I need help

I need help finding a doc that takes medicare and will preform surgery on a person with a BMI of 81.5----- My name is Angie, I'm a 32 yr old woman with a BMI of 81.5 and my health problems are as follows: high blood pressure sleep apena diabetis degenaritive arthritis high colestrol nuropathy in my feet depression Today I was turned down for the 2nd time by a surgeon who I thought would preform surgery on me. When I called his office the first thing I asked was if they did patients over 450 lbs because the hospitals around my home do not. The answer was yes they do patients up to 800 lbs. So my hopes were high and I was very excitied to get this done. I got a phone call about an hour ago saying that the doctor will not preform surgery on me do to my BMI and underlying health problems. So once again my hopes are smashed. I have all the preop testing done and am well aware of the risks and complications that could occur with this surgery. That is a chance I am willing to take. It's either surgery or die for me. I weight 534 lbs and am 5'8" tall. I am really starting to lose my hope for having this surgery. I know this is the tool I need to lose my weight and stay reasonably healthy. I have been over weight since I was 2 so I've never known what it's like to be skinny and DO NOT have the desire to be skinny. I just want to be healthy and walk and live my life again. Thanks for any and all advice---and yes I have been searching and searching and searching....

Hi go to this website and read up on them then call their office Dr. Dyer, or Dr. Houston.  I know for a fact that Dr. Dyer will take patients that have that BMI because he personally said so last Saturday at his seminar, he told us that he's had several patients that were over 600 pounds.  They also have free seminars that you can go to and speak directly to the main doctor that are preforming the surgeries. WWW.CMCWLS.COM  Hope it helps! Okay ignore all that above then!  Can you call his nurse back and ask her specifically why he turned you down?  I only know of one other person that he turned down and it was due to their depression, he told them that he couldn't operate until they got that under control because it isn't just a physical issue that it's 10% physical and 90% mental and it was their Psy. Eval. that he was looking at, she didn't pass the psy. eval and they didn't think that with her depression out of control that she would be a good canadate. I'm sorry you are having these problems, trying to think of others out there that might be worth a try.