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Forgot to mention
I received 1000 ccs each butt check and 300 ccs in hips. Would've liked more, but heyyyy, any bigger and my chicken legs would cave in lol
Post surgery update
Hey dolls, sorry I went ghost.
Surgery was a success. Had my surgery with DR. Cabral on 9/4. Quick run down.
Cabrals driver picked us up from the airport SDQ. (Nice and organized airport btw)
Google translate worked wonders to communicate with him. He took us straight to CIPLA. I called Maria Isabel (cabrals assistant) on my way there. She told us to come straight to the fifth floor because Cabral was waiting on me. We hauled our luggage up the elevator and I met with Maria I. She is such a darling. I love this woman. She held my luggage behind her desk and she walked my husband and I into cabrals office. His office was eloquently designed. Classy yet still manly. He gave me a big kiss on the cheek, shook my husbands hands and said "what can I do for you" with the biggest smile. I told him " you can give me the best body possible today" he laughed and said "mami, I go to make you beautiful" (Spanish accent). Before we continued. I pulled out my luggage and removed the gifts I brought him and Maria I. He was very pleased gave me a huge hug and placed the memorabilia on this desk facing the entrance. He asked me to remove my clothes and begin to assess my body. He said just lipo won't give me the snatched look because I had too much scar tissue from previous rounds. So we agreed to a tummy tuck. (Good thing I came with an open mind, and extra cash). He marked me up. I told him I want, arms, thighs, full back, chin and he said it's too much at once, for hemoglobin reasons. So he said choose between thighs and arms and of course I chose arms.
I put my clothes back on, paid Maria Isabel for labs, and surgery and she sent me downstairs to have everything done while doctor saw a few post op patients. I did my labs. Everything was fine. I weighed in 178, 5'6 hemo 14 (DR standard). I went back upstairs and paid for my marena garment (100$) then they showed my husband to our post surgery room. They brought me the blue pill and water and like five min later said they were ready for me. I hadn't even taken the pill yet. I begged them not to take me until I saw my husband and I could kiss him. So they did. My husband looked more worried for me than I did for myself. They placed me on the stretcher and rolled me to an elevator all the way to the "basement",. 15 min later blue pill hadn't done a damn thing. I said I'm still up don't put the IV in yet!! (I'm terrified of needles,) they said "mami, the doctor is coming now, we must" so I allowed them to put the IV in my arm. They begin to run the local anesthesia . Next, was the epidural. I felt the poking in my back as they entered the needle back there. I swear my anxiety was at a 150%. I begin to loosen up slightly and then I dozed off. I woke up as I was getting my arm lipo. I started screaming because I could feel it. I kept yelling "PaPa OUCHHHHH"! He said something I couldn't fully comprehend with the face mask on. A kind lady gently rubbed my hair and then I knocked out again. Pretty much thru out the entire surgery I kept waking up and I could feel the poking, probing and pressure of the lipo and tummy tuck. It was very strange. At one point I just gave up and stayed up thru the remainder of the sx.
My surgery was a total of 5 hours. My husband was worried sick, he was freaking out and flipping [RS bleep] while I was in there because no one could give him answers on my whereabouts. When he saw me he looked like he wanted to smack the [RS bleep] out of Cabral lol.
Something about the epidural made me feel paralyze . I couldn't move my legs for a good 4 hours, it scared the hell out of me, the nurses came in and reassured me it was only the anesthesia. I've have sx before and I've never exp anything like that in my life, totally frightening.. .
The nurses kept checking on me all night, giving me antibiotics, pain meds, heparin. They were very kind. There's a bed in the room with me so my husband slept there. The first two days were just as such, I didn't wear my fajas until the second day. I was sooo swollen and my hemo was a 9. I did not need a blood transfusion but i get iron via IV.
Day 3. We moved to the Recovery house side of CIPLA. Very clean, vey neat.
There was a large queen size bed, recliner chair, two other large leather chairs and a hospital bed, so I slept in the reclining hospital bed and my husband had the queen bed to himself the entire stay. The food was great, but we didn't learn til day 4 that we could make special requests. So we def took advantage of that after. The cost of housing was fairly responsible FOR DR. CABRAL The rates are 80$ for patient, 30$ for guest. TV, laundry services, 3 meals, unlimited bottled water, fruit juices. Etc, other doctor rates carries up.
