Lapband Patient from Australia Travelling to Miami for BBL - Surgery Booked for 21-03-2017 - Miami, FL

Soooooo surgery done and dusted and back in Melbourne now. Not going to lie - recovery was and still is tough!! Day of surgery walked over to the centre as my hotel coincidentally was on the same street and only 500m away. Met Dr Salama who is so warm and funny. Straight shooter though! I had gained uhh... much more then the recommended 10-15 pounds so he said he most likely wouldn't be able to get all of it which I figured anyway but at least I had ample fat to work with! I have to say - waiting times are a drain!! I was there at 9am and didn't get into surgery until 11.45. Anyway, was taken into surgery and fell asleep to the incredibly painful IV (weird, never experienced that before). Woke up shivering and with pretty bad nausea though no pain. Justin from the recovery house came and picked me up and dropped me off at the house. The first day I felt no pain - I threw up (I'm sensitive to anaesthetic) but that was the only discomfort I felt. Day 2 - wow. Pain kicked in with a vengeance. I have tried to block out the first week post op, that's how [RS bleep] it was. It was uncomfortable, I was nauseas for 5 days, weak and the drains made life a misery. I'll continue my update tomorrow as too much to get through but I've added some pics from the early days.

So I had my preop with Nomie today - she's great, made me feel better as I'm so nervous and anxious at the moment. I also decided to add my chin cause why not?? She gave me all my post op instructions, my prescription for all the meds I need and info about the recovery house. I'm booked in for 9am and I just realised that the operating rooms are 500 metres from my hotel so I can just walk over in the morning - handy. Anyway, fingers crossed all goes well, am going to try to get some sleep now.

After an almost 30 hour transit, I've arrived in Miami. Luckily my Airbnb host allowed me to check in early! Received an email from Nomie while in transit - my preop is on Monday at 12pm. Can't wait!!!