Lifelong follow‑up is essential. Regular reviews protect nutritional health, maintain weight loss and detect complications early.
Follow‑Up Post Bariatric Surgery or During Pharmacotherapy
Why Follow-Up Matters
Regular follow-up is one of the most important parts of your weight-loss journey. Whether you have had bariatric surgery or are using weight-loss medication, ongoing monitoring helps us ensure that you remain healthy, achieve the best possible results, and identify any problems early.
Weight management is a lifelong process, and we are here to support you every step of the way.
Follow-Up After Bariatric Surgery
After your operation, we will arrange regular appointments to monitor your recovery, nutritional health, and weight-loss progress.
Your routine follow-up appointments are usually scheduled at:
* 1 month after surgery
* 3 months after surgery
* 6 months after surgery
* 12 months after surgery
* Annually thereafter for life
These visits allow us to assess your progress, review blood tests, adjust supplements if needed, and provide ongoing support.
Follow-Up During Weight-Loss Medication Treatment
If you are taking weight-loss medication, regular reviews are equally important, especially while your dose is being adjusted.
Appointments are typically scheduled at:
* 4 weeks
* 8 weeks
* 12 weeks
* 16 weeks
Additional reviews may be arranged if you require closer monitoring, experience side effects, or need extra support to achieve your goals.
What We Monitor
- Weight trajectory and body composition
- Micronutrients (B12, folate, ferritin/iron, vitamin D, calcium, zinc, selenium, copper; thiamine if risk)
- Glycaemic control, lipids, blood pressure
- Supplement adherence and medication adjustments
- Diet quality, activity, sleep and psychological wellbeing
Lifelong Supplements (procedure-dependent)
- Daily multivitamin‑mineral; B12 (oral or injections), iron and vitamin D/calcium as indicated
- Additional trace elements after bypass/duodenal switch variants (zinc, copper, selenium, vitamin A)
Why Mr. Spyros Panagiotopoulos?
Mr. Panagiotopoulos embeds robust follow‑up into every care pathway, coordinating input from dietetics, psychology and primary care to sustain results safely over the long term.
