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| gastric bypass ohip approval | 10/3/2009 |
Q: i live in Ontario and i have researched gastric bypass roux en y procedure.i am planning to have the ...
A: Whether you have diabetes under control or not, you still have diabetes. That is still a significant ...
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| Gastric Sleeve Surgery | 9/7/2009 |
Q: I am 5 weeks post-op from my Gastric Sleeve surgery. To this day I am having a hard time keeping ...
A: I am not a surgeon. That's who you should be talking to directly. I cannot give you medical advice. ...
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| OHIP Coverage | 9/6/2009 |
Q: I have reviewed comments where by people have stated that OHIP covered their surgery. I am looking ...
A: Would you want to get surgery in Canada or in the States? If you want to have it in Canada, it is a ...
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| Am I a candidate do you think?? | 8/4/2009 |
Q: I am a 39-year-old woman who weighs approximately 210 lbs (I stopped weighing myself after this) and ...
A: Ontario makes it really easy. You have one of two choices. Your doctor makes a referral to a ...
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| Am I a candidate do you think?? | 8/3/2009 |
Q: I am a 39-year-old woman who weighs approximately 210 lbs (I stopped weighing myself after this) and ...
A: It depends what province you are in as you did not say. Some have health coverage for gastric ...
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| gastric bypass surgery | 5/28/2009 |
Q: i am 41 i weigh 240 im only 5 foot tall and have gained huge amount of weight just around middle i ...
A: Your bmi is around 47 which more than qualifies you for the surgery. The process differs ...
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| OHIP | 4/22/2009 |
Q: Dawn, My husband Dave has applied for out of country coverage. I have been reading how difficult it ...
A: Did your doctor sign a box on page 2 for death or tissue damage. He has all the big criteria needed ...
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| Paying for my own surgery | 4/9/2009 |
Q: my BMI is 35 and I am considering having gastric bypass surgery out of the country. Paying for it ...
A: I don't want to sound like I'm telling you what to do as it is a very personal decision to have ...
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| RNY Surgery | 2/14/2009 |
Q: I am in the process of trying to get approval for OOC weight loss surgery.I seen my family Dr ...
A: Yes you are correct, I am the same Dawn:) OHIP's approval rate is declining now. Because of more ...
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| Some question about bariatric surgery | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I'm inquiring on the paper work involved. I've been looking into this for roughly a year now and ...
A: You have different options here. ...
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| OHIP & MGB | 12/12/2008 |
Q: Very recently, OHIP decided to reject coverage for the Mini-Gastric Bypass procedure. Do you have ...
A: MGB has been covered for a long time. If you are referring to the issue of it being very recently ...
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| vitamins | 11/10/2008 |
Q: Also any thing else you think may be important for me to know would help so much. Kind Regards Kelly ...
A: Have you had the rny? With vitamins, bariatric vitamins are not absolutely necessary as long as ...
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| lap band | 8/31/2008 |
Q: I had pancreatitis last year due to gall stones, in which a pseudocyst developed. The surgeon ...
A: I am by no means an expert in Lapbanding, however, I am knowledgeable enough to know that ...
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