ROME, GA., Feb. 6, 2026 – Having a place to receive care for his congestive heart failure (CHF) has given Tywone Glover a new life.
Tywone leads a busy life. As an advocate for children in need, his job can take him anywhere in the state at any time. When he was referred to the CHF Clinic to help him control the fluid that often accumulates in his body, Glover went as often as he could but making it to his appointments was difficult.
His job is based in Carrollton, Ga., about 50 miles from Rome, and he lives in Cedartown, Ga., about 30 minutes away.
“I couldn’t really make it to Rome the way I should have,” he said.
But everything changed when Atrium Health Floyd established a CHF Clinic at Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center, less than 15 minutes from his home.
“When I first went there, I was kind of nervous. But I met Lacey [Hobbs]; she reassured me,” Glover said. “She said, ‘We’ve got you.’ From that day on, it has been a game changer. When I started seeing results, it was a big deal.”
“I still talk to the staff at the one in Rome, but the one in Cedartown, I just cling to them,” he said.
Glover had had CHF for about five years. He has lost 145 pounds. Gone are the days when he would have to rest every few steps. He’s also sleeping much better and no longer takes a prescription for high blood pressure. His improved health has also moved him from being at risk for developing diabetes.
“I was a borderline diabetic. I was on so many borderlines. I was in real bad shape. My heart was racing so much they thought I might have to have a pacemaker,” he said. Now, Glover is feeling better than he has in a very long time. “There are no more excuses. I had to get control of my life.”
Glover said he’s stopped drinking as many sugary drinks and is avoiding the sugary snacks he’d often pick up at convenience stores, although he admits to an affinity for doughnuts.
"Doughnuts, I still love them, I ain’t gonna lie,” he chuckled, “but I try to stay away from them. I used to eat them every day, now, it’s only once or twice a week. I don’t want to be a diabetic. I’m trying to get back in those twos.”
“Those twos” is a reference to his goal to weigh less than 300 pounds. He has less than 50 pounds to go to reach his goal.
None of this would be possible, he said, without a CHF Clinic that is close to home.
“It is tremendous,” he said. “I didn’t know where I was going to go, and I thought, ‘how am I going to work?’ They let me pick out what time I could come in every day. I chose early in the morning so I could do my job.”
The staff, he said, helps him to feel comfortable and are a ready resource.
“When you are overweight, you are embarrassed,” Glover said. “But they didn’t judge me. They acted like I was just a regular human being. Lacey, she figures out what you don’t like and what you like doing. We started having conversations. They kind of cater to you.
“It got to the point that I was looking forward to getting weighed in,” he laughed.
Because of his success, Glover now only returns to the CHF clinic every three months or so, “to make sure I’m on track, if I need any meds. They really are just checking to see how I’m progressing.”
His journey toward regaining his health included an unexpected stop. He recently completed treatment for prostate cancer, but even that hurdle came with a silver lining, he said. Through Cancer Navigators, Glover is now in a program at the Rome-Floyd County YMCA that will help him continue to progress.
Both the staff at the CHF clinic and his cancer physicians reminded him of an important incentive for taking control of his health. And that, he said, is another reason he is grateful for the Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center CHF Clinic.
“One of the first things they told me is, ‘You have grandkids. You want to see them in sports, in high school and at graduation. You want to be Paw-Paw.’”