Surgery Cancelled with Dr. Lipo for 3/22

4 star rating solely based on my consultation with the doctor Dr. Cesar Velilla, interaction with my surgery consultant Sasha Grajales and staff at Evolution MD. The practice is clean and the doctor and staff are professional.

I was called into the office, took a seat and waited for the doctor to arrive. Took approximately 15 minutes. He was very serious/professional but personable even cracked a smile at one point. I liked that he kept it 100%, didn’t sugar coat anything for me. Told me that due to my ribs being wide he can’t really do much in regards to making my waist smaller however he said by transferring fat to my hips it would give the illusion of a smaller waist. I also stressed my arms and he told me that he felt that lipo would improve them however there may be an irregularity to my left arm due to a previous surgery from a car accident. I’m willing trade my bat wings over some irregularity. He also said worst case, a mini arm lift would do but he feels we can get the results I want with lipo for the time being. I am scheduled for my pre op on 2/27.

So on Wednesday, I had my labs done. They drew some blood, did an EKG, asked me some questions about my health and family history and I received my pre and post operative instructions as well as the prescriptions that I need to fill. Results came in today (Friday, March 1st). Everything was fine except my bilirubin was high (1.94) so doctor asked me to get a liver ultrasound. I don’t think it’s anything serious... honestly, my first thought was if it could be related to my diet (I’ve been on Keto since October 2018) but then I remembered I did labs in December and my bilirubin levels were normal. Only other thing I’ve done different is that I started fasting in February. I average 16 hours a day but I’ve managed to go as long as 19 hours. I came across a forum of people who have had an increase in bilirubin and also fast so now I’m wondering if it’s correlated? Either way, I still need to get the liver ultrasound done; planning on handling that next week... Hoping for the best.