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the husband had his medical yesterday at the lovely Hummingbird day spa. We got there at 11:30 for his noon appt. and were promptly told that the Dr. wouldn't be in till 4. so sorry. after reading other reviews I wasn't really surprised by that level of unprofessionalism. the nurse did her part of the medical-eye test, filled out the forms, and gave us the reqs to get the blood work and x-ray done. We went and got that done, took a trip to MEC and otherwise tried to entertain ourselves in the SW till 4. Got back to Hummingbird right at 4. the nurse had the husband go back to the room and strip down. Then he sat in the little gown for almost 45 minutes before the dr. finally saw him. the medical exam took less than 5 minutes.

ridiculous that the only doctor that is approved to do this exam is so careless and inconsiderate of our time. If you have to get your medical done in Calgary expect it to take all day and to be the least through exam you've ever had

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That sucks, thermophile. :( But at least I'm glad it's done.

I wish there was a way to report these horrible, incompetent doctors to USCIS for negligent and inconsiderate service.

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the husband had his medical yesterday at the lovely Hummingbird day spa. We got there at 11:30 for his noon appt. and were promptly told that the Dr. wouldn't be in till 4. so sorry. after reading other reviews I wasn't really surprised by that level of unprofessionalism. the nurse did her part of the medical-eye test, filled out the forms, and gave us the reqs to get the blood work and x-ray done. We went and got that done, took a trip to MEC and otherwise tried to entertain ourselves in the SW till 4. Got back to Hummingbird right at 4. the nurse had the husband go back to the room and strip down. Then he sat in the little gown for almost 45 minutes before the dr. finally saw him. the medical exam took less than 5 minutes.

ridiculous that the only doctor that is approved to do this exam is so careless and inconsiderate of our time. If you have to get your medical done in Calgary expect it to take all day and to be the least through exam you've ever had

Hi thermophile,

It is a shame that this is the only person available in Calgary - having you wait until 4:00 (and then another 45 minutes!) is inexcusable.

What exactly did the 5 minute exam entail? (It will be my husband getting his medical in Calgary - frankly we don't care if the guy is thorough or not - basically he is only doing it because he has to - you know what I mean, most people choose their own doctor).

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I wasn't in the room, so can only surmise what was being done from what my husband told me. quick blood pressure, listen to heart and lungs, quick poke at liver and spleen, and millisecond grope of the testes. the medical is so quick that if you were trying to hide some condition, you'd probably succeed. it's just another pointless hoop to jump through

met summer 1999, summer 2000 hooked up-whoo hoo summer fling

summer fling failed to fizzle, married 2003

I-130 mailed 12/15/03

4/1/04 no word from NE contacted senators office, app found

NOA1 4/13/04

Gave up on ridiculously long US process-started Canadian

12/4/04 submitted app

LSS app returned because of missed signatures, lost in transit, resubmitted in June

9/28/05 landed, yippie

10/4/05 fly back to US to "finish up Master's" lose mind and switch to PhD

Damn it back to the US process

3/something/2005 finally get NOA2, no idea why it took so long

4/15/07 get case approval from NVC

8/9/07 Montreal here we come

10/14/07 hubby activated his visa

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That was about it for the medical... I did mine a couple of weeks ago here in Calgary.

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I wasn't in the room, so can only surmise what was being done from what my husband told me. quick blood pressure, listen to heart and lungs, quick poke at liver and spleen, and millisecond grope of the testes. the medical is so quick that if you were trying to hide some condition, you'd probably succeed. it's just another pointless hoop to jump through

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