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It's been 4 (and a half) months!! Sorry for the Delay!
I will try to upload pics later on tonight but I did not want that to stop me from giving an update. So, bottom-line, overall I am very, very pleased with my results.
My abdominal contour is amazing, the scar is low and thin, my waist is quite small (sometimes appears lopsided but still small) and my BBL is nice overall (the muscle on the right side juts out at a weird angle when I flex but how often is that?).
But the journey has not been easy and Almonte and co.s aftercare leaves QUITE a bit to be desired.
First, please let me say, REFUSE TO PAY THE 'INSURANCE'.. IT IS A SCAM!You will NEVER get paid!!
I developed a HUGE seroma that caused me to have to drive to their associated dr. in NYC several times for draining and incur a bunch of travel and medical costs that I have yet to be reimbursed for, 3 months later. Last thing I was told by Lesley was that she received my check and was 'figuring how to get it to me'. Really? You all managed to get my payment. We have the same bank. Is a wire in the OTHER direction that difficult? I think not. So my take on that situation is it is complete BS and since nothing life-threatening is going to happen if I am NOT reimbursed my 200.00+, it is a waste of my time to keep sending Whatsapp messages for Lesley to ignore.
Moving on. As I mentioned I developed a HUGE seroma. It was a beast! It is just now fully resolving. Yes ladies, very, very large seromas can take up to 4 months to close. Almonte and co. did put me in contact with a friendly Dominican doctor in NYC who was willing to drain it for me. I went to him three times, had two drainings then started doing it myself Why? 1) his schedule was ridiculous. we were not viewed as 'real' patients so we had to come 'after hours' after he saw all his 'real' patients; which, when you're making a 4 hour drive up and back, becomes a tiring annoyance. 2) the cost. Gas, tolls, wear and tear on my car, time off work, his fees (which weren't bad at all and would make sense if you lived in NYC). Each trip would be about 100-150 RT, then add his 50. It got too ridiculous especially after it became clear that this imaginary 'insurance' (which btw the claim forms are completely in Spanish so if you can not read Spanish, good luck) was very unlikely to pay out. So after I went up the last time and could not get drained because one of his 'real' patients, left, missed their turn, came back right before mine and then continue to jabber for over 45 minutes, I decided I was done and could do it myself. Which I did successfully.
I replicated his technique after reading about proper technique and asepsis, copied his pucture location, ordered sterile syringes from Amazon and needles from a medical supply in the sizes he noted in my medical notes, and got the job done. It was very scary and I do NOT recommend it but I had exhausted all my options. No local plastic surgeon would touch me (SURPRISE! not) and even the ER tried to play me. So I said I was done with the wasting of money and I do NOT beg and continued on to do it myself.
Thank the LORD I did not develop any sort of infection and it was effective as it barely accumulates anything now (I was draining ~15 ccs every few days) and have not had to drain it for weeks. Which I think it is actually closed at this point. Last draining (over a week and a half ago) was only around 6 ccs).
So that is my lil update i'll nab you all some pics later tonight or tomorrow :)
My abdominal contour is amazing, the scar is low and thin, my waist is quite small (sometimes appears lopsided but still small) and my BBL is nice overall (the muscle on the right side juts out at a weird angle when I flex but how often is that?).
But the journey has not been easy and Almonte and co.s aftercare leaves QUITE a bit to be desired.
First, please let me say, REFUSE TO PAY THE 'INSURANCE'.. IT IS A SCAM!You will NEVER get paid!!
I developed a HUGE seroma that caused me to have to drive to their associated dr. in NYC several times for draining and incur a bunch of travel and medical costs that I have yet to be reimbursed for, 3 months later. Last thing I was told by Lesley was that she received my check and was 'figuring how to get it to me'. Really? You all managed to get my payment. We have the same bank. Is a wire in the OTHER direction that difficult? I think not. So my take on that situation is it is complete BS and since nothing life-threatening is going to happen if I am NOT reimbursed my 200.00+, it is a waste of my time to keep sending Whatsapp messages for Lesley to ignore.
Moving on. As I mentioned I developed a HUGE seroma. It was a beast! It is just now fully resolving. Yes ladies, very, very large seromas can take up to 4 months to close. Almonte and co. did put me in contact with a friendly Dominican doctor in NYC who was willing to drain it for me. I went to him three times, had two drainings then started doing it myself Why? 1) his schedule was ridiculous. we were not viewed as 'real' patients so we had to come 'after hours' after he saw all his 'real' patients; which, when you're making a 4 hour drive up and back, becomes a tiring annoyance. 2) the cost. Gas, tolls, wear and tear on my car, time off work, his fees (which weren't bad at all and would make sense if you lived in NYC). Each trip would be about 100-150 RT, then add his 50. It got too ridiculous especially after it became clear that this imaginary 'insurance' (which btw the claim forms are completely in Spanish so if you can not read Spanish, good luck) was very unlikely to pay out. So after I went up the last time and could not get drained because one of his 'real' patients, left, missed their turn, came back right before mine and then continue to jabber for over 45 minutes, I decided I was done and could do it myself. Which I did successfully.
I replicated his technique after reading about proper technique and asepsis, copied his pucture location, ordered sterile syringes from Amazon and needles from a medical supply in the sizes he noted in my medical notes, and got the job done. It was very scary and I do NOT recommend it but I had exhausted all my options. No local plastic surgeon would touch me (SURPRISE! not) and even the ER tried to play me. So I said I was done with the wasting of money and I do NOT beg and continued on to do it myself.
Thank the LORD I did not develop any sort of infection and it was effective as it barely accumulates anything now (I was draining ~15 ccs every few days) and have not had to drain it for weeks. Which I think it is actually closed at this point. Last draining (over a week and a half ago) was only around 6 ccs).
So that is my lil update i'll nab you all some pics later tonight or tomorrow :)
Scars...
Healing nicely... Still have a slight setoma in lower abdominal area. Will write seroma update soon. Ciao!
My Scar.
She's so pretty...
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Plastic Surgeon
Calle Manuel María del Castillo, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional