Got my meet the Surgeon appointment date!
I got my meet the surgeon appointment today! Things are moving along super quick now. I just had my 1 on 1's a week ago! I am very excited. MY OTN appointment is Feb 27th! It looks like I will be going through St. Michael's and my surgeon will be Dr. Grantcharov. Has anyone had him for their surgery? What was he like?
Ref to Sudbury July 4/17 Sleep study July 29/17 Orientation Sept 13/17 1on1's Feb 2/18 OTN Feb 27/18 Pre op Mar 13/18 Surgery Mar 22/18 St. Michael's w Dr. Grantcharov Opti-10lb M1=-24lbs M2=-11.5 M3=-7.5 M4=-8 M5=-9 M6=-8.5 M7=-6.5 M8=-8 M9=-5 M10=5.5 M11=-2.5 M12=-5 M13=-4
Congratulations!!! I'm glad things are moving quickly for you finally. :)
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy. 
Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5
Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!
Yes, it seems things move much more quickly once you get to the meet the surgeon stage. I have Dr. Grantcharov but my surgery is not until the day before your appointment. He was very nice on my video consult but it's exceptionally quick, under 10 minutes. Have all your questions written down because it goes so fast it is hard to remember everything you want to know.
I don't know if you have additional pieces to do after your consult with him, it seems every center does things a little differently but I had the sessions and all classes done before, some centres seem to do some before and some after. If there is not more for you to do just for general timeline ideas, my meeting was scheduled for January 9th so it is about 7 weeks in between my consult and surgery. Maybe yours will happen around that timeline too!
HW: 285 SW: 260 CW: 134 Dr. Grantcharov, St. Michael's
Referral: May 2017 Orientation: June 5/17 Nurse: Aug. 17/17 Doctor/Dietician/SW finished by Dec. 11/17 Surgical Ed. Class: Dec. 18/17 Surgeon: Jan. 9/18 Surgery: February 26, 2018!!
Seems like things are moving a lot fast now, then when came through, they were really backed up for scheduling surgery when I had my meet the surgeon, but didn't meet the one I had the appointment with, at TWH they can't seem to tell me who is going to do my surgery, guess I'll meet them on the day of surgery. They all seem to have good reputations, and I think the advantage of the way they're are doing it here is that they do alot of procedures so have a lot of experience in this specialty.
57 - 6'0" - HW:288 SW:260 CW:185
TWH: Referral Aug. '16, Orientation - Nov. 30 '16, Surgeon Oct. 6 '17, Start Optifast Feb. 5'18 - Surgery Feb. 26'18
Opti -25; M1 -23; M2 -17; M3 -7; M4 -5; M5 -5; M6 -6; M7 -0; M8 -2; M9 -0; M10 -2; M11-0; M12-4;
Congratulations Momov2 xoxox
I had my surgery almost 3 years ago with Dr. Grantcharov at St. Mikes. He is a wonderful caring surgeon, he is very attentive to your concerns and anxiety. The Bariatric area of St Mikes is very quiet, the nurses are amazing. The halls are great to walk up and down up and down up and down lol lol. I did alot of walking as soon as i got the ok from the nurses.
I have nothing but positive comments to make towards Dr. Grantcharov and his staff as i am sure you will experience the same.
Lisa
on 2/11/18 8:15 am
So excited for you!
referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017
Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!
current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!
