I'm scheduled for surgery 8/27 in Memphis....looking for other Tennesseans to share the journey with. I'm both excited and scared.

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!

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!

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!!

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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.

Heading to surgery today at Baptist in Nashville!

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

Heading to surgery today at Baptist in Nashville!

How exciting, Dmclark! Wishing you the very best. Let us know how it went as soon as you can!