Hamilton, slower than I thought!

 So, I called the St.jo's barriatric centre yesterday to confirm my Social Worker and Dietician appointments for September 19th.  These are my first appointments since the orientation session in June.  I was referred October 2011.  So, I was hoping that perhaps the surgery could take place in December as I am a student and mother of 4 I could get time off and good family support at that time...so I asked what the chances were that I could have surgery in December.  She said NO CHANCE...  So, I'm kinda bummed out and hoping it'll happen soon any way!  

Question : how long from referral to surgery for you?

I hear ya. I was referred in June and the orientation for me is in January. I hope you get in when you can. :)

i will be going through st joes as well..and affter reading several different peoples time lines and wait times and appt times i see no rhyme or reason to the scattered times...it is frustrating im sure everyone wants it done as soon as possible :( fingers crossed and if ever feeling discouraged just come on here it is a world of support and knowledge best of luck

WOW, surprising I was refered late in 2011 and I just had surgery Monday at St.Joe's.  Hope your process speeds up for you.

For me in guelph, I went to oriantation in August 2011 and had surgery July 19, 2012.  For most places it is about a year wait, minium, but they want to make sure you are ready for it.  I slipped through the cracks so to speak, as my referral was in March 2010, I tried for out of country but got denied as OHIP said there is now funding in ontario for it.  Soooo I had to get another referral for Guelph, heard nothing from them for about a year, (I was bothering the doctors office as to what is going on, starting to think I would never get the surgery)  Finally I received a call from Guelph asking if I got the info package yet, I said nope haven't got anything. She was surprised verified my address which was right and than I received the package in the mail a week later.

To make you feel better I heard on the news a while ago that in Newfoundland it is about a 10 Year wait, so we r doing pretty good!

Anyway I am 5 weeks post op now, so it will happen, just got to be patient! (trust me I know it's hard!)
Good Luck on your journey!
Melissa!

 I had my first meeting in june of last year and surgery in dec last year. Maybe there is such a great number of people going thru this now and thats why it is slower

I had mine done at St. Joes,
Had orientation in Nov. of last year and surgery may 7Th
Hope that helps, good luck.