Hello. I am new to this site. I have been trying to have bariatric surgery since 2006. You would think with as much health problems as I have they would have scheduled it right away, but my heart is not healthy and they said I would have to loose 20% of my weight before surgery. Now here I am 5 years later and 90 lbs thinner, but am stuck and can't get past the 300 mark on my scale. I am now ready to retry looking into surgery and hopefully can find insurance that will cover it and someone who is willing to give me a gastric sleeve.