In search of a surgeon-HIGH BMI!!

I am searching for a surgeon that will actually do surgery on me with a BMI of 73...I weigh 430 now, lost about 50 pounds last summer but gained some back over the holidays.  Every surgeon I have talked with tells me they will not do surgery until I get to 60 BMI....just soo frustrated and tired and just ready to get this all over with.  Feel very much like I have been swept under the rug by my clinic because I have such a high BMI it feels like they don't know what to do with me. 
If anyone has any advice on finding a surgeon that accepts medicare and higher BMI in the St Louis area please please get back to me.  I would be willing to travel some.  Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
Chrissy

Have you tried SSM Weightloss at DePaul in Bridgeton, MO? Dr. Scott did my VSG in Dec and my BMI was over 60.

My Bmi is 67 and my surgeon is Dr. Mitchell Roslin in New York. He has 2 offices. His main office is at Lenox Hospital in NYC and the other which is a much smaller hospital and suburban area is Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, NY.
The phone # for Mt Kisco is 914-242-8350. If you google him you will find alot of information. You might also find names on the site if you click "find bariatric surgeon " on the top right hand in green.Good luck!!!

I agree with the last poster...check the find a surgeon part of the site. My BMI was over 90 when I had my surgery. Don't take no for an answer...just keep looking! I found my surgeon on here. Check their stats to see if they have operated on super morbidly obese patients and then start making phone calls. Good luck!

i had surgery with a bmi of 66.4 at st. vincent's in carmel, indiana (just outside indianapolis).

Hey Chrissy,

I had surgery at SSM DePaul and i was at i think 64 BMI when i first started... I had Dr. Scott and loved him... You can send me a message and ill be happy to answer any questions... What clinic were you at - I started at St. Alexius and got angry with them and switched....

Jessica

 Dr. Daniel Bacal did mine and I had a BMI above 70.  I'm not sure whether you're in a part of IL that's semi-close to MI, but you may want to check him out.

Good luck!!