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I've been MIA lately but healing nicely, no worries
When I arrived in DR after I completed my labs for sx, I met up with my dentist to get fitted for my veneers and then I had my temps placed, it took about 4hrs; I was so tired because I had been in airports all day beginning at 2am and upon arriving in DR, I had to go straight to the clinics for labs. I arrived to my recovery house that day around 9pm, ate and went to sleep. I completed my dental work the day before I left by having my permanents put in place. Dental work was painless and fast; Dr. Beltre did an awesome job and was very attentive and upfront with me. The cost was great and it was definitely worth every penny! I would recommend him any day.
Ok, back to the sx...the first 2 days post were most difficult for me as I was very sore, broke both of my drains and couldn't do much on my own, basically I stayed in bed and did minimum walking. I was so afraid of getting a seroma or something worse since my drains broke and I could t get in contact with my doctor after the sx, her communication was very poor after, before the sx it was amazing. I ended up getting a fever, didn't have much of an appetite either so I got 2 additional iron IV treatments. Ladies, please bring extra cash for the unexpected! Most of my extra cash went to Meds and IV treatments! Day 3 was better, I got my 1st massage, one of my drains had fallen out so the masseuse removed it completely after talking to Dr Baez and I forced myself to get up, move around and care for myself. Day 4, everything turned around for me and I was feeling pretty normal. I was up and about just like I hadn't even had sx! I wasn't retaining much fluid, thank God and I ended up rigging my drain so that I was draining something. Day 4 was my first follow up appointment and the doctor removed the second drain since it was also broken and she told me compress,compress,compress; I did not get it replaced. That day, I had my first BM without any problem(probably because I had started taking stool softeners 3days prior to sx) so that battle I won! I did not buy a stage 2 faja in DR, I brought 2 extra Fajas with me and just got my stage 1faja taken in from an xl to a small waist and did the same for one of the others I brought along. I packed my faja that day with 3 lipo foams, back board and 2 foam belly boards I purchased from my masseuse since it was softer than my ab board against my TT incision, I did use my ab board but not until day 7 post. Oh also dolls, don't stress yourself out, I was in pain so I decided to not sacrifice my comfort and be miserable during my recovery so since day 1, I've been sitting on my bum periodically; I do not think it's gone anywhere. The week I returned home, I gained 9lbs... Stay away from the scale, it could have been just swelling and inflammation. I'm now back to my pre-surgery weight and hoping that I lose more as the swelling continues to go down. Well, here's some pics of my journey and progress.
Arrived in DR! Unable to get sx on 8/25????
Weightloss update!
Provider Review
Australia Fragosa Baez has been great! She has responded promptly to all of my emails/questions and had a quote emailed to me within 24hrs of me sending my photos. I don't have a problem at all getting in contact with her and she seems to be caring. She does not speak a lot of English so I correspond via Spanish with her and English with her assistant, I just use a translator to covert my messages and emails to Spanish which may be why I get responses so quickly! After my sx, I was not as successful getting in contact with Dr.Baez. I only communicated with her twice at my post op appointments and could not seem to get her to respond thru whatsapp in between when I had questions or concerns. I'm satisfied with my results and yes she changed my life, however I wish she was as attentive after the sx as she was before.