1 day left (for DR)✈️

Hi babes and dolls! I've doing research and prepping my self for the moment of truth since March. I barely remember how I ended up on relf self but I can say is it must've been GOD (yeah, I said it. My A1 since day1 lol). Any how we all know how addicting this site can be, especially when we come upon something that we've contemplated or wondered about for such a long time. Never in my life did I think or know that there was sooooo many women out there tryna make their booty dreams come true!

I am glad to start this journey with the knowlege and advice from vets and newbies alike, that I need to make it come to fruition. [RS bleep] I damn sure wouldn't have wanted to be first lol! Anyhow, I can't wait to see what its gonna be like to FINALLY "look back at it" without breaking my neck. Hahaha. I'm down for anything that doesn't involve (butt) implants or ass shots. This is truly a one of a kind experience--A BBL sisterhood. Hell, somebody need to call Mona Scott and ask her where is our reality show?!?!

Well that it for now, I need to hit the sack. I'll be updating this blog regularly...so stay tuned! :]

After months of research....I have finally narrowed it down to 2 doctors. I really don't know how you girls do it because that ish was hard, and a whole blog within itself. I'm talking from Columbian Doctors, DR Doctors, etc. After all I didn't wanna choose the wrong doctor or have to do a round 2, which seems so damn common these days. Any how, I've narrowed it down to Dr. Baez and Dr. Goico.

I've had great correspondences with both doctors. Through the consultations and email, I was able to get a feel for each doctors. I could tell that they both cared about their patients. Both answered all of my questions, and believe me I had quite a few lol I basically like to send a letter to any surgeon I ask a quote from. For me this is a way for me to get most, if not all, of my questions answered in one email.

I'm sure some of you have experience doctors sending you the wrong quote, or including something in the quote that you never asked for. Then you have those docs that will answers some of your questions and not others, or don't even bother respond with full sentences for the most part, OR WORST of all the quote be have all kinds of errors throughout that ish. LIKE WTF!!!! Regardless if there may be language barrier, it still need to be accurate and professional. lol Thank god Dr. Baez and Goico wasn't like this which is why they are my top 2!

Trust and believe I learned my lesson the first time around asking for quotes back in March, where I would ask for a quote with a description of what I wanted done & pics. Then, would wait about 1-3 days for a answer only to have more question arised that culd have been answered to the first time around. I became to anxious so I decided to be more organized with my questions and considerate of the surgeons time spent give the consultations.

Anyhow, I was trying t o get a better of their backgrounds. Baez's background and work wasn't had to find because she is really popular and has good results/review for the most part, which speak for itself. On the other hand I came across Dr. Fernandez Goico aka Dr. FG aka Dr. Goico, when I was browsing real self. He's not as popular as Baez on realself in terms of his work. I seen some of his bbl results which were very limited, so I decided to check out his website (by the way if your looking for his bio/experience leave the page view as espanol and just have the page URL translated by google translate. If you decide to view the page in english, then the page won't properly acess some pics and his bio/experience.)

Other then that, his work was good . NOTE: when I was searching for a surgeon I was looking at how well that did BOTH boobs and bbl because that's what I am interested. Can't have crooked nips. I also wanted a nice shape that looked natural and proportioned. I wanted a bubble that was a nice size but nt too big. Nah'mean? lol

After viewing the credentials, I still couldn't decide because that were both compatible and could handle the job. I also believe that they would give me the care and treatment that I need based on how patients they took and which showed how attentive they were. So the next the deciding factor was Moolah!

Dr. Goico was a little more affordable than Dr. Baez. So I made my mind up to go with him and set a date. Here's where I get frustrated about 2 weeks before this, I sent his assistant Karel an email asking questions on something I was unsure about. As mentioned bove, previous correspondence was prompt (outside of waiting for consultation) within 1 day I would receive an email most times. However, this time I waited 3 days for a response, but didn't receive one. So I sent a follow-up email just in case she didn't receive it. About a day later I received a email from her saying that she received it but forgot to respond. This was the first time that happend so I let it go, although she still forgot to answer some of my questions. In my mind's eye, she was still very prompt and professional with other emails, so it was okay this time.

Any how, after that email, I gave it a few days to think things over bfore I made the final decision on surgeon. When I did contact her again, I was ready to set a date and start making arrangements. For most surgeons/surgeon's assistants I would think that this is the answer they are waiting for and want to book you asap lol. Now before I continue, I want to state that I do understand how busy these surgeons get when i comes to giving quoutes and ealing with patients, etc. But to avoid a waiting game or uncertainty, some surgeons have emails/ notes that state it may take 24hr-72hrs for someone to respond to you (I believe Dr. Robles does this). I find this convenient and I've have multiple experience with other DR doctors.

Unfortunately, Dr. Goico's assistant hasn't responded back to me yet (I sent Karel the email on Oct. 7th and then DR. FG a follow-up email on Oct.10th). So confused because our correspondence in the beginning was more prompt. There better be a power outage happening in DR right now, hahaha. I could be wrong, but I thought maybe he wasn't as busy as Baez, and even he was, why is Baez still able to make reasonably prompt emails? Maybe he doesn't have as much help with quote/emails as Baez. I don't know. This worries me because I don't want this to happen when sx nears or if I have a really important questions. Not to mention they gave me a 30 day expiration date on the quote, so I need to know asap.

