Spoke with Andrea

 based on surgeons on leave and lack of operating room time what I gather is older referrals will be moved up and given priority, those of us newer on the list will be looking at about 5 years or more.
Just spoke to West Coast Surgical centre in BC and the wait is about 2 years...so BC still seems an option. (And I have no idea what this dumb counter-thingy is in my posts and how to get rid of it...lol)

So I just talked to Andrea (finally) and this is what I heard. They have a firm commitment from Manitoba Health to fund the program but it is not is writing yet. It is their hope to open and expand criteria to include men and also women under the age of 65 with a BMI of over 50. She told me that they are planning these changes and looking at increased staffing etc but there will still be a wait when this happens. Every person like myself who has been waitlisted will have to be contacted in order to see if we are still interested and Andrea said there was about 12 months of people waitlisted before me(Jan/11).
Still means a long wait and I am still pissed at how difficult it is to get help. I think it is ironic that same physicians at ST b who do this surgery also do it at Western Surgery Centre on people my size. But of course that probably costs thousands of dollars (kind of scared to phone and ask)

All around this situation sucks and today it has given me a major headache and lots of tears. I really wanted to rip into my daughter's chocolate but I have resisted. Just trying to keep busy and will have a good cry on hubby's shoulder when he gets home. Considering how much I have cried today maybe I burneda few calories...LOL.

Thanks for everyone's support!

 No tears girl...we have to keep fighting. If there is a year ahead of you and you are a year ahead of me...well that makes my list 5-6 years.  I think those letters to Theresa Oswald are a start and perhaps we need a petition to Selinger as well...get all of us and our families and friends. They need to see that us "fatties" have voting power and a voice and enough is enough.
BC apparently has a commitment to increase funding and OR time and we need the same here.

Perhaps we need to call CBC/CTV/NBC or what ever TV station will do a interview.


Let it be in the public eye like my ass!!

Michelle

 How about we do a press conference and meet and greet? Invite the press, invite the health minister and selinger and the opposition?
I LOVE that comment Michelle. And I make fat chick jokes at my own expense all the time...people laugh but I am so tired of it

 Maybe I should go to my family doctor and get a referal . I am not 100 persent sure I want surgery . I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo terrified . I think I mentioned before the 2 people I know who had the surgery had horrible side effects . One said she wishes she never did the surgery the other said she would still do it . Very scary ........... but I need to lose weight and be healty . It's crazy I try and try and try . I exercise 5 days a week and I am still so big and never lose weight . I've stopped eating junk in the fall and my weight doesn't go up or down . ERRRRRGH 

 by this point most of us have messed our metabolisms up so badly that only drastic steps will help. I know exactly what you mean

 Shaw has a local station and they like doing local news stories . Also you could try emailing different news networks .