40 yr old mom, liposuction- flanks & abdomen Lexington, KY

I have stalked this site on and off for a couple years now while doing my research, day dreaming of the perfect body and perhaps looking for some courage. My friend calls this site my support group! Hundreds of reviews and thousands of before and after pics later, I am writing my own review, beginning my own journey...today I am excited and somewhat nervous to announce that I have settled on a doctor, had my consultation, booked my surgery and paid my deposit... there's no going back... I am REALLY doing this! 4/18/2014 I will be having tumescent liposuction to the upper and lower abdomen and bilateral flanks to start, I will be having a breast lift a few months later after I have healed. My surgeon did not want to do them together. I will be posting before pics later, closer to my surgery date and I hope to be able to update this review weekly and continue to do so for a year, in my research I have found the reviews with updates and pics that document progress to be the most helpful. And so I begin....

Finally went for my preop visit yesterday and I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. I was taken back to a conference room by a very friendly nurse who introduced herself as Brook. We sat and she went over all of my health history, discussed the actual procedure and how it will be preformed, what happens during and after, and went over pain medication. I have a codeine intolerance so she asked the Dr. if he could prescribe something for nausea to be taken with the pain meds and this was not a problem. I was also given a prescription for antibiotic's to begin the night before my surgery and an order for lab work. Brook then took my vitals and we moved on to an exam room where there are cameras set up and fluffy pink robes. I undressed and Brook took my before pictures. Don't worry about being modest, she made me feel very comfortable, she was very friendly and personable. I was actually very excited to take the pics as I know it is bringing me yet a tiny step closer to the end result!!! I will be going shopping soon to get some aftercare essentials, I will post what I get and hopefully get some BEFORE pics up as well. Also my Dr. doesn't recommend any of the arnica creams or pills I've heard so much about on this site. He didn't explicitly say not to take them but did recommend that his patients not take any herbs or vitamins or use creams at all unless he prescribes them, Brook did give me a list of meds, vitamins and herbs Not to take. Are everyone else's Dr.'s actually prescribing the arnica or is this something everyone is doing on their own?

The Dr. ordered a CBC and BMP which is standard before any procedure. I promptly had them done on Thursday, never gave it a second thought. The next day Brook calls from my surgeon's office to say that my labs were back and my WBC's were elevated! I am a nurse myself and of coarse I know what this means, but how could it be when I don't feel sic at all! I haven't been recently sick or treated for any illness... not so much as even a cold or allergy... nothing! Anyway, Brook say that we cant go thru with the surgery until my labs are normal. I ask if he could re- order the CBC to be drawn again Monday since there is only a 24hr turn around time for results and I could possibly still have surgery Friday. So now I've been home all weekend hoping and praying that the new results are ok. I've also started myself on some broad spectrum antibiotics just incase my body is fighting something off that I wasn't aware of. Please keep me in your prayers... I am stressed to the max and freaking out!