Hi. I've been lurking for a while, and figured I would introduce myself. I'm 34, I live in Fredericton, and have recently spoke with my general practitioner about being referred for weight loss surgery. I've been referred to Dr. Boisvert, in Fredericton, but I don't have any idea how long the wait list is or what the steps I'll have to go through are! Except for some of the information on this forum (which seems to be about a different doctor, mostly, so I'm not sure if it's NB policy or that doctor's policy), there is an absolute dearth of information about weight loss surgery in NB. Has anyone else been to this doctor, or had similar experiences? Or live in Fredericton? I hope I'm not posting in the wrong area, I notice most of these posts are about a clinic in Moncton. :)

It's nice to meet you all, and I'm glad that this forum exists. A lot of you have given me the courage to speak to my doctor about my weight, although I think I have a healthy fear of the five year wait too! I'm just so excited and impatient to get my life back that I hope it seems like time flies for all of us who are waiting. :)

Thanks Chris I will call the Dr.tomorrow  I would go to the hospital here  but know one know about what to do in Fredericton.

I went back and seen that you had your surgery  three weeks ago I would call the doctor to make sure you don't have a leak I had pain in my shoulder a couple of weeks after my surgery and they check me to make sure better safe then sorry. Hope you feel better.

The last few days I have not felt well I not sure what to do my chest and abs feel  tight I have a lot of heartburn my stomach makes a lot of notice  is this normal has other felt like this should I see the dr. 

You will learn a lot from this class they also bring in someone that had one of the surgery to answer questions I found this very helpful.it is one step closer to surgery good luck keep us posted