The Plus Side Blog Entry February 2021

Blog Entry February 2021

Hello everyone. Below are this month’s meeting times & dates. February is American Heart Awareness Month. See the link & handouts below for some great ideas & steps to keep your ticker ticking!

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-month

Surgical Group Nutrition Times:

*We will be conducting some video visits while social distancing orders are in place, but we are also happy to say we are seeing patients in office again. Our office will call to confirm your appointments. Please make every effort to keep these appointment times so that we can document these visits & try to keep you each moving along in your program visits.

Surgical Support Group Times:

*Until we are permitted to meet in person again, we are offering virtual support groups via Zoom. These will be held on the 2^nd Wednesday at 5:30 pm & on the 4^th Wednesday at 7:00 pm. NOTE: Patients in our Surgical program can also opt to participate in the Non-surgical Zoom support groups on the 1^st & 3^rd Wednesdays at noon. 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.

Non-Surgical Support Group Times:

*While social distancing is still being encouraged, we are offering virtual support groups via Zoom. These will be held every 1^st & 3^rd Wednesday from 12:00-12:30. Patients in our Non-surgical program can also opt to participate in the Surgical Zoom support groups on the 2nd Wednesday at 5:30 pm & the 4th Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Please check your e-mail or view our FB page for the invite link in order to participate in these. Call the office if you have any concerns or questions about this.

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