New to this so looking for advice

Hey,

So am new to this forum and the whole gastric bypass procedure.

A little bit about my journey thus far:

Referal: Feb 2019

Orientation: June 2019 HRH

Surgeon: August 19th, 2019

Internist: August 12th, 2019 Dr. Glazer

So my question is how soon could me surgery date be? I know I still have to see the, nurse and SW but am just curious. I was under the assumption the process could take over a year but it seems sooner, am not complaining just excited and nervous I guess.

Any and all advice and information would help. Thank you

Welcome!

I t will be faster then a year. I just went through HRH and it took me 7 months from orientation to surgery (and that was including the wait for the sleep test). If you don't need a sleep test, you might even move through faster.

What surgeon do you have. I had Dr. Hagen and he was amazing!

Thanks for the response. I don't know which surgeon, I didn't ask to be honest. I just got a call saying they have an available date for the surgeon and I was too excited to ask who. At which step do I find out if the sleep study is necessary? Cause I don't have any sleeping issues thus far that I know of.

When you see Dr. Glazer (Internist). He is the Doctor that approves you for surgery so he will send you for whatever test that he thinks you may need.

I didn't think I had any issues with sleep either but he sent me for a test. I was mad that he was delaying me but it turned out that I had sever sleep apnea!! So better safe then sorry I suppose.

He sent me in for a sleep test. So waiting on the hospital to get back to me. I have my follow up appointment in November am guessing everything else should be done by then. I looked for the Facebook group you mentioned but it's closed and I don't have a personal Facebook so I was using my nephews. Thank you for your correspondence

This is a great site with great information but there is also there is a facebook group for Humber River that is much more active then this site.