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R U Kidding Me (You May Have to Be a B--ch)

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Fatima Almonte, MD,she may do nice work as far as...

1234jad
WORTH IT$4,300
Fatima Almonte, MD,she may do nice work as far as your line, but the rest of the staff and the care that you get or Don't get (buyer beware). At the hospital if you do not speak spanish , you may find yourself without any nursing care, make sure that you read the paper work it ask if you would like someone to help you , say yes . The help that they are talking about is the regular care that you would get in the usa . Otherwise a nurse may not enter your room all night . I miss my plane so my girlfriend ended up have her surgery a day before me . i got there the next day.after her surgery , i entered her room they had not given her her call bell it was still on the wall hanging , her medication was sitting in a box next to her . The good thing was that i did miss my plane so i ended up staying up with her all night taking care of her giving her meds , changing her bed pads ect.... when i told the nurse she needed help , they asked me why did i wake her up. i told her she was awake when i walked in the room and that i moved her bed so that she could have he call bell , that was still hanging on the wall . she just made a face at me . i stayed up most of the night taking care of my friend.the next day i made sure that i hired a private nurse, to take care of me after i had my surgery . a private nurse stays in your room with you all night until the morning when you leave to go to the recovery house. now lets talk about the recovery house .we stayed at my home . the place is beautiful , and that is where it ends. the staff will not help you unless you are a b--ch . the manager is no kind of a manager that i have ever dealt with . one day after a doctor's appointment we got to my home to find, our food sitting on the table and the pest control guy is foging the place. they sent us all up stairs, because of the fumes . when we came back down stairs the food had been left on the table , they asked if we were going to eat lunch i said no the fumigator foged over the food . the manager said that it didn't happen .i told her one of the two of us was lying , and since she is telling that i did not see ,what i just saw ,that she must be calling me the liar. i then told her that i had nothing else to say to her and that she could leave. i ordered out food , for the next two meals . i did not know if they were trying to give us the same salad from lunch , and i was not going to eat it . make sure you have money. now lets talk about breakfast they gave us scramble eggs with turkey for three days in a row . that was fri, sat,sun . on monday i had a doctor's appointment , i told lesley i would not feed my dogs the food we were getting .she must of called my home ,because they did change the food . if anyone has any question i will try to answer as fast as i can, other than that , (you may have to be a b--ch) .

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Fatima Almonte, MD

Fatima Almonte, MD

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Replies (40)

July 23, 2015
Sorry U had to experience that.Other than the doctor doing ggod work...it seems the after care was horrible!!!!Geshssssss Louise.....WhatRH house did u stay at. If u can ,,, Can u post some b4 and after pictures. Hope u have a speedy recovery.
July 23, 2015
What surgeries did you get? Itemized,,,, how much would u say you spent? How many girls does the doctor perform a day that u could see if u remember. How is your friend doing? Glad to hear u both are OK
July 23, 2015
I had a tt , and lipo on my sides and arm's . the cost was $4,300. i spent $4,000 peso(D.R. money) on a private nurse. Fatima Almonte, MD, did 4 surgeries that day . she started at 5am. my girlfriend is doing find , she just had breast augmentation, so she was up and moving around in a couple of days . i was very lucky to have her there with me at the R/H. we payed a cab drive $20 (usa) to take us out to eat . i can't real tell you how much i spent on food , because it was in D.R. money . all i can say is that exchanged $500(usa) to D.R. , and i still have some left over.
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July 23, 2015
Wow I was seriously thinking abt going with her instead if Diaz or Robles,now I'm second guessing
July 23, 2015
Fatima Almonte, MD line work on my tt looks good , but my belly button keeps on opening up . i do not think that it has had the fair chance to close up yet . we were on the 3rd floor , and got little to no help from staff. when we got there they put your luggage on the floor if you need something out of it you had to get it yourself. they do have these call bell that you put around your neck , but not everyone gets one , and some of them did not work.i am not telling people not to go to Fatima Almonte, MD, just that if you do go know that you are going to have to make sure you read on the R/H that you go to . to read the paper work at the hospital . there is a box that said do you want a assistance mark it yes or you may not see is a nurse all night. i payed for a private nurse . it was about 4,000 paso . i had extra money so that i could go out to eat , or so that i could order in . just make sure that you have a voice , this is not the time to be shy. you are depending on the kindness of strangers to take care of you when you may still need to take care of yourself.
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July 23, 2015
So yoy spent abt $250us dollars on a private nurse? Yes I know you are not saying not to go to her, but to hear of your experience is an eye opener. Thanks so much for the info, I am in my beginning stages of planning so do you mind sharing everything with me so I can be prepared? I can inbox you my number if you don't mind talking or texting
July 23, 2015
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July 23, 2015
Thanks soooo much for the info
July 29, 2015
I can agree with 1234jad, I'm 6 weeks po from Fatima, and 1234jad had spoken the truth. I only saw Fatima the day of the surgery, after that I had a follow up 2 days later, and had to hunt them down for the next follow up which didn't happen for a week later. Fatima's tt scars are nice, bbl are hit or miss, don't go to her if you expecting a nicki or kim booty, in my opinion. Like 1234jad, my belly button is taking forever to heal. I also got arm lip, but I don't really notice difference. I won't say not to go to her, she is safe, and that is important to her, but the after care is so less than desirable. When I started my journey Fatima had 5 stars, not anymore, she is getting like the rest, when they start to get their clientele up, what got them the 5 stars they stop doing. I found my own recovery house, and didn't use any of the ones they suggested.
August 6, 2018
HI i just wondering what are the other recovery houses available around? please?
August 26, 2018
sorry, I do not know all of the recovery house. my friend picked this one at the time it was supposed to be one of the best. Jose Leon, MD has his own recovery house and if I was to go back this is who I would go to.
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July 23, 2015
Do u like your results?
July 23, 2015
i still have my drain in,because of the stairs at my home and all the movement of having to take of myself. i can not tell you the outcome because it is still to early and i am still swollen ,
August 25, 2018
sorry, this took so long, but yes my tummy is still as flat as a drum. I put new skink on my belly button and it helped it heal up faster
July 23, 2015
the reason that i have not posted any pictures is, because i still do not know what the outcome is yet. i still have in a drain , and my belly button is still open . a straight line for a tummy tuck is all i can tell you. My home was the R.H. the phone service that works is verizon other than that you may not have phone service. there is wifi but it does not always work , and they do not tell you that they have wifi on the 3rd floor . there is a sign with the password , but you have to look for it yourself because they do not tell you about it. it took almost three days before i could reach my husband, and that was because my roommate found the small sign on the wall saying that you needed a different password for wifi upstairs. when i have any outcome that i feel is fair to share i will post it , right now i do not want to sway anyone one way or another. the surgery and the workmanship of the doctor is not the end all,when she sends you to a R/H where you do not get the after care that you need .
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August 12, 2015
gosh said to hear there is still no improvement at my home. I stayed there for 10 day. had surgery by Almonte 29 sept 2014. I also had my issues with them. I
my issues were the food not so good the same thing over and over. Dinner time you cannot sit peacefully the mus.. will have u for dinner. and the heat terrible. and also the cook every time she would come and watch me have massage she would be laughing and talking to the girl giving massages and if you do not understand the language u feel like a freak show. people looking at you and laughing. And i was in serious pain from lipo so every touch i was screaming ow god and cook was laughing was just a not so god experience.But the nurses at my home cathy and the other one the doctor ad my home were so nice and caring. They were the reason i didnt leave to go to an hotel.
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August 12, 2015
have pic and review up under name aa270. need to update soon tho am 11 months post op