We have an extensive follow-up program. We expect that you will return to see us for the rest of your life. Your follow-up program consists of appointments with the bariatrician, surgeon, dietitian, psychologists, physical therapists and our nurses. Your ultimate success depends upon your commitment to lifelong follow up.
Our follow-up visits are:
- After surgery in the hospital
- Two weeks after surgery in the bariatric clinic
- LapBand® patients will come in for their first LapBand® adjustment, four weeks after their two-week postoperative check-up with the surgeon
- Three months after surgery
- Six months after surgery
- Nine months after surgery
- One year after surgery
- 18 months after surgery
- Two years after surgery
- Yearly after the second anniversary of your surgery
- Follow-up visits consist of a detailed interview discussing your eating habits, texture and amount of foods, volume and consistency of foods and liquid intake. We also discuss nutrition in general, vitamins and supplements specific to your particular operation, exercise, emotional health, body image and changes, and check laboratory values at varying intervals, depending on your operation. Most follow-up visits are 30 to 45 minutes, depending on your stage and progress.
We are very serious about the importance of long-term follow-up and are dedicated to your lifelong health.
