Post-op Follow-up Timeline

Post-op Follow-up Timeline
Post-op Follow-up Timeline

Post-op Follow-up TimelineWeek 1: Follow-up with Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner for wound check

Month 1: Follow-up with Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner and Dietitian
Please bring your food diary to this appointment

Month 2: Meet with Exercise Trainer to set up exercise program

Month 3: Follow-up with Nurse Practitioner for Weight Loss Evaluation

Month 4: Follow-up with Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner and Dietitian
Please bring your food diary to this appointment

Month 5: Mind/Body Connection & How it Effects Post-Operative Success (Follow-up Class)

Month 6: Follow-up with Doctor/Labs (if needed)

Month 7: Follow-up with Dietitian and Metabolic Re-test with Exercise Trainer
Please bring your food diary to this appointment

Month 8: Healthy Choices for a Healthy Lifestyle (Follow-up Class)

Month 9: Follow-up with Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner and Dietitian
Please bring your food diary to this appointment

Month 10: Follow-up with Exercise Trainer to reassess fitness program

Month 11: Follow-up with the Dietitian to reassess your dietary regimen

Month 12: Follow-up with Doctor/Labs (if needed) and Exercise Trainer

Yearly: Follow-up with Provider/Labs (if needed)

*Please remember that the education fee you pay at the time of surgery covers visits with the dietitian and exercise trainers. You can utilize these services more often than the appointments listed on this follow-up timeline and beyond your first year of surgery as well.