My partial Review - Dominican Republic, DO

It's been six weeks, swelling/liquid is gone...for the most part. I am still not satisfied with my results :( I still can not get over the fact that I went through all this with little to NOTHING to show for it....MY hips have already lost volume, and there is unevenness...I swear he injected fat on the back top of my hips/butt, where the back and butt meet, I have a noticeable unevenness. Anyways with that being said I go through days that I think I look good, and then I have days that I hate my body. I just WISH I would have waited, I WISH I would have gained more weight and I WISH I would have went with my HEART! Hubby seems to like the un-even hump lol!

So I am a few days shy of 3 weeks. Most of the swelling from what I can see is gone, bruises have disappeared. I still have some fluid collection on one side but it is definitely not as much as before. I still have not had any massages due to the fluid and I hope to star soon as I have some areas that are hard...I hope like hell the hardness and the appearance goes away...overall my health is good as fir my results ......I am f*ing disappointed and regret getting this sx...not the sx it self...I wish that I would have went with a dr that was more skilled in bbl.

Here is a partial review of my SX, I will not give a complete review until I am further out post –op. I had fat grafting to the hips as well as a vagioplasty (by Dr. Bacha, which I will give a separate review on that page).
Ok so if you have read my blog, I had a consultation with both Dr. Yily and Dr. Abreu… both had similar opinions, little fat, concentrate on hips, any fat left over will go to butt. The only difference between the 2 was Yily said gain 10lbs, Dr. A said not too ( due to I will gain all over and when I go to lose the weight I will lose it all over). For the reasons stated in my blog I went with DR. A. My SX was MAY14th 2013
NIGHT BEFORE SX: Dr. A’s office calls my husband and ask him to bring me to the clinic that night, because he wants to start on time in the morning (I live 1 ½ hrs. from the clinic, then traffic in the morning is Crazy) so we eat, take shower and drive to the clinic, we arrive there like 10pm. I fill out all my release /medical forms get my room and settle in….The rooms are really nice with 2 beds, a TV, refrigerator and …they even had menus for place that deliver food. We finally go to sleep
DAY OF SX: I am woken up @ 6AM, because I had told the nurse I want to take a shower before SX, so I wake up take my shower, 20 mins later I am taken down to get my EKG (Hubby and I were trying to contain our laughter because the machine was SO OLD looking, like it had these suction cup things with a small ball at the end that you squeeze it to stick it to the skin.
Hubby even asked the man “Is this the first EKG machine ever mad”?
The man said “no, I have different types of attachments”)
So EKG was good, I went back upstairs was told to change into hospital gown and then given my “blue pill” I remember the nurse holding my hand and walking me out of the room to the double doors….after that everything is a blur (however I know other things happened before the SX because they took a b4 pic and obviously ran the IV and epidural) I did no wake up until after the SX was just done(3hrs) When I woke up I was HYSTERICAL, I was CRYING and asking for my husband in Spanish. Finally the put I in my room and I see him and I am crying and crying and just inconsolable. Finally after the anesthetics wear of I am back to myself. The nurse comes in to check on me…..These NURSES are the BEST, I mean seriously they are so kind, there was one a young one PENA is her name very pretty and she was the SWEETEST, she spoke perfect English .The Dr’s assistant comes to check on me and my mouth drops to the ground….OMG, he was beautiful (nice Carmel skin with green eyes, and he speaks perfect English too). I am laying on my back and worried because I don’t want to kill my fat cells, the I notice my butt does not even feel swollen or anything, but my hips do a little.
I ask the Dr if fat was put in my butt,
He said, “ Yes, we do not put the fat directly in your hips, it’s put into the side of your butt into /under the muscle and that its ok to lay on it etc.”….
I was like, “ok, but did you put any in my ass, for projection”?
Apparently not!
The first day was not bad, except I had a catheter in me and I HATE THOSE THINGS. Oh and the garment they have me in is literally tight on my vajayjay, not good giving I just had SX there too. That evening Dr. A comes and does his rounds, checks up on me…everything is good. (I forgot to mention they wanted me to eat soup, but I could not)
