If excessive eating is not the cause of my weight problem, will surgery help?

Hard as it may be to believe (it took my doctors a while to realize it!), that at 5'3" 260lbs. I only eat (on a good day) about 800-1000 calories a day, and somedays eat nothing. I don't like sweets, gravies, or greasy foods. I'm even allergic to chocolate! I wouldn't eat an egg if you paid me, and if I don't like the way something looks I refuse to eat it. Only diet soda and sweet and low for me. So why am I so fat? Well, since it has been lifetime, I can't totally blame the orthopaedic issues which now have me officially disabled. I am not yet wheelchair bound, but have big nasty leg braces, 24/7 pain, need 2 surgeries, and have a disorder that enables my joints to randomly dislocate if I move the wrong way. Surgery is in the future due to my age (too young at 47!) and my weight. I have had high blood pressure since I was 10 years old. And, thanks to a great new general doctor, what I had been screaming for years to other doctors has come to be in official diagnosis'. I have hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and am now menopausal. I have had at least 2 ulcers (on meds to prevent more), and was hospitalized for esophagus spasms (symptoms identical to heart attack), IBS, and diverticulum. So, if it is any or a combination of these medical issues causing my weight issue, would bariatric surgery help me at all? About the only good news is that I had 1 1/2 ovaries removed when I was 31 so I already have had an incision on my lower belly. Betty

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