My BMI was 32 and my doctor is in Dallas. I was self-pay. My doc's opinion was that the 35 BMI floor is an arbitrary limit and that if he felt surgery would help, he would do it.

I had surgery last September and have never regretted it.

Good luck!

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Lisa
"Success is a journey not a destination"
Surgey 9/28/06
H208/S196/C140