Duran Doll! BBL / Lipo MAY 11 - 2 days post op! - Dominican Republic, DO

I'm two days post op today and honestly feeling way better than I expected to be. Yesterday I was walking around the recovery house and people couldn't believe I was less than 24 hours out. I feel sore, I feel stiff, but almost no pain. I've had a few dizzy spells, but never passed out, and the most uncomfortable I've been is the night at CIPLA being a big bloody mess basically lol. The nurses here at Armonia are so attentive, they help me with EVERYTHING, bad they're super sweet. They have my medication timetable down pat, they get me in and out of my faja when I need to use the bathroom, they're amazing. I have a follow up with Duran on Friday at 8am but I really do think I'm doing well :) I'm posting some before and afters for you. I won't leave them up long, but I owe you guys this! still super swollen and still draining liquid but I already love my results.

I was going to upload before pics today, but a few girls at Armonia were headed to CIPLA this morning for various reasons, so I figured I'd just head over and get my labs done ahead of tomorrow. Turns out she has time for me today! So change of plans! I'll be a Duran Doll today! I've done my blood work, met with the cardiologist, did my xrays, met with Duran (who is an actual doll!), she's marked me up, I've paid for my surgery, and now I am waiting in Duran's office for them to bring me down. Luckily, Myra at Armonia told me that could happen, so I made sure I didn't eat or drink anything from 8:30 last night onwards and I made sure I brought all my stuff! I'm so excited!

Omg where do I begin. The house is beautiful, and clean. I'm in the "Jerusalem" room upstairs, which has two beds but I'm the only one in here as I paid for a private room. It was very obviously cleaned and prepared for me before I arrived. But of course, these are all things you expect when you're paying money for a service, right? But what money absolutely can't buy is the feeling that you've made the right decision and put yourself in the hands of people who actually care. As soon as I stepped out of the car, Myra was at the front to greet me with the biggest hug. She took me inside and told me this is my house now, to make myself comfortable. One of the nurses working tonight has been making sure I have everything I need, I forget her name right now, but she is honestly the sweetest. Myra insisted that there was dinner waiting for me, that I needed to eat, so I did (and it was good!), she sat and spoke to me while I ate, and then introduced me to some of the girls staying here. When I was getting stuff together in my room afterwards, the really sweet nurse came and told me that a couple of the girls were on the veranda talking, if I wanted to talk to them. I guess she knows it's probably helpful to talk to other girls who are going through what you're about to go through. So I chatted with them for a little bit. Both of them were Diaz barbies, tummy tucks and BBLs, one from New York and one from Florida. They both look FANTASTIC, and were so nice about showing me their before photos and talking about their experiences at CIPLA, etc. The New York doll leaves tonight though, and the Florida doll leaves Tuesday, so both of them will be gone by the time I go, but it was pretty cool that I got to talk to them before I left, and they said the girls that work here at Armonia are all so sweet and basically wait on you hand and foot, make sure you have everything you need, so I'm so happy I decided to go with Armonia. SO HAPPY.

Nothing's going on tomorrow, so I'll post some before pics then, and then Monday it's time for labs! Wish me luck! :)