Apparently I have a failed surgery with no insurance need advice?

I had a VBG in June of 2002. I weighed in at 303 and now weigh 250, thats a loss of about 50lbs in 1 1/2 years. I am beginning to see the scale creep up. My states Vocational Rehabilitaion paid for my surgery, I have no insurance. I started complaining to my surgeon about the excessive amounts of food I could eat within weeks of surgery. He blew me off until about May of this year. He said it sounds like a staple line disruption and wants me to have an upper GI. Voc Rehab will not pay for the test and I can't pay for anything out of pocket! My surgeon said "don't bother paying for the test yourself if you can't pay to get restapled". I just feel like I'm getting screwed and I don't know if there is anything I can do about it. What would you do? I'm not asking for diet or exercise plans, if I could do that I would've never needed surgery. My surgeon told me I have a failed surgery.

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