Follow Up Care & Dietary Support
Our exceptional team is dedicated to supporting your recovery and healing journey. We’ve carefully designed your post-operative care and follow-up schedule to ensure you return to your daily activities safely and effectively.
Your Care After Surgery
What to expect in your first days of recovery:
Upon your discharge from hospital a responsible adult must be able to pick you up and accompany you home. We strongly suggest that someone is to remain with you for the first 24 hours at home. You will be provided with pain medication to help you settle and recover.
You will have waterproof dressing’s covering your incision sites, for up to 7 days. During this time you are able to shower daily with the dressings. If the dressing has started to peel within the 7 day period, remove the dressing completely and allow the area to completely dry. Once dried, replace with a new sterile dressing. After 7 days remove your dressings and leave the skin tape in place over your incision. You will also have glue residue around the area, this will fall off naturally over the following weeks. Avoid soaping the area until the glue has fallen off and pat gently to dry.
A follow-up appointment will be scheduled 2 weeks after your surgery with Dr Puhalla to ensure you are recovering well. If you have concerns or questions while recovering at home, please reach out via phone or email.
For patients who undergo a bariatric procedure the importance of your 3 monthly follow up’s are essential to helping you in your journey. For the first year you will have scheduled appointments with Dr Puhalla to ensure you are on track to achieving your goals.
Dietician Services
Engaging with a dietician in your weight loss journey is important to ensure that you are provided with the nutritional knowledge to help you make healthier choices towards achieving your weight loss goals.
Julie Albrecht is our inhouse dietitian providing her services to help support your journey. Julie plays an integral part in your health and weight loss journey.
Nutrition Guidance
Your nutrition is key to ensure your weight loss journey is a success. A dietitian will provide you with nutrition information to guide your food choices.
Vitamin Regime
Multivitamins are important to help support the absorption of vitamins that you may not get enough of through your diet.
Dietary Upgrades
After undergoing a procedure, it is important to slowly upgrade your diet to help support tolerance of volume of food and the changes happening to your diet. The 4 stages include, liquid, puree, soft and regular. Regular follow ups with the dietician will help support you through this stage in your journey.
Eating Practices
Mindful eating is something that plays a major part in supporting healthier eating habits. Listening to your body cues, chewing slowly and in small bites can make the world of difference.
