How to get money to have weight loss surgery?

I want to have weightlosss surgery because I weight over 300 lbs but you have to have money out of your own pocket to pay to see the dr, a Nutritionist and a Psychiatrist that you have to pay for out of your own pocket and that is about $1000.00. I live on a fixed income so I can afford to pay it myself. I would like to find some way to get the money to have the surgery done.

Start a fund through: http://www.active.com/activegiving/. Then promote it online ....I'm sure if you promote it hard enough you'll be able to get donations.

Good luck!

if you are on a fixed income,you should qualify for Medicaid or medicare,in which case..in Texas anyway,it covers weight loss surgery.

See if you could get Richard Simmons to feel sorry for you, and foot the bill for the surgery. He did this for a lady, who I used to live by.

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Gastric Bypass Surgery/gastrectomy/lapband (all types of weight loss surgery) is very cheap in India.There is one company that is very famous in India that arranges obesity surgery for foreigners in India.They are called the Forerunners Healthcare.I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories.

I have also read that they arrange financing for american and canadian patients as obesity surgery is not covered by insurance.They also have photos pasted of their International patients.You can checkout their website.The cost savings are incredible.As a doctor i personally believe that your lobesity surgery can be easily handled in India as the quality of healthcare available here is simply best in the world.The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

My cousin got her obesity surgery in India through the forerunners healthcare .SHe is more than very happy with the results.She has lost 65lbs in 5 months.She just paid 25% of the amount she was quoted in USA and is all praise for this forerunners healthcare company.hope this helps

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http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com