Jan 30, 2024 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Success, Uncategorized, Weight Loss Surgery
Wil Nelson is a loving husband, father and avid runner living in Blaine, Tennessee. A few years ago, Nelson found himself experiencing high blood pressure and severe, debilitating headaches. Weighing 300 pounds at the time, he sought weight-loss options at Covenant...
Sep 15, 2023 | Bariatrics, Success, Uncategorized
Fort Sanders Regional Health & Lifestyles Sometimes weight gain is like a hungry monster. Every time 70 year-old Patricia Fernez-Aten of Sevierville fought to lose weight, it seemed like the weight was fighting back. “I would gain weight, lose weight, all my life,...
Jan 17, 2019 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
News From Fort Sanders Regional Medical It takes extra effort to go to the movies when you’re a 336-pound woman. Just ask Kerrie Merz. Merz dealt with knee pain every step of the way from her car to the door of the theater. Then there was the challenge of fitting...
Nov 6, 2018 | Bariatrics, Success, Uncategorized, Weight Loss Surgery
From Fort Sanders Regional Health & Lifestyles Rex Veach, a quality representative/engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, decided a lifetime of yo-yo dieting was enough. So he chose quality over quantity, turning to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and...
