health of a human heart

Is diabetes a surgical condition?

200 pounds too heavy, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, sleep apnea, infertility and osteoarthritis. She needs knee replacements, but is too heavy to be approved for the surgery. She asks me, the “weight loss doctor,” what my plan is for her. And I think:

“What does it take to get referred to a bariatric surgeon in this town?”