Follow up consults should be scheduled 4-6 weeks after the new patient case review consult and thereafter may vary from once a month to once every 6 months.
Most course corrections and patient issues happen in the first few months where we can adjust and ensure the diet is being followed, supplements are being calibrated and dosed correctly, lab instructions are followed and to ensure all other clinical questions or patient issues are addressed. If this consult is missed, we find patients need additional time to address these issues at the monthly follow up consult. The longer a patient is off course, there is a loss of momentum with the patients healing.
Typically 4-6 weeks after the new patient Case Review, the labs will be reviewed and a supplement program created. Monthly follow ups consults afterwards will allow for adjustments to be made and the graduation to new phases within the functional medicine program.