I dont see many Canadians here. Anyone from Ontario? Windsor area?.

@@cab127 Congrats on having a date! Yeah you!

I am in Toronto and looking for a mentor . My surgery date is Jan 13th 2015 at TWH

congrats...I'm no pro....sleeved Aug 29 ...but ask away

congrats...I'm no pro....sleeved Aug 29 ...but ask away

....lost 60lbs and loving every day

I am in Toronto and looking for a mentor . My surgery date is Jan 13th 2015 at TWH

My surgery date is January 21 at TWH.

My surgery date is January 21 at TWH.

Congratulations I really like how informatuve the process is at TWH

Congratulations I really like how informatuve the process is at TWH

I do too however it takes a very long time from the time you have decided that you want this until the actual procedure. I think 6 months should be more than enough time to weed out the people that are serious and really want this.

@@CanadianGirl74

I can only speak from my experience and say that this ha been a six month process for me. I started in August 2014 and after Orientation was able to move up all my appointments. I was done all my appointments by November. I guess the process can be lengthy to give people a chance to fully aborb the process and to prepare for the lifestyle changes that are required

@@CanadianGirl74

I can only speak from my experience and say that this ha been a six month process for me. I started in August 2014 and after Orientation was able to move up all my appointments. I was done all my appointments by November. I guess the process can be lengthy to give people a chance to fully aborb the process and to prepare for the lifestyle changes that are required

I started in March 2014 and will have surgery in January 2015. I'm almost there. Can't wait ????

Great to hear that people aren't waiting years! Hoping to be closer to the 6 month wait- I will be calling A LOT although so far they're telling me not many people cancel. ????

My referral was sent in in June 2014. I did my orientation in September 2014. I have my meeting with the surgeon next week. He's one of the docs from St. Michael's. I hope they are not too backed up. So since orientation it's been a 3 month process so far.

Calling helped a lot! My original schedule didn't have me seeing the nurse practitioner until February 2015 - and that was just the first half of the necessary appointments. Now all of my required appointments are behind me. I hope the doc will give me an appointment day next week. But from what I've heard his office may call after the holidays sometime in January. I'm hoping to be on the loser's bench before Spring. You definitely have to practice patience in this process.

I too was sent to a dr at St Michaels but after being told to call back after the holidays, The nurse at the hospital told me that St Mikes has completed their quota for their fiscal year and wouldn't start booking new operations until April 2015. I think went back to my nurse at TWH and got a Jan 2015 date. I would encourage you to do the same

@@cab127 So you met with a St. Michael's doctor and then got a surgery date at TWH? I don't understand what you're saying you did and how you did it. Your nurse intervened for you?

When I asked about having my surgery at TWH they said they don't switch you once you're assigned a doctor. Gosh January would be sooooo much more inviting.

@@Ivanova8

Exactly. I was assigned a surgeon at St Mikes. When I met with him he told me his office would call after the holidays. I was impatient and called until I got a live voice (I left voicemail and no response). When I spoke with the receptionist she told me tee hospital had completed their quota and that the new fiscal year didn't start until April 2015. I emailed my nurse and explained the situation and she did intervene and I got a date at TWH

@@cab127 Okay so you spoke to the doctor's receptionist and she said booking starts in April 2015. Then you called your nurse and told her about the April 2015 booking dates and she got you an earlier date. So do you have a new surgeon too? Will you get to meet them before the surgery date?

So this morning I'll call Dr. Grantcharov's office and see what dates they are up to. If it's still April 2015 or after then I'll contact my nurse now and not wait until I see the doc next week.

I hope I got it right. Thanks for clarifying.

Why do they make this so difficult?

@@Ivanova8

I was assigned the same surgeon at St Mikes and when I spoke to his receptionist she advised of the fact that the hospital would not be doing anymore. I spoke with her about two weeks ago. Then I went back to TWH because i knew they had dates in Jan(I asked then when I met with the surgeon from. St Mikes). I was reassigned a new surgeon at TWH with a few days of emailing my nurse. I met the surgeon last week, already had my optifast ( which he reduced from three weeks to two -st mikes wanted me to do three but TWH said that my bmi was such that I only needed to do two ????). I have my pre admin on Dec 22 and surgery on Jan 13. Plus I got a whole surgery binder with helpful info that I didn't get from my St Mikes doctor. In the end its your health and you have the right to advocate for it