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Your
First Visit To Dr. Beale's Office
On your first
visit to Dr. Beale's office, you will be greeted at the front
desk and given medical history, social history, and family history
forms to complete and a urine specimen cup. Then your height,
weight, and blood pressure will be measured by the medical assistant.
You will be placed in a comfortable examination room where you
will put on a warm cloth gown. The medical assistant will draw
your blood, take your body measurements and perform an electrocardiogram
(EKG).
Lisa Beale will discuss your weight loss goals and your current
eating and exercise habits. The medical doctor will come
into the room with a chaperone and discuss with you the forms
that you have filled out with special emphasis on any medical
problems that you may have and any medications that you may be
on. (Note that since all of the physicians at Dr. Beale's are licensed, experienced physicians,
we can help you lose weight no matter what other medical conditions
you may have or what medications that you are now on or may have
been on in the past.) The physician will perform a physical examination
which does not include a pelvic, rectal, or genital examination
since those areas are beyond the scope of a weight loss program.
After these tasks are finished, you will be given literature to
read before your next visit. On your first visit, you should be
prepared to be in the office for 60 - 90 minutes.
Fee: $220 (Cash and major
credit cards accepted)
Your Second Visit To Dr. Beale's Office
Your second visit to Dr.
Beale's office can be from one to seven days after your first
visit depending on your schedule. After your weight and blood
pressure have been taken, you will be placed in a consultation
room where the physician will discuss your physical examination
results, your laboratory results, your diet plan, your medication
plan, and your goals. All of your questions will be answered at
this time. You will be reminded that you are not expected to have
any side effects either from the medication, the diet, or the
injection. We will emphasize that you have the physician's cell
phone number to call later if you think of another question to
ask. You will receive your weight loss medications which may
include appetite suppressants (diet pills) and other oral
supplements as needed. You will then get a vitamin B12 / fat
burner injection and
that will end this office visit. The total time can be from 15
to 25 minutes depending on the complexity of your medical situation
and the number of questions you need answered.
Fee: $40
(Cash, checks and major credit cards accepted)
** All medications and B12 / fat burner injection included **
Subsequent
Weekly Weight Loss Office Visits
Each office
visit should be seven days after the preceding office visit. After
having your weight and blood pressure checked, you will be placed
in a consultation room where you will get a vitamin B12 / fat
burner injection. You will
then consult with either one of the physicians, Lisa Beale or
Ms. Leavy. When you are losing weight on time with no problems, then you
will continue the same program for the following week. However,
if there are concerns or problems, adjustments will be made in
the diet or medications or both so that you can continue to lose
weight on schedule. As you lose weight, especially if you have
over 40 pounds to lose, your body can get used to a diet and the
diet would have to be changed so that you can continue to lose
weight. The diet that gets rid of the first 20 pounds, may not
work for the second 20 pounds. Also your body can get used to
a certain diet pill and it would have to be increased in strength
in order to continue to work.
Fee: $40
(Cash, checks and major credit cards accepted)
** All medications and B12 / fat burner injection included, even if medication
changes are made **
Maintenance Visits
After you
have lost all of the weight that you wish, you will be placed
on a maintenance plan so that you will not regain any weight.
A person usually makes from six to eight maintenance visits per
year.
Fee: $55
(Cash, checks and major credit cards accepted)
** All medications and B12 / fat burner injection included **
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