i am writing this to reach out to everyone to help my best friend.she weighs almost 500lbs.she has 2 children 2 boys actually ages 7&12.i am reaching out for help either spiritually ,emotinally,or financially.or really anyway you can.kelley is going to be having gastric bypass surgery while she has medicare we have found that it will only pay for 80% of the procedure we have called many different doctors within100 miles of here and all say the same.now we keep hearing that there are doctors that accept medicare and will only accept the 80%,but have yet to find on in ga or the eastern part of alabama.if anyone can help please get back to me either on cafe mom,or email me at blaircar@yahoo.com or go to my myspace my name is kelleysfriend ........or carla blair please help thank you