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This section of the Guide to Your Weight Loss Surgery explains clinic visits, blood tests, wound care, and other physical and emotional concerns in the weeks after surgery.

This document is part of the "Rehab and Beyond" manual. It covers outpatient rehabilitation and healthcare, the outpatient care team, choosing a primary care provider, preventive screenings and tests, prescription refills, and solving problems after discharge.

This handout for UW Medical Center liver transplant patients explains why follow-up care after having a transplant is vital to the long-term survival of the new organ. It includes symptoms and reasons to call members of the transplant team, and phone numbers to use.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their pacemaker generator changed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after having an ICD generator change at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after an atrial fibrillation ablation at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after having an atrial flutter ablation at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This 2-page handout provides information for people who had their pacemaker placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up visits.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their internal loop recorder (ILR) placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in the date and time of the follow-up visit.

This handout briefly explains care after radiation treatment. Space is provided for instructions to be written in by the provider, as well as contact names and phone numbers for Radiation Oncology staff.

This handout explains your follow-up care after a transcathter left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) procedure using a Watchman implant.

This handout is a chapter in the Lung Transplant Recipient Handbook. It explains follow-up care and clinic visits after having lung transplant surgery.

This handout provides a list carbohydrates, proteins, fats and "free" foods to be used when counting carbohydrates ("carbs"). A table gives the carbohydrate grams found in various "carb choices." This information is used most often by patients living with diabetes.

This handout explains how to read "Nutrition Facts" food labels and how people with diabetes can use that information to make healthy food choices.

This booklet provides forms for recording daily food and fluid intake for 7 days. Patients are instructed to record each entry as soon as possible after each meal or snack. Spaces are included for writing in the amount of food or fluid and how it was prepared.

This handout is for patients having chemotherapy or radiation therapy. It explains foodborne illness and why food safety is so important for people having cancer treatments. It includes important "steps to food safety" and gives specific guidelines for avoiding contamination at home and at the grocery store. Content of this handout is adapted from "Food Safety Guidelines" by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

This handout explains what foods and beverages can irritate the bladder. It also gives suggestions for replacing these with other foods.

This handout explains how to prepare for your foot and ankle surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA. It includes self-care after surgery and what to expect at your follow-up visits at the Sigvard T. Hansen Foot and Ankle Institute.

This handout gives step-by-step instructions for exercises that can help strengthen the muscles in the core of your foot. Exercises include Toe Yoga and Foot Doming, Single Leg Balance, Heel Raises, and Toe Walking. Photos of the exercises are shown.

This handout explains the special Visitors Policy at UW Medicine hospitals as of May 2020. This policy is put in place to protect patients, visitors, and staff during the COVID-19 outbreak. It includes requiring visitors to wear masks, and limiting the number of visitors each patient may have per day.

This Visitors Policy will help us keep our patients, visitors, and staff as safe as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Please talk with your nurse if you have any questions or concerns.

This handout is a parent's story about their preterm infant's time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University of Washington Medical Center. Please be aware that these alumni stories may bring up deep emotions for you as you read them. Remember that each baby is unique, and each story only reflects that one family’s journey.

This handout explains the most common flap donor sites that are used at University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) for reconstruction after surgical removal of skin, fat, muscle, or skeletal support.