<prompt> Human: Hi all,Not sure if this is the right place to post this, so sorry in advance. To make a long story short Ive had weight issues all my life, even in childhood. I was and still am a super picky eater so instead of my mother fighting with them shed just buy mcdonalds and be done. Ive been working for years to lose weight and nothing works, and my doctor pretty much said I need to look into surgery. The problem with that is that my insurance will not cover anything bariatric related, so Id be paying out of pocket. My budget at the moment leaves around 800 dollars of free cash laying around each month after monthly expenses, currently very little savings because I just finished off paying around 10k of debt. where I live, bariatric surgery would be around 15k for everything, and I have carecredit which would make the payments around 390 for 60 months. I guess my main question would be is Bariatric surgery worth using almost half of my free cash flow? Would also love to hear from anyone who has done weight loss surgery and if it helped them at all.  <response>: I dont think this is really a money question. Can anybody really say how much your health is worth?If you are looking for a purely financial answer, then its stop eating so much and you will lose the weight for free and you will save a bunch of money on the cost of food.I dont think that statement above really helped, did it? You may want to look into buying a private insurance even if just for 1 year that covers bariatric surgery. You may have a more expensive upfront cost, but you can save thousands if they cover the surgery. Either way, best wishes and good luck with your weight loss goals. 