Humber - Surgery Date Booked

Interesting. I didn't realize that TWH could send us to other hospitals, that is a benefit. Most of what i said is verbatim from either TWH or HRRH. TWH said they are the pioneers in the GTA for the program, so perhaps HRRH has been doing the surgery longer but not the program?

When I started the program we were sent to the hospital with the next open appointment, not the one closest so I started in Ottawa in 2007.

Yay you did it! You got passed your trio appt. Good job! I was shocked when I got my date of Feb 1 from Dr Starr, but it looks like they are really far behind and the hospital moving is making the wait even longer. I still need to see Dr Glazier on Aug 24 too. But the ball is rolling now

Congratulations on getting a surgery date. I have Dr. Starr also I liked my first meeting with him, he was very friendly.  I dont have trio's for another 2 weeks. How did you find your appt with the dietitian? I know my stuff but she's the one that makes me nervous  lol 

I had to have a second meeting via telephone with the dietician because my food journal wasn't as good as she'd liked it to be. Be sure to have balanced meals with protein, veg and starch 5 to 6 hours apart. 2 snacks no more than 150 calories. Sugars limited to 10g and fats limited to 3g.  If you do this, you'll pass :)  Don't include any pre-made things like Highliners Fish or Campbell's soup. She doesn't like that.  I made that mistake. lol. 

Thanks so much for the Tips with my food journal. I think what Ive been doing since orientation is good. I've been following the diabetic meal plan so heres hoping :)

Food journal? I have trio appointment Aug 12, will I get info in the mail that I need to prepare for this,appointment, or is this another part of the lack of organization ? When I went to meet dr. Starr ( wonderful!!! ) I went lab for bloodwork, I was not given an armband, was asked several times were is your armband, went to Dr. Glazer office where is your armband? The ladies in bariatric clinic were having some sort of baby/ bridal shower, which I guess was more important than patient care that day . So now I wonder am I missing important paperwork?????

Im not aware of any arm band? I was not given one at Dr. Starr's office and was never asked for one at bloodwork or Dr. Glazer's office. What I was given were forms for lab, paper bag for meds to bring to next appt and the forms I took to Dr Glazer when I booked my appt with him.  At Orientation during the presentation we were told about keeping a food journal and they had an example of a pre-op's journal and asked if we thought based on what she had eaten that day was she prepared for surgery? We were told what changes they want to see when we come to see them. Based on the info I received at Orientation and booklet we were told to study I started to make changes and keep a food journal

Patients that checked in before me had paper hospital bands, no matter, I have been making changes, keeping track, but it sounded like there were specific info they were looking for just want to be prepared, and not delay things longer, thanks for your info

They gave me my paperwork for the dietitian. If you haven't gotten a package yet let me know in a pm and i will email you the sheet to just print off. 

Thank you!! I called Humber this morning to inquire, left message but didn't hear back.