Thanks to tina77, PaulB, n74tg, Cheryld, and Tom O'Sullivan for replying. I have to get outside working as winter is advancing.

The Prince George(PG)Cancer Centre was brand new in November of 2012. It was built to serve the northern part of the Province of BC, and Yukon Territory. It has all new equipment. Google "How big is BC" for some comparison graphics. I live midway between PG and the Pacific Coast in a town of about 5000. PG has about 70,000. The Cancer Centre is adjacent to the hospital which is a teaching hospital attached to the University of Northern BC in PG.

The PET/CT scanner, however, is located in Vancouver BC. PG is a 4 1/2 hour drive each way for me. Vancouver then, is about 10 hours drive south of PG. So, my road time to Vancouver is almost 15 hours, or 1 1/2 hours on a droning turboprop Dash8 aircraft. We get used to waiting for things in this part of North America. The BC people further north of me have things even worse, not to mention folks in the Yukon and Alaska.

n74tg, as for options outside the Canadian medical system, I know they exist, if you can pay. Domestically there are huge legal battles whenever someone tries to start a private clinic outside the gov't system. As a Poli-Sci major, I will leave it there. In order to say more, I would have to know much more about how the Cdn system works. A better understanding of the US, and several other nations' systems, would also be helpful for any informed discussion.

I hope this makes my geographical situation more relevent to the timelines I posted. Thanks again everone.