Surgeon's Appointment Finally Recieved

Well I finally received my first surgeon's appointment with HRRH surgeon Dr.Starr. I will gracing his office November 28th/2014. It took 8 weeks from my orientation date to get this appointment so for those of you that have been to HRRH orientation and they tell you that you should hear back in 2-4 weeks or even 4-6 weeks don't panic like I did if it takes longer. I guess they are really back logged right now due to summer vacation and patient overload. I have heard from another OH members post, sorry I don't remember the posters name that she contacted her MP and MPP regarding wait times. The response she got was that they are transferring 75 patients from HRRH to TWH to help ease the burden from HRRH. I know it's not ideal for those of us that have already started the process but it may help get things moving along a little quicker for those who are waiting for orientation dates or first surgeons appointments from now on. I think HRRH has a very large area that gets referred to them. I'm thinking maybe the Bariatric Registry or the government whoever deals with this may need to reevaluate that system of referral or put some sort of transfer protocol in place if HRRH gets more patients then they can handle comfortably. anyway just wanted to post so that people that are still waiting maybe get some hope or perspective or whatever they may need to keep them going. Hang in there everybody, we'll all get there eventually I hope :-)