Gastric sleeve to DS

Tharris81
on 9/15/15 9:41 am

I had a gastric sleeve in 2011 in tijuana Mexico, I only loss about 65 pounds. I now have insurance that covers wls, is there a doctor in Tennessee who accepts patients who previously had wls in mexico. This process is so draining.

Kathy S.
on 9/15/15 10:29 am - InTheBurbs, XX
RNY on 08/29/04 with

Life throws enough challenges our way you would think it would not be so hard to get healthy.  May we suggest you post this on the Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forum and also here is a link to a list of surgeons in your area.  Give the offices a call and see if they will take you as a patient.  

http://www.obesityhelp.com/find/bariatric-surgeon/TN/

I don't know how close you are but you have one of the best facility in your state, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  Give them a call as well.

Keep us posted on how you are doing.

HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125

RW:190 - CW:130

MsBatt
on 9/15/15 6:36 pm

I'd suggest you check with Dr. Boyce in Knoxville.

Tharris81
on 9/15/15 9:43 pm

I spoke with someone at his office she told me to find somewhere closer to Memphis, maybe Nashville 

MsBatt
on 9/16/15 10:05 am

In Nashville, the only DS surgeons I know of are Dr. AL Spaw and Dr. Hugh Houston. I don't think there are ANY DS surgeons in the Memphis area.

Many, many DSers travel great distances in order to see a DS surgeon. Did Dr. Boyce's office tell you they WOULDN'T see you, and if so, did they say why?

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