Does anyone have any suggestions,to change my Dr. negativity about WLS.

I am going to visit my family doctor on Friday Aug. 24th. I intend to ask him about WLS. I brought this up with him about a year ago and he seemes very negative and cited all the negatives about it. I am 275 lbs and have recently been diagnosed with diabetes and the bones in my knees and back are degenerating and I am in constant pain. I only exist I don't live , there is very little I can do because of my weight, just walking more then 20 feet leaves me sweating and out of breathe. I feel that whatever drawbacks the surgery may have it would still be an improvement on my life at the moment. Does anyone have some suggestions to help convince my Dr. that this is what I need. I'm 41 years old and have been obese all my life but was healthy until the last 7 or 8 years. Now I can barely get around and feel I am just a burden. I live in newfoundland, Canada and there are not a lot of WLS done here and very little information available but I do know that there is one Dr. here that does it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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