You must realise, there's a lot more to becoming an elk than a simple operation. You have to put up with a strict dietary regime, hoof sculpting, antler implantation...
Y'know Doc, I'm kind of over the whole elk thing too. I want to be a squid...or a sexless cyborg...or an angel...or have big, flappy hands...
I really, /really/ want to have big, flappy hands, Doc.