Dr. Houston has perfomed surgery on quite a few ladies from GA.  I won't pretend to speak for them, but from all their posts, I think they were pleased.  In fact, I think some of them tried to lure him to Atlanta.  That would start a TN/GA mini-war. LOL  If the GA peeps don't respond here soon, you may want to post on the GA board.

I really respect the man.  He is very skilled and has a pretty good sense of humor.  He cares about his patients as people.  He does the four major WLS (band, DS, RNY, and sleeve) and does all of them well.  Word of warning from a DS patient:  he does not easily agree to any request for a DS.  It has the most malabsorption and he wants to make sure his patients know the importance of post-op follow up and supplementation. If you are thinking of the DS, be sure you've done your research before you see him.  He'll want solid reasons from you and assurance that you understand the importance of post-op care.

Best wishes whatever you decide. 

Morning,
 I live in  Al but work at Centennial Med Ctr.  where Dr Houston is. He has always had a good rep. around the hospital and the community. (I have asked around about thim). I could find no one to say anything bad about any of the md's in the office.

Thanks for popping in, Sweets.  Hope the next three fly by and everything falls into place.

Hey, Marilyn--I hope you are doing well.   I will be in Gatlinburg June 5-13th--are you guys having any meetins then?  I'd love to come if you are.  Take care, Erika

hello all, my name is joyce... i am new to tenn and just wanted to stop in and say hi.  i am a 36 yr old mom of 4 and have been researching gastric bypass for about 5 yrs now.  i was living in nc for awhile and was 1 appt from getting my surgury and i dropped 30 lbs in a month and the doc told me that i could do it on my own.  little did he know though that i had a swollen lymphnode that had some sort of a "fungus" (i know YUCK) in it which is what was causing me to lose the weight.  anyhow here i am back to being big bulky and feeling completely unattractive and unlovable.  my kids and my husband tell me that i am pretty and such but i feel so BLAH all the time.  so here i am trying to find out who i can go to in the greater chattanooga/cleveland area for gastric bypass and who will take the local medicaid (tenncare?)... i dont have it yet but am hoping to be able to get it soon. and what is the criteria, the requirements here for someone with that insurance? any excessive amount of charting your weight or going through a family doc with pills and weight loss programs before they will start talking to you?  if anyone can give me a heads up on what i will be getting myself into it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Joyce Harrod
Cleveland, TN