I really didn't need as much of the things I brought. I only needed wife beaters, chux pads, alotttt of maternity pads, and a whole lot of wipes. Everything else was a given while staying at CIPLA. The nurses station was down the hall so if I need them I dialed ext400 and they came running to my aide. I hear people say CIPLA nurses are mean, not in my case they were a bunch of sweet hearts, as log as you're nice, the feeling is mutual with them. It didn't hurt that I tipped then as well, 10$ USD to my faves.
As for massages Cabral says his tt patients typically don't get massages until days day 8 and since I left DR on day 8. I couldn't get any massages. But at CIPLA they were super cheap, 21$ to be exact.
Ladies please make sure you get wheelchair access when returning home, it will make your life so much easier. Also ask Maria Isabel for a discharge note, that way you can just hand it to a SDQ agent and they'll understand you without you needing to use a translator app.
I'll post pics when I heal. I'm tending to a fajas burn, so right now I'm not wearing a fajas, Cabral told me to let the burns breathe for a week at least, Im sure it won't set me back too much. But I gotta heal first and then think about my results second. Out of surgery my butt was a 48 from a 45, now it's 47. I'm not too concerned about my butt as I am with my waist. So best believe this fajas will be on minimum 4 months when I get back in and I'll be waist training again.
Thank you to all who wished me well. I'll update when I can.
Surgery was a success. Had my surgery with DR. Cabral on 9/4. Quick run down.
Cabrals driver picked us up from the airport SDQ. (Nice and organized airport btw)
Google translate worked wonders to communicate with him. He took us straight to CIPLA. I called Maria Isabel (cabrals assistant) on my way there. She told us to come straight to the fifth floor because Cabral was waiting on me. We hauled our luggage up the elevator and I met with Maria I. She is such a darling. I love this woman. She held my luggage behind her desk and she walked my husband and I into cabrals office. His office was eloquently designed. Classy yet still manly. He gave me a big kiss on the cheek, shook my husbands hands and said "what can I do for you" with the biggest smile. I told him " you can give me the best body possible today" he laughed and said "mami, I go to make you beautiful" (Spanish accent). Before we continued. I pulled out my luggage and removed the gifts I brought him and Maria I. He was very pleased gave me a huge hug and placed the memorabilia on this desk facing the entrance. He asked me to remove my clothes and begin to assess my body. He said just lipo won't give me the snatched look because I had too much scar tissue from previous rounds. So we agreed to a tummy tuck. (Good thing I came with an open mind, and extra cash). He marked me up. I told him I want, arms, thighs, full back, chin and he said it's too much at once, for hemoglobin reasons. So he said choose between thighs and arms and of course I chose arms.
I put my clothes back on, paid Maria Isabel for labs, and surgery and she sent me downstairs to have everything done while doctor saw a few post op patients. I did my labs. Everything was fine. I weighed in 178, 5'6 hemo 14 (DR standard). I went back upstairs and paid for my marena garment (100$) then they showed my husband to our post surgery room. They brought me the blue pill and water and like five min later said they were ready for me. I hadn't even taken the pill yet. I begged them not to take me until I saw my husband and I could kiss him. So they did. My husband looked more worried for me than I did for myself. They placed me on the stretcher and rolled me to an elevator all the way to the "basement",. 15 min later blue pill hadn't done a damn thing. I said I'm still up don't put the IV in yet!! (I'm terrified of needles,) they said "mami, the doctor is coming now, we must" so I allowed them to put the IV in my arm. They begin to run the local anesthesia . Next, was the epidural. I felt the poking in my back as they entered the needle back there. I swear my anxiety was at a 150%. I begin to loosen up slightly and then I dozed off. I woke up as I was getting my arm lipo. I started screaming because I could feel it. I kept yelling "PaPa OUCHHHHH"! He said something I couldn't fully comprehend with the face mask on. A kind lady gently rubbed my hair and then I knocked out again. Pretty much thru out the entire surgery I kept waking up and I could feel the poking, probing and pressure of the lipo and tummy tuck. It was very strange. At one point I just gave up and stayed up thru the remainder of the sx.
My surgery was a total of 5 hours. My husband was worried sick, he was freaking out and flipping [RS bleep] while I was in there because no one could give him answers on my whereabouts. When he saw me he looked like he wanted to smack the [RS bleep] out of Cabral lol.
