It has been a rough 2-3 months with more coming BUT the good news is, it is something I should heal from and carry on. Considering that I had seven years of zero medical needs, I'm pretty grateful it's not worse.

I tend to be aware of what I eat and try to stay away from foods that are processed, contain a lot of sugar and even flour. I think a lot of our health is driven by what we consume. I know I should exercise more, but, I really hate that. Although I am working on doing more walking around and doing things to increase my steps daily.

I have noticed more discussion by my American acquaintances about a single payer system. It seems as though the efforts to repeal Obamacare is generating that discussion. With your current government, I suspect you are correct, there is no hope of moving to a single-payer system. It may become a future issue though.

There are efforts by mainly conservative types to bring more private, profit driven health care into Canada. I suspect a lot of that is the US insurance industry looking for new markets. I will support governments that stand against that effort. I believe there are improvements that can be made to the system but not by privatizing and giving the insurance industry a foothold.