How long was your journey?
Hi everyone. I have been passively reading this forum for quite a while and thought it was time for me to jump in. I live in the GTA and I received a referral from my doctor in January 2016. I had my orientation in May, then the SW near the end of July. I have a nurse practitioner appointment on October 6 and nutrition class October 26. I imagine that I will need to have more appointments after that before I ever get to meet a surgeon. Does this seem like a longer than normal journey to anyone, or is it fairly typical for Toronto? It feels like I see so many of you talking about your upcoming surgeries and then I see in your signature lines that your referrals were after mine. Is this a bad sign for me that I will not be eligible for surgery?
The entire process goes quite a bit more slowly in Canada than it does with private insurance in the USA.
I attended my first seminar in August and had surgery in December, which is a pretty normal American timeline.
If you check on the Ontario forum, you'll probably see some similar timelines to yours:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/on/
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I'm in usa but it took 6 months for me to be approved by insurance. plus had to jump through surgeons hoops during this time.
HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8
RNY 12/15/2015,
GB removal 09/2016,
Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017
M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8
Here in New Brunswick (Canada), the wait between referral and surgery is anywhere between 2 and 6 years depending on the doctor. So the wait in Ontario seems much better 
" I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday"
VSG: April 19, 2016, Dr. Beausoleil, Moncton NB, Canada
5' 2'' HW:276 SW:267 CW:149 GW:150 DreamW:136