DAY 1 po-op: So it’s day 1, they bring me breakfast I eat like 3 bites and I just did not feel up to eating, I am not sore just aggravated with the catheter. After breakfast
The nurse asked “if I would like to get up and walk”
….YES!!! I do, omg I feel so stiff…. So I get up and at first I feel great, but then I have this headache and neck stiffness from HELL. I immediately get back in the bed, and that seemed to help. As I am waiting for the Dr’s to come do their rounds so I can go home I try to sit up in bed…..again that headache and stiffness, I soon realize that it’s only alleviated when I am lying down. Finally Dr. Bacha (vaginoplasty) comes and checks in on me, I am happy to see him, because I want that damn catheter out. He checks me over tells me n (well my hubby, as he does not speak English) that I have to keep the catheter in for a few days, to make sure everything is working properly (I am not happy, but I got to do what I got to do)
He asks” if I feel ok”
I tell him” everything is good except the headaches and stiffness”
He tells the nurse to check and see if I need a “blood patch” (I did not know that he mentioned that at the time), However that would have to be okayed with DR. A. His assistant come in check me over, draw blood everything looks good and I am able to go home. Oh and I have No drains & 4 stiches. Told me not to lie in bed all the time, get up move around.
Day 2 PO: Just a lot of resting/sleeping. No pain, just stiffness and uncomfortable due to the damn catheter. I still had SEVERE headaches and neck stiffness anytime I sat or stood up…The headache is so bad that I can’t even eat without feeling like will vomit. Did research and found out the Epidural can cause this. Day 3 no eating
Day 3 PO: Headed to my check-up for my Vaginoplast, can’t sit….the car ride was HORRIABLE! By the time I get there I am shaking because of the pain, I had to lie down in the waiting room, which was embarrassing.
The Dr looks at me and tells Hubby, “take her back to Dr. A’s clinic; she is in too much pain”.
So we go back to the clinic , the take me to a room get me changes and come to start an IV, but are having trouble (which I Normally have good veins) I am very dehydrated . They finally get the IV started a DR. A comes in and ask what’s going on,
I tell him and he says to the nurse “give her a blood patch” So I get the blood patch and the admit me for the night to keep an eye on me. It took a few hours for the patch to work, but the next day I was headache free and I Finally ate!!! I went home and rested.
Day 7: I get my first bath at the clinic spa, I was so excited because I felt so nasty….The girls at the spa are so sweet and the shower felt nice, except that day they were having trouble with the water so needless to say it was a cold shower BUT I did not care at this point. Dr.A’s assistant checked on me and then I went home….
Present:
DAY 14 5/27 Ok so Hubby told me that Dr.A said that I needed to move around, and after the headaches were gone I felt GREAT, However I did not know “move around “ meant little walks etc….because I took it as do my regular thing( take care of kids, cook, run errands)….BIG MISTAKE! Now I have been having to go get drained because I have fluid buildup. Geeze!
Had my stiches taken out! but was told I still cannot have regular showers yet, until the fluid is gone! I hate these “wash up’s”…..Last night, I hit my lowest…! I have noticed that not only did I not get what I wanted, no fat in my booty and my hips are shrinking fast, I have fluid filled lumpy pockets, NOW I have found that I have unevenness, on the top side of my right butt check its really high and kind of round and hard, whereas my left is normal…..nothing! I don’t know if it is swelling or what. I cried a lot last night, and I just kept thinking “why did I do this”…. I woke up this morning and I told hubby I regret this SX and now I might have F-ed my body up forever…..He was sweet and hugged me and told me to give it time, if it’s not swelling then we will fix it!!!................I LOVE HIM!
I am just upset that I did not go with my instincts, like I have said before….I do think that Dr.A is a good Dr, I am just not sure if “BBL’s “ are his thing……and I expressed this concern beforehand …. And now I have nothing to show for it! I get mad and want to go off, but I am trying to be logical, because this could have happened no matter what. I don’t know what to think anymore, all I know is this is a roller-coaster of emotions! And the dents are coming back!