I've decided to give it until wednesday to wait for a response regarding a sx date (because of the long weekend/columbus day- don't know if they celebrating in DR. LMAO) . If not Dr. Baez her I come. She's been consistent thus far. I am willing to shell out a few extra hundred. I just want steady communication,if I have any concerns and a good surgeon.


Am I overreacting? Feedback please. In the mean time.... I've posted some wish pics above. Enjoy! :]

So Karel, Dr. FG's assistant, contacted me on monday and finally I could breathe. She appologized for the delay and explained that she was out with a severe cold, and that her replacement was not used to how to manage international patients. Hence, the goddamn delay.

Anywho, I she also replied in the same email with some research of her own on the recovery houses I asked about (I was interested to know if she would reccommend othe RH that I found outside of the ones that she had already given). I was pleased that she was going above and beyond to ensure that my recovery outside of the clinic would be optimal and comfortable.

Shortly after I sent an email asking for deposit instructions and she sent them to me. So I was able to do an online transfer via western union that way I could keep track of receipt, if it was received, etc. Later that day I sent her the transfer # and the date that I wanted to lock in. However, because I planned to arrive on may 22 I wasnt sure if I should book the sx date for may 23rd. Based on several reviews, docs usually do the consultation the first day and the sx the next day. But, I also didnt know if they would be doing the pre-op testings the same day that I flew in because I planned on booking an afternoon flight arrival time. So I needed her advice.

I was expecting a confirmation the next day concerning deposit and the sx date. I kept checking western union to see if the money was picked up by the receiver but NADA! So once again ladies my mind begans to go into overdrive about the communication thing and scams.
***SIDE NOTE: BTW, after I made the money transfer, a western union rep called me 1 minute later and asked me if I had recently made a transfer, and asked me a bunch of quetion about who I am sending the money to, he asked what is my relation to the person, and do I feel comfortable sending the money. He said he was asking because some people get scammed by DR scammers asking ppl to send them money and pretending to be someone and blah blah blah. So basically good ol' western union was trynna be cautious and informative (following protocol) about past things that have happened. Anyway, I assured him that it was my doc and that I wanted to go thru with it. So the transfer was completed. But I till had what he said in the back of my mind.*******

back the story......so the email never came the next day and I started thinking I can't do this ish. What if I am being scammed? If this is really Dr. FG and his assistant is this how communication is done? The I started to google his name and see if any stories related to "scam" or "corrupt" popped up. Luckily they didn't LOL. But that didnt satisfy me, because I need to know if my money was on the line and if I needed to cancel that western union transfer. Thus, I went back to my resources and his professional connections to prove that it was really him and things matched up. I checked links to RHs and Plastimedic (where he works), because I dont believe an RH is going to put a doctors name and cosign him on their webpage if he is not really a doctor. Then, I had to realized that my research weeks earier showed that he was Dominican board certified and liscensed to perform plastic surgery, so he was the REAL DEAL! Finally I could relax a little bit.

However, with this being my first rodeo with international sx process I didnt understand when the money would be picked up or why it was still there. **No matter how many reviews you read ladies you will never truly be prepared on how to deal with the process. So although you're feeling excited to get things going and also feeling anxious about the unknown or what to expect.**

So the following day I sent her an email basically telling her about my worries and concern with communication. I told I asked her if she could address how long it may take her to respond to emails, just as a courtesy. That way I would have to send her follow-up emails. I told her how I felt our communication had been inconsistent ranging from a few hours to past a week. This being my concern for if I have important questions or as surgery nears. But, I affirmed that I appreciated her fast replys, hard work and that her emails was always personal and professional :]! I ended it by asking if improving communication would be possible going forward

She responded the same day saying: "I normally reply within hours (MY NOTE:VERY TRUE), but when something asked needs the doctor's attention, it may take a while longer...... If we've taken a week to answer it was because some of that answering depended on Dr. FG and he was on an international mission with Operation Smile." I appreciated her honesty here but I was a bit confused because the week-long email delay was because she said she was out sick, which wasn't necesarily Dr. FG related, or maybe it was to an extint, IF he need to give her an update deposit instuctions, etc, but other than that he answers medically-/surgery-related questions. IDK. Nevertheless......

Her statement continued:
"Regarding your deposit, your date and quote have been saved. I haven't sent you the receipt because I send a scaned receipt with Dr. FG stamp and signature and he's operating at another hospital today. You will receive it by tomorrow. Anything else, I'm here."

She concluded with a have a nice afternoon, so I waited for the moment of truth.....the next day, sure enough, true to her word, I DID receive both my receipt from Dr. FG w/ his stamp and the western union transaction receipt that she received. *I also received an email alert from western union confirming the the money was picked up* HALLELU!!! Now I'm dancing with joy. :D

I'll continue this story in another review. This is runnning lonnnnngggggggg lol