Jan 14, 2025 | Non-Surgical Weight Loss, Weight Loss Surgery
New Year, New You: Comprehensive Weight Loss Solutions at Foothills Weight Loss Surgeons As we welcome the new year, many of us are setting resolutions to improve our health and well-being. For those struggling with obesity, Foothills Weight Loss Surgeons in...
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...
Jun 30, 2022 | Weight Loss Surgery
What is Gastric Sleeve? The sleeve gastrectomy is one of the procedures most commonly performed by Bariatric Surgeon Dr. Mark Colquitt of Foothills Weight Loss Surgeons in Knoxville. We want to help those considering weight loss surgery understand what a gastric...
May 11, 2022 | Weight Loss Surgery
Will Bariatric Surgery Help Lower High Blood Pressure? What is hypertension? Hypertension or high blood pressure is a condition characterized by elevated blood pressure, that is, the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the blood vessels. The Framingham...
Jun 11, 2020 | Uncategorized, Weight Loss Surgery
News from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Even before they tied the gastric knot, they had seen the best and worst of one another. In one photo, there was Dwayne Linger – all 387 pounds of him. In another, there he was at 180. Likewise, Allenna Mullins had posted...
Jun 11, 2020 | Weight Loss Surgery
News From Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center The gastric bypass surgery Dwayne Linger had in 2018 did more than just shrink his stomach and expand his wardrobe options. It also freed him from a body that had condemned him to a sedentary lifestyle and a shorter life...
