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After Surgery Support & Care

We are dedicated to providing you with the long-term post-operative care and support (including dietary, behavior modification and counseling) necessary to help you incorporate and maintain the significant lifestyle changes that will enable you to achieve the best weight loss results.

  1. Scheduled Follow-up Visits with our surgeon and/or dietician; and the
  2. Post-Operative Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Support Program

The Lap-Band is only a weight loss tool. Its long-term effectiveness largely depends on your ability to change your diet, eating and exercise habits. DayOne’s comprehensive program will empower you with the knowledge of healthy eating and exercise habits that will maximize and maintain your weight loss. These requirements are designed to help you lose weight and stay focused and healthy throughout your post-surgery weight loss journey.

After surgery, therefore, we require that our Lap-Band patients strictly adhere to scheduled follow-up visits with our surgeon and/or dietician and the Post-Operative Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Support Program.

Follow-up Visits
During the first year after surgery, DayOne requires that you have at least four follow-up appointments with our surgeon. These visits are designed to:
  • Monitor your recovery following surgery,
  • Track your weight loss progress,
  • Assess the need for a band adjustment; and
  • Provide a one-on-one opportunity to discuss your concerns or post-operative problems


Post-Operative Diet, Nutrition, Exercise & Support

Diet & Nutrition Education

We aim to provide you with the knowledge that will make your weight loss healthy and permanent. Our Dietician will meet with you before and after the surgery to discuss the specific post-operative dietary restrictions and recommendations including successful eating habits, foods to avoid, fluid requirements, vitamin replacements and more.

During these counseling sessions, you will be encouraged to follow a balanced nutritional program. It is important that our patients review and follow the post-operative dietary guidelines very carefully as they are critical to recovery and successful weight loss.

Importance of Exercise

Exercise is key to achieving health, vitality and faster weight loss.  After your initial recovery period, we encourage you to add moderate exercise into your daily routine.

While walking is the recommended exercise immediately following surgery, four to six weeks after your surgery, you may do any exercise you would like — aerobics, bicycling, swimming, running, strength conditioning, etc. The more exercise you incorporate into your life, the better you will feel.

Support Groups
We encourage all of our patients to participate in a support group following surgery. The purpose of attending a Lap-Band support group is to provide patients with a forum in which to:

  • Propagate information about the Lap-Band surgery.
  • Share experiences and answer each others questions.
  • Provide a safe, non-judgmental and comfortable environment in which to share concerns or problems.

The support group meets on the third Tuesday of the month in the DayOne Health lobby located at 60 East Delaware Place, 15th Floor in Chicago, IL 60611.  It runs from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.  If you are interested in participating in a support group, please contact our Program Dietician, Kim Mahoney at 312-255-1900 or via email at

Lap-Band Adjustments
One of the unique and important advantages of the Lap-Band system is that the band itself can be adjusted after your surgery with a simple injection. The adjustment is a non-surgical procedure that is performed on an outpatient basis with minimal discomfort or inconvenience.

Made in consultation with our surgeon, adjustments can be made at any time six weeks after your surgery date.

Watch an animation of the Lap-Band Adjustment.