Any Tennessee Sleevers Out There?

[Tesla1979 12]

Hi' date=' neighbors! I see most of you live in the prettier part of Tennessee. I'm in Memphis and having my surgery in Nashville with Dr. Houston on February 6th. I'm so excited![/quote']

Kat: he did my surgery on Oct. 29, 2012. Came through it great & no complications!!! He's a great surgeon, the whole team at the weight loss center is awesome & the staff at the hospital are wonderful as well!!!

[Jenny12 361]

Dr. Houston is my surgeon too. I had surgery on January 9! I am down 16 pounds so far and no complications. I feel fine. any questions I will be happy to answer them!

[jac1970 39]

I'm so glad to see some of Dr. Houston's patients on here. I like how well-run the program is-- very organized and the staff are great!

[ready for a new me 1]

Hey guys, I live in Columbia and am hoping to have my surgery with Dr. Westmoreland in Murfreesboro. Can any of you that have used him tell me a little about the psych evaluation? I go for mine in the morning. I wasn't worried about it at all until I went to my primary care doctor today to get my letter of recommendation and the nurse told me her mom was denied because she didn't pass the psych portion. Now I am freakin' out!!

[jgirl75 156]

I was sleeved by Dr. Westmoreland ( love him by the way!). I didn't have any issues with the psyche evaluation. I went in talked to the lady for a little while and then took a test and answered some questions. Overall, very simple so I wouldn't stress about it.

[katsmeow 70]

The phych test wasn't so bad. She even told me before I left not to worry about anything

[tanksmom 0]

I too had Dr. Westmoreland and had no problems with the psych eval. I'm approaching my 1 year anniversary on Feb. 13.

[rnneuro 5]

Hello group! So great to locate fellow Tennesseans. I live in East TN and currently going through the process with plans of gastric sleeve hopefully end of Feb or first of March. I have already met most of the requirements for insurance. I have some classes to attend this week and next week then psych appt. After the 2/13 appointment for psych once the report is received then my information will be sent for insurance. I wish everyone luck that is getting ready to go to the other side by being sleeved and hopefully I will join you soon!

[ready for a new me 1]

I was sleeved by Dr. Westmoreland ( love him by the way!). I didn't have any issues with the psyche evaluation. I went in talked to the lady for a little while and then took a test and answered some questions. Overall' date=' very simple so I wouldn't stress about it.[/quote']

Thanks...that makes me feel much better!

[ready for a new me 1]

It is nice to be able to connect with people in the same area, some with the same doctor, who are going thru or have gone thru the same thing. I am just starting the process towards my new life and am pretty excited. I go tomorrow for my psych evaluation, meeting with the nutritionist, first appt with the doctor, and the seminar. I have already got the letter of recommendation and form completed from my primary care doctor. From what I understand, the only other requirement from my insurance before surgery will be to lose 10% of my weight. Dr. Westmoreland operates at the hospital I am going to on Feb 28 & March 28. I am hoping to meet the requirement in time for the March date. Does that sound realiatic or am I hoping for too much? For me 10% would be 21.8 pounds. Thanks guys...and I'm sure I will be asking other questions after all four appointments tomorrow!

[legal loser 77]

Congrats on the progress fellow post-ops!!! Good luck to all of you in the process!! I was sleeved 4/24 and love it. Weight loss has slowed, but I'm sticking with it and trusting the scale will catch up!!!! Training for a 5k. I am hoping to run The Color Run in Nashville the last weekend of March!

[jac1970 39]

Congrats on the progress fellow post-ops!!! Good luck to all of you in the process!! I was sleeved 4/24 and love it. Weight loss has slowed' date=' but I'm sticking with it and trusting the scale will catch up!!!! Training for a 5k. I am hoping to run The Color Run in Nashville the last weekend of March![/quote']

I wish I was already done because I would love to do the Run For Your Life zombie run. Maybe I'll set that as my goal for next year. Looks like so much fun!! It's a 5K/obstacle course dodging zombies who run after you and chase you.

http://www.runforyourlives.com

[katikati 127]

I wish I was already done because I would love to do the Run For Your Life zombie run. Maybe I'll set that as a goal for next year. Looks like so much fun!!

Me too! I hope I can do that in a year, or maybe the year after. It looks like so much! The color run looks amazing too. Wow... I just realized I said I wanted to run. That's a first in my life time.

[Dmclark77 21]

Heading to surgery today at Baptist in Nashville!

[jgirl75 156]

It is nice to be able to connect with people in the same area' date=' some with the same doctor, who are going thru or have gone thru the same thing. I am just starting the process towards my new life and am pretty excited. I go tomorrow for my psych evaluation, meeting with the nutritionist, first appt with the doctor, and the seminar. I have already got the letter of recommendation and form completed from my primary care doctor. From what I understand, the only other requirement from my insurance before surgery will be to lose 10% of my weight. Dr. Westmoreland operates at the hospital I am going to on Feb 28 & March 28. I am hoping to meet the requirement in time for the March date. Does that sound realiatic or am I hoping for too much? For me 10% would be 21.8 pounds. Thanks guys...and I'm sure I will be asking other questions after all four appointments tomorrow![/quote']

Yes that definitely sounds doable. I had my surgery at heritage also since I was self pay. Good luck at your appointments!