@kimcvi .... Nice post and you are so right, but it always comes back, in the end, to my blaming myself for not speaking up to the doctors at the time.. but then labelled a "problem patient" and in our town word spreads, and I haven't had a family doctor for 18 months. thank goodness for walkin clinics. It would be OK if I could still travel out of town but with bowel issues no longer possible. Those who have access to teaching hospitals or clinics like Mayor are fortunate. J. e.g. If I wanted to see the other one of our two EnT's , as mine is not urgent, a two year wait: can you believe it? Its not the same in Canada if you can travel or live in larger Cites though.