CANDACE, YOU SOULD LIKE A PERFECT CASE FOR VOCATIONAL REHAB. YOU CAN FIND THE ADDRESS IN YOUR COMPUTER FOR YOUR STATE. THEY WILL PAY 100 % IF YOU ARE APPROVED AND ALL YOU HAVE TO SHOW IS YOUR WEIGHT MAKES IT HARD FOR YOU TO WORK OR DO CERTAIN KINDS OF WORK, THEN AFTER YOUR SURGERY AND HEALING I THINK YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO WORK FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS. GOOD LUCK.