With three heart attacks under your belt before your 53rd birthday, I would listen to my doctor locally. Take the sleeve. It's a much less invasive surgery and the longer you stay under sedation by anesthesia the greater the risk of death or stroke. You'll do fine with the sleeve. Many people here swear by it. I think you should listen to your doctor and then get busy and do what you want to do.
I also think you should spend some time with a psychiatrist who specializes in obesity and bariatric surgery. I don't understand why you are even hesitating and I'm thinking you must be considered a high-risk patient and honestly, it might not even be safe for you to have any surgery at all. These are things you have to consider and you need to explain your motivation for what you want to a professional who can help you clarify your celebrities thought process.
Weight loss surgery is not a Magic bullet. It is a tool that people can use to cure diabetes and drop a lot of weight and cure or prevent heart disease. Before you take the step you also need to have a battery of tests to see if your body can withstand any sort of surgery or anesthesia. And if you clear that hurdle, you're going to have to lose a lot of weight before the doctor will even do the surgery. Some people here have said they were required to lose 10% of their body weight.
If you've been wanting this for 10 years, I assume you've done a lot of research. But most importantly, you need to figure out what your health status is.
So if I were you I would stay close to home and stick with my doctor and make sure that all possibilities and risk factors are taken into consideration.
When I was growing up, the third heart attack a person had was usually fatal. I don't know how you have survived. Trust the medicine, not your personal desire to take fewer pills.