I had a friend who was in the military, he chipped a bone in his food during training and gave him a limp. He couldn't prove it happened on training grounds, so

I had a friend who was in the military, he chipped a bone in his food during training and gave him a limp. He couldn't prove it happened on training grounds, so the military wasn't willing to pay to fix it, but he was also able to resign (I question this logic. Nice job Canadian military). So he scheduled surgery, it wasn't due for 4 years. His life wasn't in danger, it wasn't completely debilitating, he could walk with a limp. So rather than go to another country, he actually soldiered it (he's the soldiering type it seems). Well guess what 4 years of a persistent limp + exercise does to you. Nothing good. He finally had the bone chip removed, I'm sure a cheap operation. Only now he's had 6+ years of physiotherapy correcting his improperly developed muscular system. +1 Canada for having a public health care system that moves fast when it needs to. -1 Canada for having a public health care system that moves incredibly slow when it doesn't need to.