After a series of tests I was diagnosed in 2019 with an excess of a hormone.  Causes Hypertension.   Thirty years of different meds with no resolution was frustrating.  For half of those years I took no meds as they did not work. My wife heard about a similar case and I asked to be tested.  Viola, I was a candidate for surgery.

All went well.  No meds and normal BP for my age.

Back to the Fall of 2019, once I got the diagnosis, I was told the surgery would be in the Fall of 2020 or later.  Most likely later.  Fine, I was prepared to wait.

The Casedemic hit and all elective surgery was cancelled in BC.  That meant I would likely still be waiting today with what happened with the firings and staff shortages.

The elective surgeries commenced early June 2020.  Well two weeks before Opening Day, I received a call. We can do your surgery the first official day of opening.  I was shocked.  Had to turn it down as I had a trip planned.  Took a date a week later.   I arrived for surgery,  didn’t see many patients there.   Surgery over and up to a surgical ward.  I had a room to myself.  Three beds empty in the room.  The nice male nurse was very attentive and we chatted a bit.

Turns out that the surgeons with surgical time went down their patient load until they got a willing body to come in.  The nurse said that he was grateful as he was off work due to no surgeries booked.  Even so, they were at  half capacity or less.

As it turned out, the general population was scared shitless about getting Covid.  Woudn’t come in.  At the time they only required a PCR test if you had symptoms.  I did not, so to this day I have never had a Covid test.

I didn’t wear a mask on the surgical ward.  I would have if they asked even though they don’t do didley.   Just grateful to jump the queue. Very grateful.    Out the day after surgery and life went on.

By that time I had already figured out this was a scam.  The nice nurse told me that the hospital was never overwhelmed and many were laid off as the Covid deluge never came.  I think about all those elective surgeries that went untreated.  I bet some are still waiting.

Worst part was I was dropped off by GMG, she was not allowed to visit, and I was wheeled out to the parking area to be picked up.