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anyone from tennessee been sleeved or going to be sleeved?

i am aug 25 in mexico:thumbup1::001_tongue::sad0::001_tt2::lol0:

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Nicole I'm from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. I am going to be sleeved one day, at this point I don't know when. I was suppose to have my surgery August 25 at Vanderbilt but it was cancelled. I'm going through the VA, and they now require me to go to a VA hospital for my surgery.

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I'm also on August 25! My surgeon is Dr. Willliams, and I'm having it done

at ParkWest Hospital...

Hope everything goes great for you!:confused1:

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how thats great we are the same day! please keep in contact with me! 423-963-6275

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I'm doing ok..I have a stupid cold now so that has set me back some!

I was in a little pain from my drain site, but that is now minimal.

My energy level is down a lot, but I think that is from the cold!

Any setbacks for you? How was Mexico?

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I'm also on August 25! My surgeon is Dr. Willliams, and I'm having it done

at ParkWest Hospital...

Hope everything goes great for you!

ParkWest Hospital in Knoxville, TN? That is where my granddaughter was born! Although I am from VA, I visit Knoxville 2-3x/year.

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Hi y'all! I'm from right outside of Knoxville and went to Mexico for my surgery. I started at 276 and i'm 182 this morning (Oh happy day)! A friend had her VSG done by Dr Boyce adn she's not too thrilled. I don't know her eating habits but she has only lost 50lbs and is 1 year out. I think she was his 3rd or 4th vsg.

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Hi y'all! I'm from right outside of Knoxville and went to Mexico for my surgery. I started at 276 and i'm 182 this morning (Oh happy day)! A friend had her VSG done by Dr Boyce adn she's not too thrilled. I don't know her eating habits but she has only lost 50lbs and is 1 year out. I think she was his 3rd or 4th vsg.

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Southernsleever we have a lot in common! I'm right outside of Knoxville too (Morristown) and I was also sleeved on Oct.8! I went with Dr. Colquitt at foothills weightless at Blount Memorial and could not be happier! I started at 308lbs and now weigh 192! Love my sleeve!

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I'm also on August 25! My surgeon is Dr. Willliams, and I'm having it done

at ParkWest Hospital...

Hope everything goes great for you!:confused1:

I know this post was a year ago - so a good time to check in and ask how you are doing. I am scheduled for surgery at Parkwest w/Dr. Boyce 8/22.

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I just found out the Amerigroup in Tennessee (medicaid) WILL cover the sleeve!!!! WOOT!!!

I need 6 months of documented medically supervised diet (got it), need to have a bmi of 40 or higher (definitely got it), need at least 2 health issues as a direct result of my obesity (got that and more), need a statement from my doctor saying that they approve of me having the surgery and feel its necessary (got it from my Virginia and getting it from my new doctor soon, I hope), need 5 years of records showing my weight to be morbidly obese (definitely got it), will need to get a cardiac and pulmunary clearance (dont have it yet but hoping to soon), I need to pass a psych eval (dont have one yet but will soon, I hope), and I need a physician referral to a bariatric surgeon (I will get that soon, as well. I hope)

So hopefully I can get the ball rolling really soon!!! I will be going to the Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity in Nashville, Tn. They are the only ones that do the surgery and will take medicaid. Ironically, I had my daughter at Centennial hospital 5 1/2 years ago when I lived in Nashville before, and I really liked that hospital. So Im pretty happy all the way around with things.

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I'm wondering if louisiana amerigroup Medicaid pay for it, how would I go about finding out? I really don't know which plan to choose with this new Medicaid (bayou health) please Inform me on what u can

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