YES! Your anatomy has changed; therefore your medical and nutritional needs have changed.

Long-term follow up with your bariatric team requires attention to several aspects of care.

• Make sure you are adjusting to your procedure.
• Assess your nutrition intake to safely maximize weight loss and prevent  weight gain.
• Discuss weight loss progress.
• Evaluate potential complications resulting from improper behavior or from surgical  complications.
• Monitor status of your comorbidities.
• Adjust medications, if needed.
• Check laboratory values.
• Answer any questions or concerns you may have.
• The follow-up visits may be with the surgeon, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, and the dietitian.
• It is important that you follow this long term care so that any problems or concerns that develop over time can be addressed by your team.
• The team is here to educate, guide, support, and motivate you continuously, so you can achieve a healthy weight after surgery.