[derekgas]

If this ladies condition is part of the reason that this she is obese, then she has little chance of losing sufficient weight for the surgeon to agree to operate, unless she starves herself, and then she would be too weak, and her immune system would be low, so, how does this poor woman get to have the operation and reduce the pain? The decision should be mostly hers, with the surgeons advice in hand, and god forbid, but if she should die on the operating table, in this day and age, a disclaimer would be signed, I think she should be allowed the op if that is what she wants, and her weight not be used as another excuse for cutbacks.