Ophthalmology consultant (strabismus surgery)
Hello all, I recently had an eye doctors appointment. It was around June 15 or 16th. After my appointment was completed I asked the doctor for a surgery referral immediately after we finished. She agreed and told me I would be hearing back from the place that could do the surgery soon for consult. My consult is eight months away. It is the first week of March. I'm wondering does/did anybody else have a similar wait time. I'm just trying to ease my mind. I was really hoping that I could at least get a consult by the end of the year, but I have to wait eight months and honestly, I'm pretty bummed about it. I'm wondering if anybody else had a long wait time for consult and decided to schedule an early appointment with a different doctor. Or should I just wait out the eight months?
The biggest thing for me is waiting a whole eight months and potentially not being approved for the surgery versus waiting 2-4 months for the consultation and getting a no.
I don't know I was just trying to weigh my options. Get some feedback on what I should do or having a lot of anxiety about this whole consultation and surgery thing so I'm hoping for some good feedback.