Your Second Visit

The major difference in our program and others is Dr. Paul Thaxton. With more than 30 years experience in the Augusta area, Dr. Thaxton is caring, compassionate and understanding. When you sign up for one of our programs, you will get more than just a medically-supervised program, you will meet one-on-one with Dr. Thaxton throughout the process.

Your first visit with Dr. Thaxton is very imporant. Please plan to be at our office for about two hours. Dr. Thaxton will review your personal health, family health, and dietary histories and perform your medical exam. He will explain the results of your health and diet histories, your physical exam, your lab tests and other exams which may have been performed. Based on his conversation with you, the test data and other medical information, he will recommend your weight management treatment options.

In addition, you will attend a presentation where you will learn about the weight loss, transition and maintenance phases of our program, as well as other interesting information. We will also provide you with a booklet written by Dr. Thaxton that contains a summary of the information presented and detaile information about your weight loss plan.

Your first visit with Dr. Thaxton:

• He will review your personal health, family health, and diet histories
• He will perform a medical examination
• The two of you will discuss the results of your health and diet histories, your physical exam and your lab tests
• He will recommend a weight management plan and develop a diet and activity schedule
• You will attend a presentation where you will learn about the weight loss, transition and maintenance phases of our program. We will also review the common treatments we use.
• We will schedule your first follow up appointment