A few questions for my fellow Canadians (moreso British Columbians)

[Dreamingofhealth 223]

Hey ladies and gents! These questions may be really stupid, but you won't learn if you don't ask. So here it goes:

1) If you are having surgery in a different city, are you able to do the pre-tests in your home town if they offer them?

1a) If not, how often did you have to travel to the other city?

2) What kind of exams and tests did you have to undergo? We're any of them painful?

3) If your surgery was covered by MSP, did they help with hotel stays and travel? Particularly if you had to travel back and forth numerous times for all your tests and such?

4) Was there a psych evaluation? If so what did that entail?

I'm sorry for all the questions, but I've tried to do a lot of research on here but I seem to always read the American stuff and get confused!

Thanks a bunch!!

[SkinnyMinnie2Be 255]

Hey girl! I had my surgery in Victoria BC but that's where I'm from so a lot of ur questions I can't answer. No I didn't have a psych eval. I saw a dietician, had an upper GI endoscopy, had a pulmonary function test, saw my endocrinologist(hormone specialist cause I have PCOS), was given 6 months by my doctor to lose weight on my own...

[SkinnyMinnie2Be 255]

And none of my tests were painful or uncomfortable

[Dreamingofhealth 223]

Thanks so much! I've actually been looking at Victoria, I live in Kelowna. I've been reading up on Dr Malik. Who was your surgeon?

[SkinnyMinnie2Be 255]

Thanks so much! I've actually been looking at Victoria' date=' I live in Kelowna. I've been reading up on Dr Malik. Who was your surgeon?[/quote']

Dr Malik was my surgeon and I highly recommend him

[Dreamingofhealth 223]

Dr Malik was my surgeon and I highly recommend him

Marcy, another woman on here suggested I research him because he was her surgeon and was amazing! So far I read he's straight to the point and can be blunt, yet is amazing at what he does.

How long were you on the wait list before you had a call from them? And ten how long from that point until you got sleeved?

Sorry for all the questions :-)