Comments on: The Joys of Country Living http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/ Simple Living... Frugality... Gardening... Cooking From Scratch... Knifty Knitter Projects.. And More. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:34:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8302 Sharon Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:24:51 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8302 There are some advantages to being in the country when it comes to health. Take emergencies for example. Scott was born by emergency caeserian when I got pre-eclampsia. I felt fine. Wasn't unwell at all but my doctor picked it up and by that afternoon I was in Flinders Medical, and he was born. All in the time it would have taken me to sit in the waiting room in a big city hospital. One advantage of arriving from the country in a plane or helicopter, you get to jump the que! How do you spell que? That's not it is it? ....sorry. feeling a bit "mental" tonight. Not really on chanel! There are some advantages to being in the country when it comes to health. Take emergencies for example. Scott was born by emergency caeserian when I got pre-eclampsia. I felt fine. Wasn’t unwell at all but my doctor picked it up and by that afternoon I was in Flinders Medical, and he was born. All in the time it would have taken me to sit in the waiting room in a big city hospital. One advantage of arriving from the country in a plane or helicopter, you get to jump the que! How do you spell que? That’s not it is it?

….sorry. feeling a bit “mental” tonight. Not really on chanel!

]]> By: river http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8300 river Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:12:45 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8300 YOWCH!!! Glad he's okay now. YOWCH!!! Glad he’s okay now.

]]> By: tiff http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8298 tiff Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:25:15 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8298 I'm glad to read all should be okay but I SO hear you on the services offered in the boonies. Ugh. I understand that everyone is so overworked and underpaid and nobody wants to coe out to the country but I feel you pain, Lightening. I’m glad to read all should be okay but I SO hear you on the services offered in the boonies. Ugh.

I understand that everyone is so overworked and underpaid and nobody wants to coe out to the country but I feel you pain, Lightening.

]]> By: Prizetastic http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8296 Prizetastic Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:58:02 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8296 OW!!!! Poor kiddo, glad it all worked out ok! Gotta love regional and rural hospitals. I've worked as a nurse so I do know they try there hardest in the work conditions they have, but we sat and waited for 5 hours for hubby to have stitches in his chin the other day, while people who were there because they "felt a bit off" from eating a hamburger were jumping around and complaining so they got in way before us....... Who knows what the solution is to our hospitals problems, just glad he's ok :) OW!!!! Poor kiddo, glad it all worked out ok! Gotta love regional and rural hospitals. I’ve worked as a nurse so I do know they try there hardest in the work conditions they have, but we sat and waited for 5 hours for hubby to have stitches in his chin the other day, while people who were there because they “felt a bit off” from eating a hamburger were jumping around and complaining so they got in way before us…….

Who knows what the solution is to our hospitals problems, just glad he’s ok :)

]]> By: Boo http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8295 Boo Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:55:07 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8295 I'm just here to say that I am with you on the country living. My boy is having trouble with missing bones in his neck and we have to travel 3 hours to Brisbane once a month. For appointments that are at 1.30pm but don't get seen until 5pm. And then you have to drive all the way home. It's so HARD with kids. It's so hard to keep them busy and happy for that long and then still enjoy the ride home. I'm glad your boy is on the mend, but just thought I'd let you know that you';re not alone with the sucky 2 and three hour drives to get the right services. Boo http://jtparr.blogspot.com/2008/09/wednesday-10th-of-september-part-one_17.html I’m just here to say that I am with you on the country living. My boy is having trouble with missing bones in his neck and we have to travel 3 hours to Brisbane once a month. For appointments that are at 1.30pm but don’t get seen until 5pm. And then you have to drive all the way home. It’s so HARD with kids. It’s so hard to keep them busy and happy for that long and then still enjoy the ride home.

I’m glad your boy is on the mend, but just thought I’d let you know that you’;re not alone with the sucky 2 and three hour drives to get the right services.

Boo

http://jtparr.blogspot.com/2008/09/wednesday-10th-of-september-part-one_17.html

]]> By: Kimber http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8293 Kimber Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:24:32 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8293 So happy to hear he's okay. So happy to hear he’s okay.

]]> By: Kez http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8290 Kez Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:02:14 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8290 OUCH! Poor kid - hope all is well. I have to try and make a drs appt for my boy tomorrow - we have one of the lowest dr rates in the state I think, so it will be interesting to see if he still needs to see the dr by the time we get an appt! OUCH! Poor kid - hope all is well. I have to try and make a drs appt for my boy tomorrow - we have one of the lowest dr rates in the state I think, so it will be interesting to see if he still needs to see the dr by the time we get an appt!

]]> By: Wendy http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8289 Wendy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:12:09 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8289 Glad he is OK. Poor kid. It will be a funny story to tell his gandsons one day. The health system isn't much better in the cities. A friend of mine went in three times for a hysterectomy before she finally had it. She is a single mom with 5 kids and no other family to help out so there were LOTS of arrangements that needed to be made, and she wasn't happy to be sent home after getting everything organised only to be told to come back the next week. And the next. To say nothing of her stress levels (part of the reason for the hyst was to rule out cancer) Glad he is OK. Poor kid. It will be a funny story to tell his gandsons one day.
The health system isn’t much better in the cities. A friend of mine went in three times for a hysterectomy before she finally had it. She is a single mom with 5 kids and no other family to help out so there were LOTS of arrangements that needed to be made, and she wasn’t happy to be sent home after getting everything organised only to be told to come back the next week. And the next. To say nothing of her stress levels (part of the reason for the hyst was to rule out cancer)

]]> By: Lynette http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8288 Lynette Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:10:41 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/10/13/the-joys-of-country-living/#comment-8288 Better to be safe than sorry I often think! If in doubt visit the Doc for an opinion! Hope all is back to norm soon and that your son can live a healthy life once again! Better to be safe than sorry I often think! If in doubt visit the Doc for an opinion!

Hope all is back to norm soon and that your son can live a healthy life once again!

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