Success Stories

Success Stories from Real Patients 

Hundreds of patients experience the joys of weight-loss success each year at Holston Valley Medical Center's Comprehensive Weight Management Center.

They're healthier. They're more active. They're living life to its fullest.

And now you can see the results and hear some of their amazing weight-loss success stories.

Diana Blair had struggled with her weight since she was a teenager. As she grew older, the weight began to take a toll on her body. Her joints ached, her blood pressure increased and she developed diabetes, but laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery helped her make a change.

Marjorie "Tweety" Clark was concerned she wouldn't live to be 49 years old, the age at which her father had open-heart surgery. Today, she is feeling great and is using her gastric bypass surgery to get the most out of life.

Janet Cody, clinical assistant for the Comprehensive Weight Management Center, struggled with different weight-loss options for years before finding her solution, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.

Cheryl Kilbourne experienced a wake-up call to lose weight and knew something had to change. That change involved getting her life back through gastric bypass surgery.

Greg and Victoria Mays had already made the decision to take life's journey together in marriage. Then they decided to take their journeys through weight-loss surgery together, too.

David Tipton was experiencing significant weight-related health problems, but laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery helped him beat diabetes, high cholesterol and even sleep apnea.