BBL With Dra. Baez Nov 13, 2013 - Dominican Republic, DO

So, no surgery for me... I just don't have enough fat, or any fat for that matter.
I don't know where all those pounds I gained went, but it wasn't to fat, and what I thought was fat (I can 'pinch' handfuls) is just skin laxity because I stopped working out and everything went loose :-/
Carli is awesome though - she took me to get a second opinion, just in case (lol, that was worse, he said 'the problem is not that she doesn't have enough fat... the problem is that she has no fat at all'. We went to see Contreras, and he is amazing, btw, and what a beautiful facility!). My only option is an implant, and while he could do it today, I am not ready to make that decision.
Oh well, everything happens for a reason...
I'll update more in a few days, I'm going to go explore a bit with Carli today, and leaving in the weee hours of the morning.
Carli is absolutely fabulous, she deserves her own dedicated review - she's so on top of things and has really taken great care of me!

So, for years I've been using fillers in my nasolabial folds, and just last night I thought, hmmm, it'd be great if I can get a fat graft there too... I mean, my butt's not going to miss a few cc's that would take, eh?
So lo and behold, Baez can do fillers to nasolabial folds. It doesn't sound like she does other parts (I also get fillers in my tear troughs and cheak bones, but they seem to last a lot longer), I ask if she can do fat transfer to the face or only butt, and she responded with 'yes, I can do nasolabial folds'
Still waiting to hear the price, and if it's doable... my butt will be getting a few cc's less.
So excited!

Also, omg, I wish I knew sooner that Carli existed! She also does consulting services, and for a super-affordable cost too. It would have saved me so much time and so much anxiety and frustration had I known this months ago. The woman's a priceless resource, and more I communicate with her, more amazing she turns out. Generally, I'm a 'do it yourself/trust only yourself/if you want it done right, do it yourself' person, but she has fully won me over... funny thing is, she doesn't even try, it's not like she's trying to sell me on something, it's just that she's so on top of things, the trust and confidence come naturally. I feel SO GOOD about my decision to stay with her, and about letting her deal with all the necessary arrangements.
Next time I need to do anything (of course there will be the next time, time is generally not our friend ladies ;), I'm going 'hi Carli, this is what I'm looking for, work your magic please', and it will be worth every penny!

And I even have my carry-on packed up already (this from a person who packs 15 minutes before leaving the house for the airport!).
I think I might have overdone it on the 'supplies' - like, do I really need a laxative AND a stool softener? Do I really need both VitaMedica and MakeMeHeal vitamins? Pre-ops will probably go to waste/get used for other purposes, but I think it's ok to 'overdo' on the post-ops - can't hurt to take them longer than 14 days, right?
Two packages of protein powder, 4 boxes of meal replacement/protein bars (Atkins (yuck) and SouthBeach (semi-yuck), but they don't screw with my blood sugar), 2 boxes of instant oatmeal, an 8-pack of Ensure.
Maxi-pads, alcohol prep-pads, Hibiclens, wet wipes, scar stick, 2 different 'skin' recovery creams I get from Europe, one acts as a barrier, similar to silicone, but all natural (lol, I use them for face after laser treatments, but why should my butt be less important than my face? After all, I'm spending more on it then I ever did in one shot on my face!), a natural scar treatment lotion, Benadryl anti-itch cream, Diurex, Arnica gel, arnica pills (massive arnica pills, one from VitaMedica, 2 of those you get from Amazon that are 250 pills per bottle, but you have to take 16 of them a day (4x4)...I've already started taking them), foam, boppy pillow, stomach and back board, two pairs of compression socks (they don't really feel like they are compressing much though!), 3 brand new maxi dresses in various sizes, several already-owned maxi dresses, and then some of my regular clothes, since I'm going to see my man and finish my recovery in Costa Rica after DR before returning to the US... however, if I don't count my surgical supplies, everything 'personal' I'm bringing can fit in my carry-on!
Deposit for Camellia's made, bases touched with Baez (my god, if she's half as sweet in person as she is over emails (when she's emailing in Spanish), I'll have to give her a big kiss).
Still need to go to the bank tomorrow and get cash, and get my airport shuttle reserved. And do laundry so I can finish packing. And clean my room/organize my stuff so that I don't leave a disaster area in my sister's/brother-in-law's guest room. And work. And take sister to lung biopsy. And celebrate mom's birthday. Aggggghhh.... Still so much to do. I'm switching to 'one hour at the time' rather than 'one day at the time'.
I guess the best thing for me to do right now would be to go to sleep - going to be an early morning tomorrow (biopsy) and a long day ahead (work, laundry, cleaning, bank).
I'm actually looking forward to surgery... I don't need a blue pill, it's not my first time on the operating table, but I'm so taking it so that I can get some sleep.

Oh, one big thing I did not get was pain killers - I don't have a doctor here as I don't live here normally, and I couldn't get them prescribed based on 'I'm going to DR for cosmetic surgery'; hopefully Baez will write me a script for something strong though - I know you can get crappy pain killers over the counter in DR, but that you need a script for strong stuff, and she better write me one, especially since I can't take ibuprofen (allergic to it, go figure). I want to be happily high as a kite for at least the first few days after the surgery.......