TT, and Lipo with Dr. Walkiris Robles - Dominican Republic, DO

Wow, I have been researching and looking at pics, profiles in FB groups for some time now. I am 23 days away from traveling to the DR. I have changed my mind several different times, but my last decision is Dr. Walkiris Robles. Let me share my journey with you all... Well I am 39 with 3 kids, married (2nd marriage) I am 5'10" and I am a plus size girl (by society's standards). At my biggest I was up to 275lbs... I have since lost weight and wasn't happy with the way I was feeling and looking in my clothes. Last year 2013 I lost some weight and got down to 250 lbs. Don't get me wrong I carry my weight well because of my height, but I just didn't feel good, tired all the time, no energy levels and my legs were starting to get numb, after a car accident I was in. I have extremely high self esteem, but I had to make some changes health wise. So since May 2013 I lost 45lbs, and got down to 205lbs. But after the holidays, and I got a little ill and the loss of a relative, I gained 17lbs.. ugh... Kinda disappointed but, [RS bleep] happens..... Now about my journey, I first was set on Dr. Baez, and was scheduled with her for 3/14/14, but decided to change my mind, I wanted an earlier date which she didn't have available. Now I later looked into Robles, Yily and Duran & Cabral but of course Duran and Cabral told me I needed to lose a little bit more weight. At the time of my communication back and forth with the docs Yily was on maternity leave. .. I was scheduled with Cabral but later decided to change my mind and go with Contreras because me being greedy I wanted my boobs done too. So needless to say, I changed my mind from Contreras and decided to go with Robles. I done that because he started to schedule to many people and alot of the girls said they didn't get the results they hoped for. Now he is great with Breast Augmentation and things, and I love his communication skills, he answers questions right away, however I think he is better with smaller ladies. I also decided to change to Robles because out of all the docs I have been in communication with, her staff was the only one that sent a booklet type - brochure what to expect. And I love how she shapes curvier ladies like myself. Laura her assistant has been lovely so far. Well I will update some more tomorrow.

Well it is getting closer and closer and I am looking forward to my journey. I cannot wait to say good bye to this tummy. I am going to miss my family especially my husband and my kids, but this journey is necessary. I want this so bad it is in my soul to have this done? Am I scared? Kinda, but it must be done. I think I am more afraid of the pain of the muscle repair then anything. My pre-testing with my doc was on 1/22/14 and my hemo level was 13.2. Not bad at the end of August it was 12.9. A few things that got my hemo to 12.9 was Iron 325mg once a day, Vitamin C, B Complex and eating cream of wheat. So since the end of August I started taking Blood Builders in addition to my Iron Pills, once a day. It went up to 13.2. I thought it would have been a little higher. But based on I do not eat red meat that could be the cause. Now I have added a few things because I want to get my hemo up to at least 14. I got this tip from a girl in one of the Fb groups. I am only doing this 30 days before my journey. Well I take 1 Blood Builder when I wake up on an empty stomach. After breakfast I take 325 mg of Iron with 1 500 mg of Vitamin C. With lunch I take 1 B complex, 1 Folic acid 400 mg, 1 Vitamin D3 5000 iu (my Vitamin D levels are low because I hate Vitamin D milk). (Don't judge me, my skinny inner chic is vegan ... Lol) After dinner I take 1 more Vitamin C 500mg, then before bed I take 1 tbsp of Geritol. I know this is going to get my hemo where it needs to be and the messed up part is that I will get my monthly visitor while in DR.. Ugh!!! ** Please note I do not recommend this if you do not know what your current hemo level is **.... Well one thing is for certain is that with my review I am going to keep it 100 with everything, good the bad and the ugly. At first I wasn't going to share my journey because of pettiness and BS, but forget the negative folks. I will share my journey because I am sure it will help someone else.

OMG!!! It is 20 days until I leave for DR, I am getting so excited. I have an awesome sx buddy to she is from Miami and going to Fatima Almonte. We are both beautiful plus size vixens. She is so cool and sweet. Glad we found each other in the Contreras group. It is nice to find a sx (surgery) buddy to share your journey with especially if your family cannot come. I will miss my kids so damn much. And I know I will be crying from being homesick. I wish my husband could come with me, he is my protector and makes md feel so safe. Ok with the mushy stuff let's get down to business. I have a few more supplies to get but I don't plan on over packing. So far I have Wipes -baby wipes, disinfectant wipes and summers eve wipes. A girl gotta be fresh since we can't wash up. I have surgi tape to help with the tummy tuck incision. I won't need that until I get home but whatever.... I have pads, Neutrogena face wipes, chuxs, urinal, Bromelain pills, laxatives, compression socks, arnica cream. I still need to get some wife beaters, 3 -4 sun dresses, flip flops, a few wash clothes, ensure & protein bars and some big mama draws!!! Lol lol, gauze, alcohol, surgical tape oh and a bobby pillow and all the toiletries to stay fresh. I am not overpacking I don't have time for that. Also my PCP won't give me a prescription for pain pills and I don't have time to be dealing with no pain after this Tummy Tuck, Lipo and BBL. Based on those pain pills in DR are weak I am going to the ER and get my acting skills on so they can write me a prescription....... O well a girl gota do what she gota do, not like I'm abusing em, hell I really need em [RS bleep]!!!!! Well my nerves are bad I'm getting nervous but I feel like I'm bout to give birth to my new self. Well ladies if you have any questions please feel free to inbox me, I'm here to help as much as I can. Well until tomorrow!!!!