PAST MEDICAL HISTORY:  ,She had a negative stress test four to five years ago.  She gets short of breath in walking about 30 steps.  She has had non-insulin dependent diabetes for about eight years now.  She has a left knee arthritis and history of hemorrhoids.,PAST SURGICAL HISTORY: , Pertinent for laparoscopic cholecystectomy, tonsillectomy, left knee surgery, and right breast lumpectomy.,PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY: , Negative except that she was rehabilitated for alcohol addiction in 1990.,SOCIAL HISTORY: , The patient is married.  She is an office manager for a gravel company.  Her spouse is also overweight.  She drinks on a weekly basis and she smokes,about two packs of cigarettes over a week's period of time.  She is doing this for about 35 years.,FAMILY HISTORY: , Diabetes and hypertension.,MEDICATIONS:,  Include Colestid 1 g daily, Actos 30 mg daily, Amaryl 2 mg daily, Soma, and meloxicam for her back pain.,ALLERGIES:,  She has no allergies; however, she does get tachycardic with caffeine, Sudafed, or phenylpropanolamine.,REVIEW OF SYSTEMS: , Otherwise, negative.,PHYSICAL EXAM: , This is a pleasant female in no acute distress.  Alert and oriented x 3.  HEENT:  Normocephalic, atraumatic.  Extraocular muscles intact, nonicteric sclerae.  Chest is clear.  Abdomen is obese, soft, nontender and nondistended.  Extremities show no edema, clubbing or cyanosis.,ASSESSMENT/PLAN: , This is a 51-year-old female with a BMI of 43 who is interested in the Lap-Band as opposed to gastric bypass.  ABC will be asking for a letter of medical necessity from XYZ.  She will also need an EKG and clearance for surgery.  She will also see my nutritionist and social worker and once this is completed, we will submit her to her insurance company for approval.consult - history and phy., elective surgical weight loss, surgical weight loss, weight loss, lap band, gastric bypass, loss, weight, lap, band, lost, gained, diabetes, gastric, bypass, overweight, surgical