One Man's Perspective on Prostate Cancer

 In this post I write about: My Letter to Government Lab Testing, Reports and Cravings Audio Link can be found here: Click to Listen A Health System in Decline - Healthcare Crisis in New Brunswick As a resident of New Brunswick and in need of a family physician for monitoring my critical illness I decided to standup and speak out about the doctor crisis we have in New Brunswick.  According to the Department of Health in 2022, there were 74,000+ residences looking for a family doctor.  But in 2023 the Department of Health stated that that number had fallen to 59,000. Anyway you consider those numbers, it is unacceptable!  If you do have a doctor, how quickly can you get in to see them? Might be weeks - right?!  Turn to a nurse practitioner and yes, they can help to a certain extent as the tests they can order are limited.   When was the last time you saw a doctor in person?  My generation it was standard practice to get a physical exam once a year ...

In this week I'll discuss: Retiring Doctor Fredericton Prostate Group Meeting Audio Link can be found here:  Click to Listen Family Doctor Retiring - Woodstock, NB, Canada Late in the week I got a call from the office of Doctor Fran Alborg.  The conversation went like this: Dr. Office: Is this Rick? Rick: Yes. Dr. Office:  Dr. Fran Alborg is retiring, effective immediately. You will get a letter in the mail. Rick: Who is taking over for her? Dr. Office:  No one. Rick: I need a doctor it is critical. Dr. Office: You will get a letter in the mail. Rick: Excuse me, A retirement letter is not going to help. I need a referral. Dr. Office: I can't help you with that. Rick: I have Advance Level 4 Cancer that has metastasized into my bones and lymph nodes. I need a doctor! Dr. Office: I can setup an appointment for you to discuss with the doctor for next Tuesday. Rick: Okay, What time should I come In? Dr. Office: No, Dr. Alborg will call you, she will not be in the office. ...

What's on the Agenda This Week? You can now listen to the blog post : Click this link! Crazy Sleep Hours  What is NGS? Emotional Health Healing the Soul, Heart, Mind and Body The Digital Fab Lab Idea Medical Expenses and Life New Feature - Email Subscribe Crazy Sleep Hours and My Fitbit This past Christmas my wife got me a Fitbit watch which I haven't been using much.  She found it last week and told me to wear it (in a tone that I had no choice about it). I'm very OCD when it comes to technology tracking my statistics and reporting it back to the cloud for analysis. But now I see that it can provide some very useful insights, especially for those of us that have a critical condition such as myself. While I can verbally relate my lack of sleep to my wife and doctors, the Fitbit app provides hard statistics in a graphical form. As you can see below I'm typically getting less than 4 hours of sleep a night where most of it is light sleep with lots of awaking moments in bet...