Toronto Medical Review

[Arabella 4]

Just got off the phone with Sean. He said, "Your VJ people make this thing sound way harder than it is." He told me that the medical was a breeze, that they x-ray lady was really nice, and that it was easier to do the medical than to talk about it! lol

[SapphireDreams 71]

Just got off the phone with Sean. He said, "Your VJ people make this thing sound way harder than it is." He told me that the medical was a breeze, that they x-ray lady was really nice, and that it was easier to do the medical than to talk about it! lol

I have to agree with him, LOL! The medical was a breeze for me as well. Just a lot of waiting!

The interview was even easier.

[CDAgirlMI 51]

I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. I had a three-month period on my first attempt at birth control (which I actually started to regulate haha) and was put on Alesse... What a demon of a pill.

My friend was on that type of BC & she had a hard time with it. Eventually stopped the pill.

[Sam and Ben 2]

Adding my own review/experience:

The worst part was getting there. Scratch that, the worst part was getting there with two parents who wanted to refute any directions my GPS said...

Left at 2am. Was worried because the GPS said we'd be there by 6:45, so I was concerned about being late. We got there at 5:30... the damn thing was still set to pre-DST.

Waited for Starbucks to open, got a coffee. Went across the street at 6:20, and there was already a girl waiting inside. We waited, chatted a bit. They opened the doors shortly after 6:30.

The first gal and myself were taken in almost immediately. I paid, signed forms, handed over what I needed to.

Was directed down the hall for my x-ray, where an older blonde was sitting and drinking something warm. I asked her if it was tea or coffee, she smiled and said tea and instantly became my best friend. Heh. Had me take any of my top-half coverings, told me where to stand, told me she was going to be positioning my arms and asked if I minded putting my hair up a little higher.

Got done with that, down the hall. Waited for about an hour in the patient's room (much comfier chair, I approved), during which time I had my blood pressure taken, etc. Changed into the flimsy little sheet thing (oh boy, was it ever cold in nothing but that) and waited for the doc. Wish I'd caught his name, as he was incredibly nice. I guess I must've been super-confident when I answered his question regarding whether or not I smoked, because he smiled and said "Oooh, someone has an opinion" and laughed. Very nice guy. Did a quick exam, nothing fancy. Nurse can in and did a rush-order breast exam (I swear I could've done a better job).

I had mentioned to the doc that I tend to faint with needles and blood, so he told me to inform the nurse when I went to the lab. I guess he told her anyhow, because when I walked in, she said "you the fainter?" haha. Mostly painless, though my vein's all bruised now. Not sure why, as that's never really happened.

So, second in line, and I was out by 8am. Not too shabby, just wish I hadn't sat in a car for eight hours on no sleep.

[CDAgirlMI 51]

Good to see the medical went well. I bet that coffee tasted good after being up at 2am!!

And now we wait for the interview.......

[ashenflowers 5]

Adding my own review/experience:

The worst part was getting there. Scratch that, the worst part was getting there with two parents who wanted to refute any directions my GPS said...

Left at 2am. Was worried because the GPS said we'd be there by 6:45, so I was concerned about being late. We got there at 5:30... the damn thing was still set to pre-DST.

Waited for Starbucks to open, got a coffee. Went across the street at 6:20, and there was already a girl waiting inside. We waited, chatted a bit. They opened the doors shortly after 6:30.

The first gal and myself were taken in almost immediately. I paid, signed forms, handed over what I needed to.

Was directed down the hall for my x-ray, where an older blonde was sitting and drinking something warm. I asked her if it was tea or coffee, she smiled and said tea and instantly became my best friend. Heh. Had me take any of my top-half coverings, told me where to stand, told me she was going to be positioning my arms and asked if I minded putting my hair up a little higher.

Got done with that, down the hall. Waited for about an hour in the patient's room (much comfier chair, I approved), during which time I had my blood pressure taken, etc. Changed into the flimsy little sheet thing (oh boy, was it ever cold in nothing but that) and waited for the doc. Wish I'd caught his name, as he was incredibly nice. I guess I must've been super-confident when I answered his question regarding whether or not I smoked, because he smiled and said "Oooh, someone has an opinion" and laughed. Very nice guy. Did a quick exam, nothing fancy. Nurse can in and did a rush-order breast exam (I swear I could've done a better job).

I had mentioned to the doc that I tend to faint with needles and blood, so he told me to inform the nurse when I went to the lab. I guess he told her anyhow, because when I walked in, she said "you the fainter?" haha. Mostly painless, though my vein's all bruised now. Not sure why, as that's never really happened.

So, second in line, and I was out by 8am. Not too shabby, just wish I hadn't sat in a car for eight hours on no sleep.

Good review

I made a comment about someone's tea there too.. lol but it was the lady that takes the payments and what not. My arm was also bruised!! In fact there's still a hint of a bruise there now, a week later.

OH, and btw, I got my med results in the mail on Monday, so hopefully you should be good to have yours before you have to leave for Montreal

Edited November 11, 2009 by ashenflowers

[Sam and Ben 2]

Yeah, what's up with that?

My arm didn't even really bruise with my Gardasil shot, but I've got a huge green bruise where she took the blood today. I've never had that happen before.

The short blonde woman who took my money was incredibly sweet. I was tired as all hell and she seemed incredibly sympathetic, heh.

I did meet a woman going through the K3 process (she was talking with my parents in the waiting room when I came back out after finishing) and they used a lawyer. Oh boy. She just barely got her NOA2 and their lawyer told her to file everything she needed to for her P3... didn't make sense to me. Also, he said that he could only help with the USCIS portion of the petition, so after NOA2, they've been on their own...

I didn't really say too much to it, but she justified it by saying that the K1 was much easier to handle. *shrug* Least she realized they'd paid out a lot of money and weren't seeing much return.