Has anyone ever died...

.....from waiting??????

OMG some days it just feels like I can't stand it!!

I feel like I should have been booked for my surgery class by now.....not even that I should have  "HAD" my class but just at least been BOOKED into one!!

I am going to die from the wait....

It is very UN-motivating :(

I'm with you on this, I'm so tired of the waiting game I could scream!!!!!!!!! I see the phsiciatrist on June 7th along with a appointment with my primary care physician. Hopefully things will start happening. Got to have Hope!

It sucks, I know. That said, let's refocus your energy... there are people who are so obese that they have died from waiting. Aren't you happy you're not one of those!?!

Hang in there, your time will come.

That....is absolutely true.
Thank you for that perspective :)

I know waiting is hard. It can be so frustrating.....BUT.....when I first started my journey in 2005 I was told the wait times in Ontario were 5-10 years ........
Things have improved greatly.

Hang in there hon

Take care

Boy-o-Boy I can sure relate....I felt like time was standing still, but be careful cuz once it starts to happen you won't believe where the time went!
I'm almost 6 month on the bench...which means every morning when I wake up my brain still thinks I'm fat, for a few minutes I forget that I've had surgery until I look in the mirror! WOW! I'm over 70lbs down!!!
I feel great everyday, looking at my new body...and you will too!

Take this time to enjoy the foods that are bad because you will miss them very much after surgery (my best advise...cuz I'm a foodie)
good luck!

I only had a minor stroke during my wait lol.  20 months from start to finish was hell. 

You're about 3 wks ahead of me and I am hoping to have my class by mid July, I know that they say 4-6 weeks from the Nut/Beh so I will keep plugging away.  We are over the hump if that helps, the class and surgeon's appointments are going to happen.  Rob did mention that he wasn't sure how summer holidays would affect the class schedule, I think it was his way of telling me to be patient.

I hope that you get your class call soon, but know that you are on the up side unlike those who are just starting.  Keep doing what you are doing, enjoy the summer and I hope to see you on the bench sooner than later.

All the best,

Tracey

I can totally relate to your angst. Tomorrow will be three weeks since my meeting (I'm an Ottawan, too) with the nut/beh. And i havent heard word from the clinic. Further, they'd like me to get an ultrasound down of my liver, and though i passed along the number to the clinic near me two weeks ago, it still hasn't been scheduled. I mean, why?

The wait really is excrutiating. If i could atleast understand why, what the cause was behind the lenghty waits, I'd feel a lot better. Every day i ask myself.."what was it today that prevented the clinic from picking up the phone and devoting 3 min to call the ultrasound clinc? And I want to know why we're left hanging like this? Why is there not a system put in place whereby when you leave one appointment you go to the front desk and book the next?...or youre given a date to call back to touch base.

I agree.....this would be ideal. Even if you are just booking your next appointment to see Dr Wicklum or Dr Dent or whoever to touch base if perhaps you are not ready for the next step. Even if it was 6 months or more down the road, at least you would be waiting with a goal!!!.....which seems like it would be so much easier than waiting on an unknown.

At least I know I am not alone in my frustration! Most days I try to be good and just forget about it and tell myself that my turn will come, all in good time....etc.

Other days....I feel like I am going to burst with anticipation!!!