Just had ankle/calf/knee/inner thigh lipo today

So I just had the procedure today. I’m trying to pay it forward since so many people on here have been so helpful.
So, my one complaint was the communication, BUT their system did get hacked for ransom. Also, I knew that my start time could change beforehand, which it did the day before, but the morning of at 8:45 am they told me to come in at 9:15. I was in the shower and still hadn’t eaten, so I just got there a teeny bit early versus 45 minutes early. Then when leaving to day, my appointment was set for 1PM since i have a later flight and nowhere to go, but then I got a text tonight saying to come at 11AM because he wouldn’t be in during the afternoon. Not very organized.
Other than THAT, everything was great. Yes, the lidocaine shots did sting pretty bad, especially in my ankles and knees, but I could have been more sensitive there due to the lipedema. It was very short lived, so don’t stress out. As everyone says there is a lot of twisting and turning and moving - both to inject the lidocaine/epinephrine numbing solution and while the fat is being sucked out. I didn’t think it was bad at all. Around my ankles and knee was the worst again, but it was very little pain with just some weird sensation like hitting your funny bone. For reference, I think that I have a pretty high pain threshold and I don’t get grossed out by surgery/blood/body things. I drove myself to my one week follow up from having a full hysterectomy and oopherctomy.
Anyway, I got back to the hotel just fine. Everything was still numb. I am not trying to be a hero, so I took my Percocet at the 4 hour mark and will continue to do so. I took a little nap, and then got up to pee. Yep, the whole burning legs, dizziness, nausea thing is no joke. I peed and laid back down and took one of the anti-nausea drugs. I took another nap but felt nauseated the whole time.. A few hours later I got up just to test thins again and it still burned pretty badly, so I laid back down. An hour after that I got up, and it was a world of difference.
IDr. Su and his staff are very nice. As others have said, its almost like a Pilates barre or yoga session where you are holding poses for a fair amount of time and flexing. It didn’t bother me or exhaust me at all. In fact, multiple times he told m to not tighten so much. Lol When he was done, I just didn’t have the words, and like many others, I teared up. I’ve been so skinny that people worried about me, but still I had fat knees and ankles. My inner ankle bone did not stick out AT ALL. There’s an a concave indentation on top of it in the midst of the fat…well, there WAS - not anymore.
Also, I traveled from out of state, and it has been fine traveling alone. Hmmm…what else.OH! I got a sock from them that helps get the compression garment on. It definitely helped. I also bought a “donner” to help for when I get home, so I will try to let you know how that goes.

Slept pretty good last night, actually. I set alarms for every 4 hours to wake up and take a pain pill. After that first few hours after the lidocaine wore off, I didn’t have hardly any pain if I didn’t move, but it definitely burned pretty bad (not God awful) and I was nauseated. After those few hours it was all good. Be forewarned that the padding around your ankles will get soaked, and it will bleed into the bed and the carpeting. Put the big pad on the bed and the one of smaller ones on top of your legs. Also, make sure that they give you tape in case the pad around you’d legs tears and you need to put a new one.
Morning was fine. Just stiff and a little sore. Follow up appt was at 11, but I waited in room for about an hour for him to come in. I wasn’t dizzy or anything after taking the garment off. I got a little sponge bath and the dragon ‘s blood. Still draining a little bit. The garment wasn’t bad at all, but I got a different one than ankle/knee folks since I had inner thighs done. The nurse said that the material of the full garment that I had was much softer and smoother. Also, I made sure to take a Percocet before I headed over there from the hotel. Got wheelchair service at the airport, and I’m so glad I did! Could I have walks it? Yes, but it would have been slow and semi-painful.

Oh, I forgot my other reason for 4 stars vs 6 - the cost. My ankle:calf Cody was $2k more than someone who had theirs done a week before me - and i had less fat removed - and I took a cancellation with short notice. Even after bringing that to their attention, there was no adjustment to my cost. The other person had gotten a quote awhile before I got mine. Moral of the story, if you think you might want to get it done, then get your consult and pricing ASAP.