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Originally Posted by Catalina36
I Agree, if your living in The Villages and complaining about petty stuff wake up. The Villages is a GREAT PLACE to live. Have you lived here so long that you forgot where and why you moved here? I hope one day I will live here full time. Right now I own and I am a snowbird. The high cost of living, the traffic, the litter, and the unfriendly people in the Northeast is something to complain about. I laugh when I here Villagers complain about traffic. Be Happy, Be Grateful, Stop complaining and have a Happy New Year.
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I chose to live in the Villages and enjoy many wonderful activities. However, that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see better health care. I have to go to Mayo or Shands to get good health care. I have a physician at the Villages health care but he is never available and I always get scheduled to see a physician's assistant who has less education than a vet. I have been misdiagnosed, given the wrong medicine, the wrong tests have been ordered and this has happened to my husband as well as horrible stories my neighbors have told me. My one neighbor had melanoma on her foot which was diagnosed as worn foot pads and sent to physical therapy. By the time it was correctly diagnosed (not at the villages) she ended up at Moffitt getting treatment for Melanoma stage 3. I could fill up this website with problems my friends and I have had at The Villages health care. I am not being overly negative. There are many wonderful things to enjoy here. I chose to live here because I can play water volleyball each day which I love. But I really wish they would do something about the health care. At some point when I can't drive or get to places with good health care I probably will have to move. It is not all rainbows and sunshine. And taking a realistic approach toward buying a home here is important. Make a list of pluses and minuses - on the minuses ask yourself if you can compromise. I do by keeping a doctor here, having a primary care at Shands and going to Mayo when needed. As an example I broke a finger and the ligament separated. I went to a hand specialist at Shands every week to 10 days, got the treatment I needed and my finger works perfectly with no pain at this point. Would I want to live close to Shands, NO. I can get there if needed but for the day to day I love my activities and where I live.