a terrible way to get care. Without longitudinal family care there is zero hope you catch things like pre-diabetes or the early signs of ischémie heart disease. Primary care also sends you for age and risk related screenings. Our system is built on primary care!

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@TimBryson16 @radlady @tim4hire I would argue it’s the reverse. They sent you for that MRI for a reason. Delaying the diagnostic delays treatment.
A barrier to primary care access sends those cases to acute. A barrier to diagnostics means no treatment.

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@TimBryson16 @radlady @tim4hire Oh, please don’t mis understand me, I think this is terrible and wrong. But, I can see why it does make a lot of sense. We have publicly funded and privately delivered primary care in Canada, that causes challenges.

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@OptomistThe @luanne_metz Here’s a good overview. https://t.co/7TNQZVjPRc

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@OptomistThe @luanne_metz An average physician panel is between 1,000 to 4,000 - average of 1200, depending where you are. There are varying levels of complexity. Some patients requiring lots of care, some the docs might see every 5 years. Payments and ability to practice team based care matters too.

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@TheLisaEvans @SIRIUSXM @SXMTheHighway @SiriusXMHits1 @70sOn7 Cheesies. Especially for the celiacs.

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@radlady @tim4hire But. That is a big increase!

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@radlady @tim4hire I say this, because having spent a lot of time with this data, clinic ownership is . . . Murky. And maybe a rapid number of clinics moved in the membership direction, or maybe 4 clinic groups of 6 clinics each.

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@radlady @tim4hire If all you have is the ability to read CBC and shout ‘outrage’, I’d like another alternative to vote for please.
3? Shadow health critics? Perhaps some of them could spend less time shouting, more time listening and recommending solutions.

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@radlady @tim4hire I agree! It needs fixing! It was a problem in 2012. It’s been a problem in 3 governments since.
For the NDP to act shocked about this and accuse Smith of lying, when they ignored the same thing in their administration is appalling and makes me question their ability to govern

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@radlady @tim4hire In the 11 years since the first, that’s 4.8 a year. I’m struggling to get to rapid.