On Dr. Cheema's (BC Medical) website, it mentions that:
 
	 
 
	"If you have any chronic illness or disease, have undergone hospitalization or major surgery, or suffer from a mental illness or physical disability, you must bring past history, current condition documentation and medical records regarding the issue, as well as, a list of names of any medications and/or treatment you have been prescribed.  Please provide a note from your family doctor giving regarding your treatment and prognosis."
 
	 
 
	What is considered a major surgery? Follow up: what documentation are they looking for you to provide?
 
	 
 
	For instance, 1) I have a arthroscopic repair of the labrum in my shoulder and 2) my gallbladder was removed a decade ago...
 
	 
 
	None of these require any follow up. They are day surgeries. And I am one of the many Canadians without a family doctor. Thoughts?
 
	 
 
	Thanks in advance. I am one day off the cut off from the previous IR-1 interviews letters, so, hopefully this is one of the final steps (the medical) I need before the interview. 
 
	 
 
	On the topic of being in difficult situations, I am in a similar boat to many. My wife and I have a 3 week old(!), where my wife resides in the US while I live in Canada but can only visit the US. Tough living through these long delayed moments of uncertainty.