Dr. Maureen Stuart

[Ron/Sharon 0]

Well today was my time to see the doctor, the appointment being at 10 a.m. I was there at 9 and the office opened around 9:15. The receptionist said it was good that I arrived early since there was a lot of paperwork to be done and there were about 6 or more pages to fill and it all went fairly quickly. The longest part of the process was waiting for the x-ray to be done since they were short staffed this morning, and that took well over a half hour to get done. The blood work took no more than 3 minutes and then it was back to the office. Once back in the office I waited about 20 minutes to see the doctor and get everything done examination and questions, the exam was a total medical exam from the top of my head to the soles of my feet, including the prostrate and turn your head and cough. Everything went very well until she asked about depressions, I told her that I had a bout of depression in the early 70s and she told me that we needed documentation about that since it could mean denial at the consulate, I told her it was a mild bout and that it was treated by my going to work everyday and being at the hospital overnight, but she insisted on getting the documentation required. So all in all things went very well, I did need a tetanus shot and another next year. From the time I arrived to the time I left it took 3.5 hours and I am glad it is done.

For those in the Ottawa area I went to see Doctor Maureen Stewart, she is impressive, competent and has my vote as who to go and see. The reception area and examination rooms were well above expectations.

[lynamon 0]

Hey ... glad your medical went well ... one more thing down for ya!!!

[Melyssa 0]

For those in the Ottawa area I went to see Doctor Maureen Stewart, she is impressive, competent and has my vote as who to go and see. The reception area and examination rooms were well above expectations.

I agree; she was very friendly. The only 'bad' thing is all the waiting and that it was kind of expensive, but oh well! Not a big deal; maybe she charges a lot cause she knows she's doing it right?

It was good for me to hear that she would mention that about what you need for the depression b/c of a potential denial at the consulate; I guess she would have told me if she thought the possibility of a denial at the consulate was there. (Not that I was worried they'd find I had some terrible disease, but I was previously concerned that I couldn't see the results...)

[Ron/Sharon 0]

Lynette

Hi, it did go well and I am thankful for that, I hope the glitch will be nothing big though otherwise everything will have been for naught. I am hoping and praying that you are soon with Ed, as others here I am also keeping an eye on you hoping to see a great big we have our appointment. You are definitely more than ready, willing and able to make it Montreal, you have put in your time and should have been in the US long before now.

Melytha

For me also: the price was rather high but when offering a service that is required with only one alternative it is up to the patient to decide which of the two is better for them and I as you personally prefer a female doctor myself because they are better listeners and make sure that what they said is understood and you for your own reasons.

I am very sure that if she thought you had some issue that would cause a problem with the consulate she would have told you so as she did with me

I was quite surprised at the thoroughness of the examination as others in their posts said that this and that wasn’t done (examined) at the time of their examination. Basically the only part of me that wasn’t physically looked was my nose other than breath through your nose and hold your breath.

As for the time it took waiting; getting the x-ray done for me was the longest wait since that took about a half hour or more everything else was done within a 10 to 15 minute period, the examination it self was quite long because of all of the questions and her having to formulate that answers so they would shed a positive light and not a dark shadow on my past and present conditions.

Now we have to collect documentation from 30 years ago because that was my blue period. I thought having a 35 year old criminal record which no longer exists was my only problem and now it seems that, that is nothing compared to being depressed 30 years ago.

The funny thing is that after telling me that I could be denied she took my blood pressure and it was 130 over 88 or something like that and she said I should bring it down a few points, well it would have been fine had she checked it before giving me the so good news.

I did like the doctor’s office it was lacking the sterile look of white everywhere it had a relaxing atmosphere, which was good and calming.

[Ron/Sharon 0]

Finally after 2 months to the day I have the medical documentation. All the waivers I signed for her (the Dr.) were for naught since she got nothing from any hospital I was in because as the receptionist said "records are not kept past the 20 years mark" and everything the doc wanted to know about happened over 37 years ago.