A column that appeared in this space last week,&nbsp;<a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;looking at the record high wait times for non-emergency surgery&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-canadas-health-care-system-is-desperate-for-a-shock-treatment-that-never-comes&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-canadas-health-care-system-is-desperate-for-a-shock-treatment-that-never-comes">looking at the record high wait times for non-emergency surgery</a>, prompted a heart-wrenching response from one reader.

Jeff Dyck, a 52-year-old wealth-management professional from Calgary, said it hit particularly close to home because three days earlier he had been diagnosed with inoperable Stage 4 cancer in his colon, liver and lymph nodes. His only option left is extension-of-life treatment through chemotherapy.

Twenty weeks between referral and seeing a specialist; 10 more weeks for the colonoscopy that discovered his cancer. By then it was too late{ai:summary}<p>A reader, Jeff Dyck, shared a personal story after a column highlighted long wait times for non-emergency surgeries. Diagnosed with inoperable Stage 4 cancer, he faces a grim prognosis and is left with only chemotherapy for life extension. </p><p>#health</p>

John Ivison: A deplorable indictment of Canadians’ access to health care. One of too many

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