I have been having breathing problems for many years. Tests show my lungs are clear and not the cause of the breathing issues. Last year they discovered it’s a heart problem. I was told that I needed an angiogram and would have to wait 3 – 4 months. It has now been 8 months with no communication about the test. I’ve contacted them but they still don’t have a date.
Because I live in Nanaimo, I’ve learned that once a test is set, I have to spend up to 3 – 5 days in Victoria: one day before the test, the day of the test and one or more days after the test, depending on what they had to do.
I don’t have friends or family in Victoria so that means staying in a hotel (or B&B). Since I can’t drive, and I can’t be alone after the test, my sister has to come down from Courtenay to drive me and stay with me. Neither my sister or I are employed (pensions) so the cost will be difficult to absorb.