PCOS Message Board - View Single Post - I hate it here (Kelowna, British Columbia)!

NB_Cindy · 05-18-2009, 04:22 PM

BeetleGirl, I know I am new here but I'm so sorry for everything you've gone through.

I know the feeling all too well. I left Ontario and moved to Fredericton for grad school. It was supposed to be a temporary deal. When I realized that it would be a fairly mid-term I figured I could find work here. No such luck. My SO is working at a call center. He has a MA. The buses here don't run on a Sunday. And on the days they run, the last bus is 9:45pm in some locations and downtown 11:00pm. The 9:45pm bus is from campus and the last classes let out at 9:50pm, so LOTS of students walk 2-20 blocks depending on where they live or cab it home which can get VERY expensive. The buses also run on a select 2 hour rotation. The city is on a hill and is NOT pedestrian friendly.

Over all, I have found the city VERY pretensious and shallow...which is baffling because of how many problems we have here. Getting a doctor is a whole ordeal. You go to the walk in clinic 3 hours before it opens. Rush the windows when the receptionist shows up, sign the sign in sheet. She collects your insurance card or you pay cash. Then you see the doctor. You explain your symptoms and push and prod. They send you to the hospital for bloodwork. It gets lost. Repeat this process 3 more times, and then FINALLY you get a referral. Get it, see a doctor who tells you that huristusim is normal and ignores you.

But I digress.

I hope it gets better, and that your DH gets a job that pays relocation costs. That or you do win the 6/49!