May 2016 Mommy Makeover in Cali, Colombia

So my hemoglobin was 11.8 and not 12 :-( I was so upset. I called Paola to see if I would have to cancel my trip but she said no (yay!!!). She advised me to continue to take 300mg of iron daily. Hopefully by Monday my numbers will be over 12. The higher the number the better.

So right now I'm sitting in the doctors office Anixiously waiting. My last visit my heme was a 10 and I can't have surgery unless I'm a 12. Today my doctor was able to do the blood test with immediate results :-| I've been working very hard trying to get these numbers high. I've been taking Iron, Hemaplex, no caffeine and a high iron intake. Hopefully all this worked.

Let the stress begin! So I'm less than a month pre-op. I scheduled my physical and routine gyno visit, to make sure I'm in best health. I was having heavy menstrual cycles while being on Paraguard (IUD) so I switched to Mirena. According to Paola this is an acceptable form and my IUD doesn't have to be removed prior to surgery. After I go for my physical. l had blood work and EKG which looked great with the exception of my hemoglobin it was a 10 the lowest it's ever been :-/ Dr. Villalobos will not preform surgery unless you are a 12 (higher is better). I tried talking to my doctor about sending me to a hematologist he just want me to wait a month to see if there heavy Mense was the issue :-< ugh!!! I explained that I'm considering having a tummy tuck he said this will have to be resolved first (duh). By the way US doctors do not want to hear you're going out of the country for surgery (they'll think your crazy and lecture you) Now the challenge is to get my levels up. I was on iron daily and still came low. So now I will try adding blood builders and folic acid. By the way the guy at the vitamin shop explained that if you want higher than 28mg of iron it's sold over the counter at pharmacies up to 300mg.
Now my follow up blood work is 3 days prior to departure..