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Checking out of CIPLA
Okay guys, real life has intervened, as always, and I have not been updating. Currently I am 6.5 weeks post op and still in this FAJA!!
Okay, so here goes - more on CIPLA. I was lucky to get stuffed into my faja and continued laying in the newly cleaned hospital bed, receiving the blood transfusions. I was able to choke down some crackers and apple juice and felt better. I could feel that my mid section was very wrapped up but I didn't dare take a look. Having had surgery before, I knew that the first week post op I would look scary!! Yes, and surely, I did look soooo scary. I saw when I did look in the mirror the next day. My ass was gigantic!! And so was my waist. In fact, all of me was huge the next morning. I don't know what it is but day 3 after surgery I woke up to Asian eyes, a swollen face and a swollen body in general. So much swelling!
Anyhow, so Cabral did check up on me twice and he said he didn't know why my hemoglobin level dropped so low because we only did lipo and a bbl. He is so caring and calm and I was touched that he did take the time to check on me more than once. The man has such a good energy about him. You'll know what I mean when you meet him.
So there I was, grateful to lose track of time because I was soooo sick of the pain and not being able to sleep or eat. The blood transfusions brought me back to life! Once they were done I did get to speak with Jorge (my favourite nurse) again and he tells me that they want to keep me another night for observation (free of charge). I was like HELLL NAAAH. Unless I can get in a different room with a hospital bed that isn't broken! My bed was like semi-sitting. Which is fine. But overnight I really needed to be able to switch to my stomach or sides. The way this broken bed was I was like I can't get up by myself and I'm sitting here on my butt the whole time sooooooo can I switch??? They were fully booked up so he said FINE, leave if you promise to come back for an appointment in the morning.
Now girls. They'll wheel you out of the building up to your car but the real challenge is the car rides!! Lord I was glad to have the use of my upper body! I don't know how the girls do it with muscle repair or new breast implants!!! I was holding on for dear life trying to avoid my lipoed areas from touching anything in the car. You're going to feel like you flew off a rollercoaster, rolled down a hill, then fell off a cliff and got run over by the bus. I knew I had felt pain when I got my breast implants under the muscle in 2011 but Lipo is a new type of pain.
I was happy to go homeand thankfully I got to speak with the house manager Osvaldo at the RH Bodied Recuperation Spa. I explained everything that happened. He sat with me and listened to my concerns while I ate soup. It was great to speak to someone who spoke fluent English.
That night, exhaustion and the pain killer Enantyum knocked me out and I slept. I did wake up a lot because sleeping on your stomach hurts your neck and abdomen but I was able to sleep. I was up going to the bathroom often but I felt that when I slept it was deep.
Okay, so here goes - more on CIPLA. I was lucky to get stuffed into my faja and continued laying in the newly cleaned hospital bed, receiving the blood transfusions. I was able to choke down some crackers and apple juice and felt better. I could feel that my mid section was very wrapped up but I didn't dare take a look. Having had surgery before, I knew that the first week post op I would look scary!! Yes, and surely, I did look soooo scary. I saw when I did look in the mirror the next day. My ass was gigantic!! And so was my waist. In fact, all of me was huge the next morning. I don't know what it is but day 3 after surgery I woke up to Asian eyes, a swollen face and a swollen body in general. So much swelling!
Anyhow, so Cabral did check up on me twice and he said he didn't know why my hemoglobin level dropped so low because we only did lipo and a bbl. He is so caring and calm and I was touched that he did take the time to check on me more than once. The man has such a good energy about him. You'll know what I mean when you meet him.
So there I was, grateful to lose track of time because I was soooo sick of the pain and not being able to sleep or eat. The blood transfusions brought me back to life! Once they were done I did get to speak with Jorge (my favourite nurse) again and he tells me that they want to keep me another night for observation (free of charge). I was like HELLL NAAAH. Unless I can get in a different room with a hospital bed that isn't broken! My bed was like semi-sitting. Which is fine. But overnight I really needed to be able to switch to my stomach or sides. The way this broken bed was I was like I can't get up by myself and I'm sitting here on my butt the whole time sooooooo can I switch??? They were fully booked up so he said FINE, leave if you promise to come back for an appointment in the morning.
Now girls. They'll wheel you out of the building up to your car but the real challenge is the car rides!! Lord I was glad to have the use of my upper body! I don't know how the girls do it with muscle repair or new breast implants!!! I was holding on for dear life trying to avoid my lipoed areas from touching anything in the car. You're going to feel like you flew off a rollercoaster, rolled down a hill, then fell off a cliff and got run over by the bus. I knew I had felt pain when I got my breast implants under the muscle in 2011 but Lipo is a new type of pain.
I was happy to go homeand thankfully I got to speak with the house manager Osvaldo at the RH Bodied Recuperation Spa. I explained everything that happened. He sat with me and listened to my concerns while I ate soup. It was great to speak to someone who spoke fluent English.
