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His Secretary, when you call the office tells everyone that.  

Its closer to about 2 years from when your referral goes in to when your sleeved, I just think he doesn't want to have the whole province change their referrals to him because he doesn't do only weight-loss surgery and only gets OR time at the DECH on Thursdays and his are first to be re-booked, But I do know and have seen 2 people speed up their process with him.

#1 if you are a smoker you have to be quite for a full 6 months before will operate, I was told when I filled out the paperwork that at that point my surgery date could have been 6 months from the next day if I quite that day. 

#2 he wont see you in his office until you have seen his dietitian twice, Her name is Catherine McCain. He wants you to see her twice before and twice after surgery. She is located at the superstore on Smeith street in Fredericton. You don't have to have a referral to start seeing her. Just call her and make an appointment. Her cost is 75$ per appointment but I think she now charges for the 4 appointments up front so you will actually go to her for your 2 appointments after. 

#3 He wants you to complete a 2 week prep full fluid diet before he sees you in the office, he wants you to track all the calories, carbs and amounts. If you dont know what full fluid diet is its anything that pours like milk, with the exception of jello and pudding. Basically he wants you to work out all the bugs of the pre-op diet before you have to it for surgery, and he wants to make sure you know what to expect and that you will be able to stick to it. 

#4 show results- If you can show a little progress from where you started to actually loosing 10-15 lbs from seeing Catherine and the liquid diet he will be more likely to book you quickly. 

If you cover all those areas and tell the secretary that the next time you call that you have already been doing your part she will let him know and he will get your ball rolling provided you meet his criteria. I believe he wont operate on anyone over 55 or is considered high risk. aka 500-600 LBS major heart issues, etc. 

The other thing to remember about DR Boisvert is he doesn't go by referral date like most DR's he chooses patients and from what I have seen he is perfectly fine with putting someone who is trying to help them selves over someone who is looking for a "quick fix" so to speak but doesn't want to actually change anything. 

Best of Luck :) 

Jamie 

Only a couple more days till your surgery.  You must be getting excited.  Wal mart was the cheapest I saw it to.  Ill have to order it online because its lore down here.  I wish you luck with your surgery.

Welcome back!!  I agree!  While this page isn't very active anymore there is a great Facebook page that is quite active and that offers lots of support.  It is called Bariatric Support (SUpport, Recipes, Tricks & Tips).  You should check it out!

If you are close to a Costco, they also have a Kirkland product that's pretty much the same as boost.  My sister was on it for a while..and it's A LOT cheaper then buying boost at the drug store or even walmart...I bought it for her a few times and I think it was like $22 for a box of 30-35?

You can also order from Amazon (free shipping with Prime) 24 pack for $43.23.

http://www.amazon.ca/Original-Ready---drink-bottle-24-Pack/d p/B00DW4TEEE/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1454347148&sr=8-3- fkmr0&keywords=boost++meal+replacement+drinks

I just find it so odd that they tell you to drink this..if you look at the ingredients it's scary.  The first 2 ings are Water, sugar, glucose.  But I guess it's low in fat..and they want the fat off your liver before the surgery.

I forgot to mention that in the beginning I was told that wait times were 4-7 years as well.  Hopefully your journey will move along as smoothly and quickly as mine is :)