What are the chances of being turned down for surgery

My BMI is between 33 and 35 depending on what I'm doing in my life.  Its ski season right now and I'm having trouble doing my ski pants up!  I've been told not to diet until after my first nurse visit because I may not be accepted into the program if I have a BMI less than 35  Does anyone out there know of any lightweight patients in Red Deer?  I read stories of patients being turned away and I want to know why?

My understanding is you have to have a bmi over 35 and two co-morbidities to be approved for surgery, or a bmi of 40+ with no co-morbidities to qualify.

Some people are turned down for no apparent reason at all. My sister and myself went thru the program at Red Deer and we went thru all of the necessary appingments, and procedures while everyone was telling us what a good job we were doing and what good candidates we were. Then after our scopes we were dopped like a hot potato with no explanation. They told us to come back in a year but said that thier was nothing that we had to do to prepare to come back later.

Here is a link to the page that tells you what the Red Deer program is looking for, http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/services.asp?pid=service &rid=1044655

I hope that this helps and you get what you are looking for. Good luck on your Weight Loss Journey.