Been a long time since i have been on this forum - had my surgery 11 years ago today at Toronto Western Hospital

I drink vitamin D, B calcium and magnesium

Try Dr. Elahi , 416-221-2441 ( North York/Toronto) he has an excellent Ohip approval rate for the panniculectomy portion. Good Luck

Hi Christa,

I was on ODSP for years and tried to do the non surgical route. I would have had to pay for all of my vitamins the optifast and everything else out of pocket, but this was 4 years ago.

I would suggest talking to your worker and explaining what you would like to do and the cost associated with it things may have changed but at the time Optifast wasn't cover because it doesn't have DIN number.

Even taking the surgical route you are required to pay for optifast for at least four weeks ($274) where I am and at least $75 for the bariatric vitamins. Plus possible travel depending on where you live (which you can get an advance travel grant for through odsp). Like I said your best bet is to gather all the information on your specific cost and talk to your worker they may be able to access funds to help but from my experience they could not help me.

I had the same problems about 2 years ago. And I immediately turned to a trichologist, then an endocrinologist, and they prescribed me effective drugs that restored my hair