Beginning my Journey... -Dominican Republic, DO

My mother informed me today upon returning from her doctor's appointment that she needs back surgery. :( I hate for my mother to have to go through this but this also means that my sx will have to be postponed because not only was she helping me with my baby but also because I'll need to now help her. Oh well. Anything for my mother. I hope all goes well and I'll check back in when I'm back on the road to sx. Good luck guys!!

Ok so this is my honest journey. I'm going to be honest about my experience. I love Cabral's work but his post sx communication is a little poor. I got my date confirmation from him via WhatsApp. He's very prompt with his response, however once my date was confirmed I was lost.... I'm like ok... Now what. What time is my appt? Should I fly in the day of or the day before? What should I do to prep for surgery? Do I need bloodwork before? What should my hemo be? These are all natural questions in my opinion that if it weren't for RS or a friend of mine that went to him I wouldn't have the answers to. So I asked my friend who went to him, "Now what?" She said to call his assistant 2 weeks before sx to make sure all is still well. I'm like ok. He didn't tell me that and he definitely didn't give me her name or number. SMH So I stumbled upon his assistant's number (Maria Isabel) on RS (I could've gotten it from my friend but I stumbled upon it here). I called her today to find out the time of my appt. 1st call she told me to call back in 30 minutes. She speaks English fairly well. I called back in 30 minutes and she took my name and number down, asked which date I wanted. I'm like ummmmmm I thought I was already confirmed.... Ok. Anyway I tell her the 12th. I ask her what's my appointment time? I'm trying to book my flight. She says once my flight is booked, call back. I'm like..... Ok.... I guess my appt time depends on my flight and my flight doesn't depend on my appointment time.... Ok. So I will try and get a flight for the 11th so that I can get there in the evening and be ready on the 12th. I was really expecting a call from his office or even an email once I was confirmed providing me with the time of my appointment and pre & post sx information. I guess it's so inexpensive because I have to come up with all of that by myself. :-/ Anyway....... Moving forward. Looking for flights. I'll check back in later.