Medical with Dr Lyndon Mascarenhas

[Hadarah 172]

Just giving a little update. I had my medical today with Dr Lydon Mascarenhas in Toronto. Overall great experience, super nice Dr. The secretary, Lilly, was very helpful as well. I called her in a bit of a panic a few days prior to my appointment because I waited till the last minute to get my family doctor to sign their immunization checklist. I thought that my yellow immunization record that I've had from birth would be enough for my family doctor to fill out their form. For whatever reason, my family doctor felt the need to have my bloodwork done in order to prove my immunity instead of just signing the form based on my past history. The problem with that is results take a week to get back and I had my appointment with Dr Mascarenhas in just 2 days. So when I called Dr Mascarenhas's office, the secretary Lilly reassured me that since I had proof of my immunizations I would be fine and I didn't have to wait for the blood work and I could just come in. So I attended my appointment and all went well. The time spent there was a little less than 2 hrs from beginning to end. The X-ray's are done downstairs in the basement level of the office, and blood work and urine samples are taken at LifeLabs across the street.

 

ADVICE: Get the immunization checklist completed early if you can to avoid any potential issues with proving immunity. Also  I was surprised that I was required to have a flu shot even though my interview is in April, and flu shots are only required by the US November through March. Dr Mascarenhas said that because my appointment with him was today (still in March) that I had to have it. They don't do immunizations on site, so when I got home I ran to the walk in clinic and got the shot. I emailed Dr Mascarenhas a scanned copy of my updated immunization record with the flu shot included as they requested, and that's it!