In Category: Patient Stories

Hips to Hoops-Dad’s still in the game after MS leads to hip surgery

Kendrick Tate picks up a basketball, slowly dribbles his way to the far side of the court just beyond the three-point circle. In one smooth, arching flick of the wrist, the ball strips the net. Whoosh! They have the court all to themselves this afternoon as Tate, a 41-year-old single father of three, teaches his 

Furnace Worker Fires Back with Spine Surgery

Like any working guy who has just been told he needs spinal surgery, Tommy Rogers’ first thoughts were about his job. “My big concern was the length of recovery,” said Rogers, a 47-year-old furnace tender at the Alcoa aluminum plant now known as Arconic. “I was thinking house payments and bills. I thought I was 

Retired Nurses Chooses Parkwest for Knee Replacement to help her ‘Get things done.’

Having worked as a licensed practical nurse in five states, Mary Stroud knows plenty about hospitals and surgeons. So when the time came for total knee replacement, she felt completely at ease choosing Parkwest Medical Center, a hospital where she’d worked for 12 years.      The orthopedic/neurosurgery unit at Parkwest is a leader in safe 

Home is Where the Heart is- Parkwest’s 400th TAVR

Gilbert is Parkwest’s 400th TAVR 

Remembering Hayden-Mother turns advocate after son’s suicide

Remembering Hayden-Mother turns advocate after son’s suicide 

Cardiac Rehab Gets Fitness Instructor Spinning Again

Michael Berry of Knoxville is living proof that you can be in great shape and still have heart disease. 

Pain Relief- Making a run for it

Once Marissa Carnes started running, she was hooked 

Parkwest’s First Baby of New Year

Parkwest’s First Baby of New Year is No. 8 for Scott County Family  

Cancer Survivor Has “a Lot of Living to Do”

Sara Forrester is faithful about getting yearly mammograms. At five feet tall, the sprightly grandmother takes care of her health by walking regularly, and says she usually hits 10,000 steps on her pedometer every day. “I always get a screening (mammogram) every year. I try to go during October, during breast cancer awareness month, because 

The Singing Ambassador- Peninsula puts autistic student on course

Peninsula student goes to Pellissippi State Community College.