Being in contact with different types of viruses and bacterias, in cold weather – that will make your immune system weaker – can easily make you sick. If you moved to Canada recently and are not in Alberta, you ought to have some travel medical insurance, for you are only elegible to use the Public Health System after three months.
So, it’s been a month since my arrival here and I’ve got this awesome prize: my first canadian flu. It’s been ten days since this virus is annoying me – I have it all: sneezing, coughing, blocked ears and had even some sore throat and fever.
The insurance works in a very dumb way: you have to call its office in Brazil, then they will call you back here, then the doctor will call you back here and make an appointment. It works, but I believe you could be able to call the doctor directly. This multiple-calls thing is not very intelligent.
I’m taking prescribed medicine and I found amusing how it works here in Canada. A PHARMACIST tells you how to take your prescription and what can happen to you, and they give you the exact amount of medicine you should take. Back in Brazil, you just give the prescription and someone who works at the pharmacy gives you the medicine and there’s no worries if you’re taking it right or not.
So far, I feel I’m being well treated. People use to complain about the Canadian Health System, and I’ve yet to use it properly. Let’s hope I don’t catch any further annoying virus and just use it for check-ups.
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It’s one of the things I love about civilized nations, Pharmacists have actual medical knowledge. In London, if I had something minor like a sore throat or a cold, I could go straight to the pharmacy and they’d tell me exactly which over-the-counter medicine I should take and for how long. And when I had to go to the doctor it was the same thing: exact amount of pills and instructions. Being well treated rocks, I hope you feel better soon. :)