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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watch this show too.  My doctor relatives are disgusted that doctors would operate on thee people, they are disqualified at nearly every hospital in the country.  They all go to the one doctor in Houston, who is one of a handful who will see them.

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What does this mean? That they are too obsese to be operated on by most standards of medical practice?[/quote]

Their size makes them a huge liability.  You have to have proper equipment, an anesthetist willing to take them on, staff trained in how to treat them.  Many hospitals won't allow bariatric surgery b/c insurance companies (covering the hospital) won't allow it.[/quote]

You're right about the super-morbidly obese (600 lbs) but not about bariatric surgery in general.  Most hospitals want to do bariatric surgery on "normal" obese people - 300 lbs range.[/quote]

Correct, at 600 lb's the operation is just too risky. Usually you will undergo weight loss the old fashioned way until you are in a more tolerable weight range for bariatric surgery.[/quote]

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