What to Expect-After Weight Loss Surgery

It’s imperative that patients maintain a healthy lifestyle after undergoing weight loss surgery. Patients must adopt a sensible diet and exercise plan and meet with the doctor regularly after surgery in order to enjoy optimal weight loss results. The team at Bariatric Solutions has created a comprehensive handbook for weight loss surgery patients that includes a timetable for follow-up visits to help monitor their progress.

* Patient Handbook
* Follow-Up Visits: A Lifetime Commitment

Patient Handbook

The Bariatric Solutions handbook is a comprehensive guide for patients to consult both before and after their weight loss surgery. The handbook includes information on the following topics:

* Preparing for your surgery
* Your surgery day
* What to expect after surgery
* Dietary guidelines
* Exercise guidelines
* Long-term follow-up
* Support groups

Follow-Up Visits: A Lifetime Commitment

When you commit to weight loss surgery at Bariatric Solutions, serving the Dallas/ Ft. Worth Metroplex, you are also committing to follow-up care. Our team wants to work closely with you as you strive to reach and maintain your health goals. It is very important to attend your scheduled follow-up visits; this is crucial to the evaluation of your health and necessary to achieving your weight loss goals.


The required follow-up visit pattern after weight loss surgery is as follows:

* Five to seven days: initial post-operative evaluation
* One month: physician evaluation; psychological and nutritional follow up as needed
* Three months: diet assessment, assessment of compliance with vitamins and exercise; psychological follow-up visits as needed
* Six months: physician evaluation and blood work
* Nine months: assessment of diet, compliance with vitamins and exercise
* Twelve months: physician evaluation and yearly blood work
* Yearly for life: physician evaluation and blood work

Missing office visits could compromise the outcome of your weight loss surgery.  Long-term follow-up care is mandatory for success.


Contact Bariatric Solutions for more information on Weight Loss Surgery

Dr. Stowers and the team at Bariatric Solutions would be pleased to answer your specific questions about the diet, exercise, and follow-up care associated with bariatric surgery; contact Bariatric Solutions for more information.

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