That night, exhaustion and the pain killer Enantyum knocked me out and I slept. I did wake up a lot because sleeping on your stomach hurts your neck and abdomen but I was able to sleep. I was up going to the bathroom often but I felt that when I slept it was deep.
Sx Night Continued
Hey all!
You know, I used to get so angry reading Real Self reviews because everyone seems to disappear after their surgery! Sometimes you're like "did this girl die in surgery??" because there is no follow up posts after she takes the blue pill!
I'm sorry, I am guilty of disappearing too! I understand why this happens however. After surgery you aren't able to sit and lying on your stomach and standing are two positions that don't allow for easy typing on a computer. More than that though is the fact that you really just are almost paralyzed - you're so stiff! For the first 3 or 4 days all you're trying to do is get in and out of your faja to poop, keep food down, and find a comfortable position to rest in. That's all you have energy for!
Alright. Continuing on about the night of surgery. I wake up and I'm semi-sitting in a hospital bed. It feels like my butt is very sore and I am not able to move my legs. I remember sending messages to my overnight nurse asking when she's arriving. I was so dizzy and weak. It is important to have a loved one with you or an overnight nurse (usually about $50). Keep in mind that your overnight nurse is for 12 hours only. I had time before 7 pm (when my nurse was to arrive) and after 7 am (when she was supposed to leave) when I was going to be alone. I paid her an additional $50 to stay until 9:30 am when the Cipla nurses were going to come and clean me up.
Overnight at Cipla is probably the worst part of this whole journey. This is because you are in so much pain and I wasn't able to sleep! The whole night you are just waiting for morning. I wish I knew more Spanish too because it was difficult to communicate to the Cipla nurses that I needed pain medication and that I couldn't sleep. My overnight nurse was alright, she was kind girl but she wasn't strong enough to help me sit up quickly and she was not translating for me. You'll need someone to help you sit up to vomit and also to bring a bowl for you to catch the vomit! I lost count of how many times I vomited and many times I tried to keep the vomit in my mouth until my overnight nurse could run and get a bowl but sometimes I just couldn't hold it long enough. I kept asking Que es esto (what is that) whenever the Cipla nurses were putting more things into my IV but it's difficult to know what's going on because many of the Cipla nurses don't speak much English.
So there I was, covered in my own vomit and blood... sometimes cold, sometimes hot. I was just grateful that I was alive and hadn't passed away during surgery!! I really wanted to lie on my stomach or side because my butt hurt more and more as the night went on but this wasn't possible as the hospital bed was broken and couldn't move into other positions. Instead, I used my arms to lift my butt up off the bed as much as I could to relieve the pressure on my butt. As the night went on though, I got weaker and couldn't lift myself. My torso was very sore and by morning I couldn't move very much. Even just to sit up a little further so that I could vomit was impossible on my own. I did try to drink water and take my own pain killer but everything I tried to swallow came back up.
For the times I was without my overnight nurse it was a little stressful because you're alone in a room with a closed door so when you yell "helppppp helpppp..." and wait... it'll take some time for nurses to come help you. Sometimes you vomit and there is nothing to catch it.
Finally it was morning and around 9:30 am a set of two nurses came in with a suitcase full of pads and wipes and other supplies. I had my own supplies which they used first. I was so grateful for these two efficient angels!! They moved quickly, helping me out of bed, stuffing me into a faja and wiping me down. They changed my bloody bedsheets as well. Jorge, one of my favourite nurses helped too. I was so dizzy and weak that I could hardly stand on my own. Moving one foot in front of the other was difficult. I felt like my legs weighed 1000 pounds. It must have been the anaesthetic wearing off. Jorge is fully bilingual and was the one who helped me get my $2000 for the cancelled Breast Augmentation the day before. He tried to get me to drink hot cider and I warned him that it was going to come back up. And sure enough it did.
They put me back in bed and gave me more anti nausea medication through my IV.
I remember a doctor came in and took my blood. She tells me that my levels are low (she wouldn't tell me how low) and that I would need a blood transfusion, probably 2. I knew that this might happen because I went into surgery with a 12.2 Hemoglobin level. I was soooo weak and dizzy and I hoped that this would help. The blood bag arrived and I paid $115 each time they changed it. Immediately I felt better. I really didn't want to have blood transfusions in DR but I was glad that I had my Hepatitis and A and B shot before I traveled.
At one point the RH driver, Estarlin came in and pinched my cheek and tousled my hair. I was pissed but so weak so all I could do is say "stop, I'm tired" and move my head away. I told him that I would be ready in a few hours and would message him.
I'll write more later!
You know, I used to get so angry reading Real Self reviews because everyone seems to disappear after their surgery! Sometimes you're like "did this girl die in surgery??" because there is no follow up posts after she takes the blue pill!
