Hamilton wait times

Hi there I did search old posts but thete is no updates within the past 6 months. I was wondering if anyone has had orientation at St Joseph's hospital in Hamilton ON in past 8 months and what the time line has been? My orientation is end of May! :) thank you

Hi there:

I am having my surgery at Humber River in Toronto however a friend of mine had hers at St. Josephs. From orientation to surgery it took her 10 months to have the surgery.

I hope this helps.

Carla

It does! Thank you for replying!!! :)

Hi, i'm currently in Hamilton and will be meeting the surgeon tomorrow. I was referred on June 6/2017, got my orientation letter on June 11/ 2017 had orientation on October 2nd/2017, diet class on December 15/2017.Saw the nurse on January 16th/2018 (appointment was only about 10 minutes long since I have no medical issues), had my EKG? On the same day that I meet the nurse, stomach ultrasound on January 30/2018, saw the dietician and social worker on February 5th/2018 (1pm,2pm), endoscopy was on February 16th, saw internal medicine on March 6/2018 (checked my blood work, appointment was less then 5 minutes since again I have no medical issues), my name was sent in on march 8 and the next day I got a call for my surgeon appointment which was supposed to be on April 5th but got canceled cause of an emergency. So now I have that tomorrow ( April 10/2018).

I know others don't get stuff done this quickly, again i'm lucky I'm so young (20) and have no medical problems as a result of my weight. Hopefully I'll get a surgery date tomorrow as well. I also heard the hospital was getting their funding soon so things are moving along much faster now. Good luck on your journey!!

That's awesome about your appointment!!! :)

Thank you for replying, that did help a lot. Seems like the longest wait is between orientation and the next class, then it keeps moving along!

Good luck with your journey!

I haven't gone that far but I was referred in the beginning of January, I had my orientation on March 26th and just got my letter for my pre op nutrition class on May 25th. So far that is it.

Thanks Jess! Keep us updated! :)

Hi Debs, all my appointments are below in my signature. but i had my orientation late October 2017 and i have completed all my appointments up to my Internest on April 23 i hope they pass me along to my surgeon and give me a date.

It goes by fairly quick. Just be onto of all the test that they want you to do.

Wow! Thank you! Looks like it really is moving a long quickly these days! Fingers crossed that you get a date at the next appointment! I have 2 weeks vacation scheduled, a week in June and one in August and I just know that every appointment they offer will land on one of those 2 weeks lol other than that I have open availability for everything. It's all very exciting! Thank you very much for your reply :) good luck with the next steps!!