BBL, Jan 22nd w/ DR Fisher - Miami

I honestly still can't believe I'm doing this OMG!! LOL Nerves all over the place. I'm 28yrs old, no kids, 5'6" and currently weighting at 188. I'm in the process of losing weight, I was 196 about three weeks ago. I have always been up and down throught the years with my weight. My lowest weight was 132lbs. But no matter how much weight I gain, it NEVER and i mean NEVER goes to my butt!! Well I've been stalking and researching high and low for a surgeon for BBL, probably for the past year or so. Started saving money etc. I've had surgery before and this is my second realself journey. I had a breast reduction about three years ago and did really well with that surgery, however it was locally in my home town New Orleans, plus my insurance paid for it.
Having to go through surgery electively AGAIN and out of town freaks me out a little !!! Lol But I'm booked, paid in full and ready to go!!! I was first going to go with Dr. Jimerson in Atlanta, I fou d him on instagram and they quoted me $11,300 and that only included 4 lipo areas, it would be an additional $950 a piece for other lipo areas. Um sorry, not in my budget sir, NO THANK YOU! So Istarted doing my research more. I googled the average cost for this type of surgery and it was $6K. I could deal with that. I personally feel like Dr. Jimerson is way over priced because he's known now. A friend of mines had the same surgery by him years ago and it was way less! ANYWHO, I have family in Houston, TX and I realized I would need tto travel outside the state so I looked up doctors there. I came across Dr. Cortes who seem to have nice work as far as BBL but after further looking at reviews I just kinda declined. There was some things that I just didn't feel comfortable about for some reason, not many reviews. So then I came to Realself. Still not many reviews I liked for Dr Cortes but I did see Dr. Fisher's , Dr.Hasan and Dr.Oretga's work and I was quite impressed! The prices were decent as well as there work! So I had to do the good old process of elimination technique. Long story short, I went with Dr. Hasan.
Sent a email to Vanity and received a call about two days later from Ms. Leomathys (I think thats how you spell it) she told me to just call her Leo lol. The first time she called I didnt answer, I was started to have second thoughts about it. Couldn't believe I was really doing this. My boyfriend was like "Dont get scares now you've neen talking about this forever" lol, after about a week i finally called her back smh lol
We went over everything height, weight etc, she seem pretty nice and helpful, she stated I didnt have to lose any weight which i was surprised and that my BMI was under 30, she sent me a email on how to take pics and that Dr Hasan was in the office that day and he could possibly look at my pics today. So I sent them and about two hours later she called and said he thinks i'm a good candidate (i knew i was cause im all belly and no butt!) She said he told her he will need to do agressive lipo on me. That kinda scared the sh*t outta me, just the word aggressive sounds scary! But I understand. I told her I'm in the process of losing weight and try to get to at least 170-175 before surgery. She told me not to go below that because they need the fat lol. I'm just cautious of my stomach and skin retracting. I mean my skin is pretty tight right now and i think it will be ok but i think the smaller the better before sugery. I told her I wanted to schedule for January 2016, she quoted me the $4K which cover 12 lipo areas with lipo sculpting and the fat transfer/bbl and said I will need to make a deposit of $1K to reserve my surgery date. I told her I wanted to pay in full (since i had the money already) She informed me if I did I would get a garment aswell as 2 lymphatic massages included in my surgery. Of course you know I told her I need all this in writing before I pay. I've heard so many mixed reviews on their customer service skills both negative and positive, I hope I don't run into any problems with them, I don't need the DRAMA. But I was very polite but also firm speaking over the phone so she knows I'm bout my business, but i also thanked her and complimented how profrssional, nice and helpful she was (maybe they just need some encouragement right?!)
Anyways, it took me some days to wire transfer the money because my online banking was acting all crazy so I had to wait until I was off and just go into a local branch. I had the bank wire transfer the money for me just to make sure its done properly cause I've never done that before and thats alot of money to just be screwing something up on. Menawhile Ms. Leo was calling, emailing and txting me to see if I had sent the money yet. !!!!!Goodness!!!!! But once I sent the money, I emailed her the receipt and she booked me right away, she stated that she wanted me to lovk in that date cause they get booked pretty fast, i guess.
I let her know that I wanted to be the first patient of that day or I'll just choose another date. She said she booked me to be the very first patient. She emailed me my invoice, surgery checklist, lab work etc. so I was kool with that.
Next task was searching for a good recovery home. I read some reviews on New Body Recovery House with Moni, seems pretty good, so I called and made a deposit. But I hated the fact that she said no one could no longer come with you, I was like wtf?? I can't come alone!! She apologize, but said they policy has changed since Oct 1st. She said their were other recovery homes that still allowed someone to come and stay with you but I was interested after the good reviews I've seen in her I just went ahead a booked. At first i was going to do the 5 night, until I stated playing with the dates for my flight. The thought of going alone FREAKED ME OUT. So I asked a close friend of mines if she can accompany me, I told her I'd pay for her flight I felt it was only fair because I really need her, she agreed and nowI had to come up with a plan.
So the plan now is: fly in the day before surgery which is Jan 19th early flight by myself, Stay at the recovery house for 4 nights and check out on the 23rd. My friend will then fly down on that day and will check into a hotel or a condo maybe on airbnb, stay two nights and fly out together on Monday Jan 25th. I caught a good deal on my flight for $157 non stop round trip! And my friend flight was $228 non stop round trip. And we will be on the sane plane flying back home sitting next to each other, I'm really going to need her lol I was so scared to fly back alone especially! So the flights are booked now, did that yesterday. Now its just finding a good hotel to stay at for two days after i check out the recovery house. I also saw reviews on Amy whos a nurse and comes to your hotel room and take care of you aswell and massages, cook, transportation. I talked to her today and she gave me all her info.I might just need her for massages depends on how i feel, she was sooo sweet and informative on how Dr Hasan recovery would be like, i mean we were on the phone for like 20mins, she was very thera, makes me wanna cancel everything and just go with her lol *Sigh* decisions decisions, Im still trying to figure this whole thing out, feels like I'm all over the place. I still havebt gotten any supplies or nothing yet, It's a bit overwhelming.and EXPENSIVE!
Ladies and vets PLEASE feel free to comment, i need all the info and help i can get! Thank you all !

So far I haven't had any issues with Vanity customer service. My coordinator name is Leomarlys and she's been very helpful. Prompt calls and email responses even after I paid my full balance. Very sweet and professional. Answering any questions I have and some. I always thank her afterwards and let her know how much I appreciate her help through this somewhat overwhelming time for me. I've read alot of reviews about how horrible their coordinator was, thats terrible, I'm just glad it's going well so far for me. I think if you say thank you and treat others kind and not be so demanding, maybe they will feel the same way in return and be even more encouraging to help? Well so far..so good for me