The Plus Side Blog Entry September 2, 2021

Hello everyone. Below are this month’s meeting times & dates & interesting topics for September:

https://healthyaging.net/healthy-aging-month/10-tips-for-september-is-healthy-aging-month-2021/

https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/education-month.html

Surgical Nutrition Times:

*Please make every effort to keep your assigned dietitian appointment times so that we can document these visits & try to keep you each moving along in your program visits.

We will be resuming group nutrition visits. These are designed to give high quality nutrition education while accommodating many patients at once, due to the high volume of patients we have. Here is the schedule for the rest of the 2021 Calendar year:

October- 10/5 & 10/19

November- 11/2 & 11/16

December- 12/7 & 12/21

*Our front office staff may assign you to a group nutrition visit at their discretion, if you are in need of an appointment & other visit options are limited. Otherwise, please keep your individually scheduled dietitian visits.

Surgical & Non-Surgical Support Group Times:

*We are able to offer limited in-person support groups again! The schedule for all support groups is as follows:

1^st Wednesday in office from 12:00-12:30

2^nd Wednesday via Zoom from 5:30-6:00 pm

3^rd Wednesday via Zoom from 12:00- 12:30

4^th Wednesday via Zoom from 7:00-7:30 pm

There will not be a meeting if there is a 5^th Wednesday in the month.

Patients in both our Surgical & Non-Surgical programs can participate in these meetings. No one will be penalized in any way for not participating in these.

Please check your e-mail weekly, or view our FB page for the invite information in order to participate in these. Call the office if you have any concerns or questions about this.

Free Surgical Information Seminar Times:

We now offer the surgical seminar on-line as an alternative for those of you with busy schedules & transportation challenges. Go to: https://www.atlanticgeneral.org/Our-Services/Bariatric-Weight-Loss-Services/Attend-a-Webinar.aspx to view this. You will need to take the quiz at the end & pass with an 80% or better in order to make an appointment for a consultation with one of the surgeons. Once you have completed the quiz you can call to make an appointment. Please view the recorded session on-line. If unable to view the seminar on-line, we can schedule you for an in-person seminar information session if you prefer. If you opt for the in-person session, it will be scheduled as a billable visit.

Free Non-Surgical Information Seminar Times:

We offer our non-surgical seminar on-line as well as the surgical one. You may view the seminar on-line if you wish to or attend the in-person seminar at the beginning of the month. Go to: https://www.atlanticgeneral.org/Our-Services/Bariatric-Weight-Loss-Services/New-Direction-Medical-Weight-Loss-Program/New-Direction-Webinar.aspx to view the non-surgical seminar on-line. Please view the recorded session on-line. If unable to view the seminar on-line, we can schedule you for an in-person seminar information session if you prefer. If you opt for an in-person session, it will be scheduled as a billable visit.

For questions, please contact our office @ 410-641-9568