Something about the epidural made me feel paralyze . I couldn't move my legs for a good 4 hours, it scared the hell out of me, the nurses came in and reassured me it was only the anesthesia. I've have sx before and I've never exp anything like that in my life, totally frightening.. .
The nurses kept checking on me all night, giving me antibiotics, pain meds, heparin. They were very kind. There's a bed in the room with me so my husband slept there. The first two days were just as such, I didn't wear my fajas until the second day. I was sooo swollen and my hemo was a 9. I did not need a blood transfusion but i get iron via IV.
Day 3. We moved to the Recovery house side of CIPLA. Very clean, vey neat.
There was a large queen size bed, recliner chair, two other large leather chairs and a hospital bed, so I slept in the reclining hospital bed and my husband had the queen bed to himself the entire stay. The food was great, but we didn't learn til day 4 that we could make special requests. So we def took advantage of that after. The cost of housing was fairly responsible FOR DR. CABRAL The rates are 80$ for patient, 30$ for guest. TV, laundry services, 3 meals, unlimited bottled water, fruit juices. Etc, other doctor rates carries up.
I really didn't need as much of the things I brought. I only needed wife beaters, chux pads, alotttt of maternity pads, and a whole lot of wipes. Everything else was a given while staying at CIPLA. The nurses station was down the hall so if I need them I dialed ext400 and they came running to my aide. I hear people say CIPLA nurses are mean, not in my case they were a bunch of sweet hearts, as log as you're nice, the feeling is mutual with them. It didn't hurt that I tipped then as well, 10$ USD to my faves.
As for massages Cabral says his tt patients typically don't get massages until days day 8 and since I left DR on day 8. I couldn't get any massages. But at CIPLA they were super cheap, 21$ to be exact.
Ladies please make sure you get wheelchair access when returning home, it will make your life so much easier. Also ask Maria Isabel for a discharge note, that way you can just hand it to a SDQ agent and they'll understand you without you needing to use a translator app.
I'll post pics when I heal. I'm tending to a fajas burn, so right now I'm not wearing a fajas, Cabral told me to let the burns breathe for a week at least, Im sure it won't set me back too much. But I gotta heal first and then think about my results second. Out of surgery my butt was a 48 from a 45, now it's 47. I'm not too concerned about my butt as I am with my waist. So best believe this fajas will be on minimum 4 months when I get back in and I'll be waist training again.
Thank you to all who wished me well. I'll update when I can.
Tomorrow is the big day!
Last night I went for a pre op lymphatic, ultrasound and manual massage. This is recommended two days before for anyone going to have lipo. It help make the liposuction process smoother. This all good and dandy, by why the hell it gotta hurt soooo much!!! My usual lady patti was walking out at I was coming in so I was left with a newbie at CS POST LIPO MASSAGE. she killed ME!!! I mean she manually broke up my scar tissue as if she was massaging pizza dough, wtffff! So my concern is I'll have soo much backed up scar tissue that it'll make it difficult for Cabral to remove my fat. I mean I have large scar tissue in my sides, back and def my stomach. Wish he could just cut it out. Ugh!
Anyways I've checked into my flight, printed my boarding pass and tourist card. And now I'm ready for my flight.
Oh I must say for anyone dealing with cabral you will be working with the most responsive assistant ever! Maria Isabel is super kind, speedy and attentive. She's dedicated and makes sure you're comfortable throughout the entire process. She's sending a driver to pick me up st the airport and then I'm going straight to the cardiologist office and then to CIPLA for my SURGERY. Oh and btw I'm cabrals only patient tomorrow. I hope this means more attention to me. Anyways goodnight loves. See you on the flatside.
Anyways I've checked into my flight, printed my boarding pass and tourist card. And now I'm ready for my flight.
Oh I must say for anyone dealing with cabral you will be working with the most responsive assistant ever! Maria Isabel is super kind, speedy and attentive. She's dedicated and makes sure you're comfortable throughout the entire process. She's sending a driver to pick me up st the airport and then I'm going straight to the cardiologist office and then to CIPLA for my SURGERY. Oh and btw I'm cabrals only patient tomorrow. I hope this means more attention to me. Anyways goodnight loves. See you on the flatside.
Provider Review
Dr. Hector Cabral
So far Cabral has answered every text, phone call email with no wait. He's very thorough with his answers via phone than he is via text. I'm so far comfortable with him. I'll update this, post op and elaborate.