Desparately Seeking Bariatric Surgeon

Upon the advice of my primary care physician and my therapist, I am in desperate need of gastric bypass surgery.  The problem is that I am on WV Medicaid and can find no surgeons in my area that accept WV Medicaid.  I live in Charle Town, WV and the only places that I have found in WV are in Huntington and Charleston, which are 5-6 hours away.  Charles Town, WV is a suburb of Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD ( about an hour away from both!) and I have found hospitals that will accept WV Medicaid, but no surgeons. My weight has ballooned since my tragic knee replacement surgery that got infected that I cannot do physical therapy and my other health issues (sleep apnea, I'm on a CPAP machine; high cholesterol, asthma, etc..) have gotten increasingly worse.  I was 180 pounds and now weigh 330lbs.  I'm 20 pounds shy and 5 years short of when my overweight father had the massive heart attack that killed him. Can someone, please help me?

Hi!  Since you are actually looking for surgeons in MD and DC, let me recommend that you post this same message on the MD and DC boards.  Someone there will probably be able to recommend someone closer to you. The links are: MD  http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/MD/ DC  http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DC/ Hope this helps! Beth