over 60 BMI doctor

I posted this on another board and was advised to check here.
My 28 yr old daughter has a BMI over 60. I am trying to help her find a doctor that will operate on her. I am so scared she will die without it. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Vicky
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i don't know of any doctor that will operate on a bmi that high , almost all of them demand that it get down. but now I'm not an authority on that. I know Dr. H has a weight limit of 450 pounds , well not him so much as the hospital that he operates out of.  ....hopefully someone can help you more than i have helped.  please keep looking for her. this is really critical for her  will be praying that you find some one for her.  

Hello,

Doc H. does have a weight limit of 450 according to his page yes, and I am under that weight but my BMI is over 60 according to the OH board ticker test.  I like Jan dont know what your daughter's case is but if she is under that weight you may try Dr. Hornbostel of Sedalia he is WONDERFUL. I am sure he will be helping save my life!!  I was approved just recently thru his office to have surgery on Nov. 14th, I hope he can help her too. I will pray for your daughter, my heart hurts for her, I know just how she feels and how my mother, who is traveling from Georgia to be with me thru this feels about me!! Good luck and may God bless you both!!


HUGS!!!
Jeanine

Unless it has changed, and I will find out for sure on Monday, Dr. Edwards at St John's hospital in Springfield did my surgery RNY lap in 11/14 /06. My bmi was 74 my weight was 544 pounds. You can call Dr. Edwards office at 417-820-3800 and ask for Mary Trampler and she can answer all your questions. St. John.s now has it's center of excellence certification and is excepting Medicare. I hope your daughter can get the surgery soon, because I now know how important it is to get it done at a younger age as possible. I sure wish I could of had it done many years sooner because even though I have lost weight and am in great physical condition now it has taken it's toll on my heart and from all the years of being obese, it has done some damage to my heart that can never be reversed. Good luck
    Alan Hartman

Alan i cant believe your new avatar, you are doing really well ...sorry to hear you have some heart problems...take care. glad to know that St. Johns is now medicare approved too.

I am not sure of his extra requirements, but I know Dr. Van Wagner in St Louis has done several high risk wls. His website says he has done them for a BMI as high as 88. Check it out.

www.hoab.org

Good luck.

Hi Vicky,

My BMI was over 80 when I had surgery.  I couldn't find a doc here in MO or any of the surrounding state for that matter to do surgery on me.  Not with medicare and medicaid.  Insurance has alot to do with finding a doc--first find out what insurance she has and find a doc that will accept it.  Then find out about weight limits.  Also make sure there are no exemptions for WLS in her insurance plan.  I had to go to Indiana to have my surgery but I am not sorry about it one bit.  I had no complications.  I had surgery in Janurary of this year and went from 557 lbs to around 320 by my calculations but eh that's another story in itself lol.  Scales and I dont get along.  lol  This surgery will truely give her life.  It definately gave me one.  I don't think I  even had a life before surgery---all I did was SIT.  (well and eat of course)  I went from 7 diabetic pills and 260 units of insulin a day to 1 pill and no insulin.  I now sleep laying flat in a bed with no bi-pap machine from sitting in a chair and sleeping with the machine.  Dont give up--or get discouraged.  It took me years to finally find someone who took my insurance and would do surgery on me.  I'd do it all again if I had to.

~Angie!

Alan and Sangie, OMG you two are AMAZING!!!!!! Not just for the sheer amount you guys have lost but what you had to go thru to loose it, soooo brave!!!!! You both inspire me and show me even the worst bump for me so far is cake next what you went thru!! I hope you new lives have brought you blessings beyond meassure and will continue to only get better!!!! Thank you for showing us all what is possible when you really want something and just how good God can be!!!

HUGS, Jeanine

Jeanine,

WOW!  Thank you so much for the encouraging words.  You brought made me get all choked up and start crying.  I never think of myself as brave or an inspiration to anyone.  I just wanted my life back.  I'm really happy that I can inspire you and keep you motivated throughout this journey.  We all need all the inspiration and motivation we can get.  This is a very rough road we travel.  Again thank you very much for the uplifting words.  Makes me wanna go walk another mile :D  but it's raining so I think I'll pass.  And it's 11 at night on Saturday--too many crazies out there for me lol.

My new life has brought so many blessings I don't even think I can list them all.  MOST of all I am now able to play ball with my nieces and nephews and go outside and swim and camp and well just do everything I never could before.  Couldn't go camping because there was no where to plug in my bi-pap machine and it'd be too hot and no chair with an ottomon for me to sleep in.  (I went camping for 4th of July and had the most awesome time EVER in my camping history...although I did shoot my brother with a air gun---I really didn't know it would hurt like it did.)  I went to the town festival today and walked around instead of being pushed in a wheelchair.  I haven't used my wheelchair since May---I did use it camping for a lawn chair---I was scared to sit in those fold up chairs--I guess that's the fat girl in me thinking it might break and I'd end up on the ground.  I could go on and on about the blessing but I'll stop blabbing now lol.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY DAY!!!

Always,
~Angie!