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...
Jun 29, 2018 | Bariatrics, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
It was disappointing. Christine Sabb of Maryville applied for a position as a massage therapist but didn’t get the job. She was told it was because she hadn’t had her license long enough. It seemed like a reasonable explanation. But when the job went to a classmate...
Jan 3, 2018 | Obesity, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
Fort Sanders Regional Health & Lifestyles Carrying an extra 100 pounds on your body is literally a heavy burden to bear. For Summer Martin, the health problems that came as a result of that extra weight made bearing that burden even harder. “I was on two blood...
Nov 16, 2017 | Bariatrics, Obesity, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
News from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center He said he wanted “a second chance at life.” She said she wanted a family. Together, Caleb and Danielle Neeley are on their way after surgeries by Jonathan Ray, MD, a bariatric surgeon at Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric...
