Hamilton - Scheduled appointments before meeting with Surgeon

Hi. Can anyone help me with this? How soon after the "Pre Nutrition" class are the appointments (for dietician, other specialists and surgeon) made? Are these made after the Pre Nutrition class? Will they send this info to me in the mail, or will the the appointments be made on the day of the pre nutrition class?

My pre nutrition class was in June 2016 and then I met the nurse in August. All my appointments were in October on the same day and I met the surgeon Dec 8th and surgery was Dec 19th. I was lucky as they had openings that week before Christmas that they wanted to book up and with my work it was the best time for me to have it.

Thanks so much for responding. This gives me a better idea of how long the wait might be.

Hey Barbara,

I had my pre-nutrition class at St. Joe's on Feb 24th (a Friday) and they called me that Monday for my 1st Nurse appointment which was only the next Monday. So I had less than 2 weeks before it! :)
After the appointment(same day) with the nurse they scheduled my dietician and psych appointment for May.

Hope that helps with a timeline. I was told I'm looking end of summer/early fall for surgery!

Thanks so much for responding. This really helps! I was at the orientation with you on July 4 as well. I can't wait to get things rolling. I have started doing a few things to prepare myself - cutting out some food and logging my meals...exercising - in hopes of having my best shot at this. I went to the bariatric clinic to ask them what was going on and how soon the appointments would be. The receptionist there told me to talk to the nurse and dietician during the prenutrition and they would be able to give me better answers. I also asked to be put on a waiting list for early summer (I am a teacher and starting a new job in the fall, so don't want to take all of that time off if I can do it in the summer) and she told me that there is a waiting list and talk to the people at the prenut as well about that to see what they can do for me. I am hopeful...