Hello

I am interested in weight loss surgery but I do not have a family doctor, i am 5'9 and 206 lbs, years ago I tried talking to my doctor at the time and his comments has made me not return to his office due to his judgments. how could I get started to even find out what surgery would be best tool to help me?

11 minutes ago, Debbie Bowen-Fletcher said:

Hello

I am interested in weight loss surgery but I do not have a family doctor, i am 5'9 and 206 lbs, years ago I tried talking to my doctor at the time and his comments has made me not return to his office due to his judgments. how could I get started to even find out what surgery would be best tool to help me?

Honestly? Most insurances wouldn't approve you at your current BMI. I recommend looking into your insurance's requirements and then searching for Bariatric centers that your insurance covers for more information.

You could probably cash pay.

Hi Debbie! Your BMI would need to be 35 and up with weight related condition(s) or 40+ with no weight related condition. At least that’s how it is with my hospital’s requirements. It varies hospital to hospital and surgeon to surgeon.

I think your best bet will be looking up centers that you are interested in and seeing if you qualify based on their requirements.

There are also people who go to Mexico to have it done but I don’t know much about that process.

Good luck to you! ?

Edited July 30, 20197 yr by mommy_vsg