new to tennessee

Hi everyone,  , Im new to tennessee.  been in knoxville for about 3 weeks now.  My dilemma is this:  I had lap band surgery in august of 2007, and am in need and want of support groups, coffee meetings, etc here in the knoxville area.  Can anyone give me any insight??  oh and by the way, Im down 57lbs!!    also, any tips on good lap band surgeons in knoxville??  Ill need one for my check ups and fills.  a fill I need now!!  thanks for any info.

Sorry!  Can't help with any of your questions!  But I can welcome you to Tennessee!  HOWDY!!!!    I do wish Icould help with your questions, but I do know we have several members here form the East Tennessee area.  So I'm sure one of them will jump right in .  Once again... WELCOME!!!!!

Want to Welcome you to the Tn board !!! I too am not familiar with support groups in Knoxville but we do meet here in the Nashville area once a month for lunch bunch. We would love to have you join us sometime !!!!!

Kim, Welcome to Tennessee.  I live in Sevierville, near the Gatlinburg area.  Not very far from you.  I didn't have lapband, but RNY.  Dr Steven Boyce at Parkwest Medical Center and his partner, Dr Williams are about the best surgeons in the area.  There is a support group in the Fountain City area that I hear is really good.  The one here is Sevierville is not.  I beleive the one in Fountain City weets on the 3rd Thursday of the month, but I haven't made it there yet, so I am not sure. Maybe we can start our own! Marilyn

Thanks Marilyn for the welcome and the info.  Maybe we should start our own.  Maybe a coffee meeting or lunch or dinner meeting.  Its a thought.  Its good to be back in Tennessee. 

Kim

Hi Kim,

  I live in Nashville and had RNY, so I won't be much help to you in those areas.  I just wanted to say welcome to Tennessee.  Congratulations on losing 57 lbs.  Great job....

Thanks to everyone who welcomed me.  Its good to be back home in tennessee. !! Kim

Just wanted to say welcome to Tennessee!  I can't help with support groups in your  area either.  I just wanted to say HI.

 welcome to tennessee!!!!  there are some good surgeons in this area.  my surgeon is dr. colquit in maryville.  there is also dr. boyce in knoxville.  i think he works out of parkwest hospital.  i like my surgeon and his office, but when i was researching before surgery, i only found good things out about dr. boyce too.  hope this helps. kelly

Just adding my own welcome home to Tennessee and to the TN forum. I knew someone from your area would pop in with some surgeon's names. I do know that a lot of our East TN friends have used Dr. Boyce and Dr. Colquitt and are very happy with their choice. I'm sure any of the surgeons in the area would be happy to take you on as a patient. Here in the Nashville area, we get together once a month for lunch and again for dinner. We call our get togethers the "Lunch Bunch" and "The Dinner Club". I know that we love our get togethers and it has made us a closer group. We welcome anyone who has had, is going to have, or is researching WLS. We don't care what hospital, surgeon or surgery type is involved. We also welcome support people be it spouse, SO, parent, child or just a friend. Congratulations on your loss!