I'm sorry, I am guilty of disappearing too! I understand why this happens however. After surgery you aren't able to sit and lying on your stomach and standing are two positions that don't allow for easy typing on a computer. More than that though is the fact that you really just are almost paralyzed - you're so stiff! For the first 3 or 4 days all you're trying to do is get in and out of your faja to poop, keep food down, and find a comfortable position to rest in. That's all you have energy for!
Alright. Continuing on about the night of surgery. I wake up and I'm semi-sitting in a hospital bed. It feels like my butt is very sore and I am not able to move my legs. I remember sending messages to my overnight nurse asking when she's arriving. I was so dizzy and weak. It is important to have a loved one with you or an overnight nurse (usually about $50). Keep in mind that your overnight nurse is for 12 hours only. I had time before 7 pm (when my nurse was to arrive) and after 7 am (when she was supposed to leave) when I was going to be alone. I paid her an additional $50 to stay until 9:30 am when the Cipla nurses were going to come and clean me up.
Overnight at Cipla is probably the worst part of this whole journey. This is because you are in so much pain and I wasn't able to sleep! The whole night you are just waiting for morning. I wish I knew more Spanish too because it was difficult to communicate to the Cipla nurses that I needed pain medication and that I couldn't sleep. My overnight nurse was alright, she was kind girl but she wasn't strong enough to help me sit up quickly and she was not translating for me. You'll need someone to help you sit up to vomit and also to bring a bowl for you to catch the vomit! I lost count of how many times I vomited and many times I tried to keep the vomit in my mouth until my overnight nurse could run and get a bowl but sometimes I just couldn't hold it long enough. I kept asking Que es esto (what is that) whenever the Cipla nurses were putting more things into my IV but it's difficult to know what's going on because many of the Cipla nurses don't speak much English.
So there I was, covered in my own vomit and blood... sometimes cold, sometimes hot. I was just grateful that I was alive and hadn't passed away during surgery!! I really wanted to lie on my stomach or side because my butt hurt more and more as the night went on but this wasn't possible as the hospital bed was broken and couldn't move into other positions. Instead, I used my arms to lift my butt up off the bed as much as I could to relieve the pressure on my butt. As the night went on though, I got weaker and couldn't lift myself. My torso was very sore and by morning I couldn't move very much. Even just to sit up a little further so that I could vomit was impossible on my own. I did try to drink water and take my own pain killer but everything I tried to swallow came back up.
For the times I was without my overnight nurse it was a little stressful because you're alone in a room with a closed door so when you yell "helppppp helpppp..." and wait... it'll take some time for nurses to come help you. Sometimes you vomit and there is nothing to catch it.
Finally it was morning and around 9:30 am a set of two nurses came in with a suitcase full of pads and wipes and other supplies. I had my own supplies which they used first. I was so grateful for these two efficient angels!! They moved quickly, helping me out of bed, stuffing me into a faja and wiping me down. They changed my bloody bedsheets as well. Jorge, one of my favourite nurses helped too. I was so dizzy and weak that I could hardly stand on my own. Moving one foot in front of the other was difficult. I felt like my legs weighed 1000 pounds. It must have been the anaesthetic wearing off. Jorge is fully bilingual and was the one who helped me get my $2000 for the cancelled Breast Augmentation the day before. He tried to get me to drink hot cider and I warned him that it was going to come back up. And sure enough it did.
They put me back in bed and gave me more anti nausea medication through my IV.
I remember a doctor came in and took my blood. She tells me that my levels are low (she wouldn't tell me how low) and that I would need a blood transfusion, probably 2. I knew that this might happen because I went into surgery with a 12.2 Hemoglobin level. I was soooo weak and dizzy and I hoped that this would help. The blood bag arrived and I paid $115 each time they changed it. Immediately I felt better. I really didn't want to have blood transfusions in DR but I was glad that I had my Hepatitis and A and B shot before I traveled.
At one point the RH driver, Estarlin came in and pinched my cheek and tousled my hair. I was pissed but so weak so all I could do is say "stop, I'm tired" and move my head away. I told him that I would be ready in a few hours and would message him.
I'll write more later!
Pic update for those who just want to see results
Hey guys. I've been busy with life but I will continue writing the detailed account of the surgery and my stay in the Santo Domingo tomorrow. I do have a surgery account on Instagram: cabral_doll_2017 that is updated more frequently. Here are some pictures if you are only interested in the results!
My measurements in the before pictures were:
Weight: 117 lbs
Waist: 27 inches
Hips: 34 inches
13 Days after surgery measurements:
Weight: 120 lbs
Waist: 25.5 inches
Hips: 39 inches
Please keep in mind that I was told to gain 5-10 lbs so I was at 125 lbs the day of surgery.
More details tomorrow!
My measurements in the before pictures were:
Weight: 117 lbs
Waist: 27 inches
Hips: 34 inches
13 Days after surgery measurements:
Weight: 120 lbs
Waist: 25.5 inches
Hips: 39 inches
Please keep in mind that I was told to gain 5-10 lbs so I was at 125 lbs the day of surgery.
More details tomorrow!
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Dr. Hector Cabral