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I've been reading reviews on Realself for like...
I've been reading reviews on Realself for like ever and finally decided to venture out here.
I am staying at real recovery. Everyone is super nice.
Day of surgery, (today) 03/10/2014, they calculate my BMI @ 36. Elizabeth, Duran's assistant, sends me home. I am so annoyed. Although this is my fault, I am still peeved that i came all this way for nothing.
I am staying at real recovery. Everyone is super nice.
Day of surgery, (today) 03/10/2014, they calculate my BMI @ 36. Elizabeth, Duran's assistant, sends me home. I am so annoyed. Although this is my fault, I am still peeved that i came all this way for nothing.
BMI Update
One of the other girls in the house encountered the BMI issue as well. She went to Robles. Since Robles was #3 on my list, I decided to check her out. She was ultra nice, despite me having been marked up by Duran.
03/11/2014
I arrived at CECIP @ 6:30 and waited to be seen, CECIP looks like a really small hospital hospital from the outside. I am totally Team Duran, but was really impressed by CECIP versus CIPLA.
They gave me the blue pill at 10. Set up the IV at 10:15 and that was it.
5:45 PM
my friend calls to see if i made it out of surgery, she had surgery with Duran the previous day.
I tell her yes but have no idea where my stuff is since the recovery house is supposed to provide a person to stay with you, Armonia said no to this for CECIP, they work more with CIPLA. Now I am all paranoid because i am here and don't know where my things are,
Sometime during the evening a nurse walks in ad says I've been assigned to you. I am like "YAY" and she speaks English. I ask her for my stuff. She locates it and brings it to me
She gives me pain meds and attaches a button to the bed so that i can call for help if needed.
I got nauseous and hit the button, they gave me meds and changed the bed and sheets.
All throughout the night, different nurses came in to administer pain meds, give me iron shots, hemoglobin shots and change sheets. Despite being in pain, I was comfortable and slept very well.
Early in the AM, a really nce woman brought me tea to test the nausea. An hour or so later they brought me breakfast; toast, fruit, oat milk (i have no idea what this is, it tasted like condensed milk sprinkled with oatmeal).
The doctor's assistant came in, cleaned me up and put on my faja
someone from the recovery house picked me up
03/11/2014
I arrived at CECIP @ 6:30 and waited to be seen, CECIP looks like a really small hospital hospital from the outside. I am totally Team Duran, but was really impressed by CECIP versus CIPLA.
They gave me the blue pill at 10. Set up the IV at 10:15 and that was it.
5:45 PM
my friend calls to see if i made it out of surgery, she had surgery with Duran the previous day.
I tell her yes but have no idea where my stuff is since the recovery house is supposed to provide a person to stay with you, Armonia said no to this for CECIP, they work more with CIPLA. Now I am all paranoid because i am here and don't know where my things are,
Sometime during the evening a nurse walks in ad says I've been assigned to you. I am like "YAY" and she speaks English. I ask her for my stuff. She locates it and brings it to me
She gives me pain meds and attaches a button to the bed so that i can call for help if needed.
I got nauseous and hit the button, they gave me meds and changed the bed and sheets.
All throughout the night, different nurses came in to administer pain meds, give me iron shots, hemoglobin shots and change sheets. Despite being in pain, I was comfortable and slept very well.
Early in the AM, a really nce woman brought me tea to test the nausea. An hour or so later they brought me breakfast; toast, fruit, oat milk (i have no idea what this is, it tasted like condensed milk sprinkled with oatmeal).
The doctor's assistant came in, cleaned me up and put on my faja
someone from the recovery house picked me up
First Day After Surgery
EFF what you heard, this SHYT is real. Real pain, real deal, real everything.
I've determined everyone's level of pain is different but this is insane, had I known it would hurt this much or be this uncomfortable, I would have invested in a trainer instead.
Not everyone feels this way, like one girl at Armonia was up and walking around day 1. The rest of us just looked at her in awe.
I was able to eat a little something but mostly wanted to sit somewhere and collapse.
The first night at the recovery house was the worst. I am allergic to certain pain pills so i spent the night in agony. Most of the other girls popped a pill and had no issue.
I've determined everyone's level of pain is different but this is insane, had I known it would hurt this much or be this uncomfortable, I would have invested in a trainer instead.
Not everyone feels this way, like one girl at Armonia was up and walking around day 1. The rest of us just looked at her in awe.
I was able to eat a little something but mostly wanted to sit somewhere and collapse.
The first night at the recovery house was the worst. I am allergic to certain pain pills so i spent the night in agony. Most of the other girls popped a pill and had no issue.
Provider Review
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