BA Journey - Miami, FL

Well this entire post got erased, so let's try this again..
The night before and day of surgery I washed with dial antibacterial body wash like instructed, and wore sweats to the office. I was told to come in at 1 for surgery, but I had a killer headache from not eating so we left a bit early. This time the waiting room was completely packed and my friend and I stood out in the hall. We probably waited 10 minutes before a nurse called me back. She told me to give a urine sample, checked it with a pregnancy test, had me take out my jewelry and change into a paper gown. all of the nurses and staff were so, so sweet. I felt really comfortable every step of the way. After I was changed the anesthesiologist came in. I LOVED her. She was so nice! she asked me general health questions again and started my IV for me. She told me she thought I was next, and when she opened the door Dr Freiman came in. He drew on me and told me what was going to happen and that it would be about a 45 minute procedure. He asked if I had any questions and I just reminded him that I didn't want a super pushed up look, but more of a natural look. He said ok and left the room. The anesthesiologist came back in and walked me to the next room for surgery. She helped me up onto the table and they checked my BP and strapped me down. I couldn't believe how calm I was, no nerves what so ever! I just listened to her and one of the nurses chat for a few. She put the oxygen mask on me for a minute and then told me I was going to go to sleep. I felt it in my arm and just closed my eyes.
The next thing I knew I was in recovery shaking. I remember being in pain and I didn't have a nurse near me to tell. I kept taking deep breaths and when the nurse came over I told her I was hurting. She gave me two pain killers and a muscle relaxer. I was disappointed they didn't just put something in my IV but the pain subsided after that. I helped the nurse dress me and felt pretty good after that. When I got back to the hotel I ate cereal, a banana, pineapple and drank a ton of apple juice. I really haven't had any pain since then.. For the rest of the night I slept on and off until I went to the store with my friend. I was fine until check out, and I just went and sat down until he was done paying. I'm so thankful I don't have any serious pain. They are definitely sore, but I was expecting much worse. It's probably 2 or of 10 for the discomfort, so I'll be trying to switch to Tylenol instead of my pain pills now.
Overall I feel really good. I can move my arms around and lift them above my head without much discomfort at all. I've been able to open doors (which I'm now getting yelled at for) and change my clothes. So happy I finally did this! :)

On the 23rd I had my pre op appointment with dr Freiman. The appointment was scheduled at 11, so I got there at 10:40. For awhile I was sitting next to a girl that was also using Dr Freiman as well. She flew in from New York by herself and is having a nurse stay with her. She did both her pre op and surgery in the same day!
Anyway, I got called back a little After 11:30 and was taken to an exam room. I changed and got out my iPad, waiting for Dr Freiman. He came in about 10 minutes later with a girl who was assisting him. He took a look at me and told me I was very lucky for starting with the boobs I had, that I would have a great shape and great cleavage. Made me really happy to hear! He did say I only have the option of under the crease incision bc my nipples are too small. He asked if I had any pictures of what I wanted to look like, I said of course and he said go ahead and show me what you want, and I'll make it for you. I must say I loved his confidence. So I got out my iPad. I showed him a few, kind of got nervous afterwards bc one of the pictures was of a girl pushing her boobs up a bit and I was worried he would try to give more of a fake look. I didn't see him for long, but he answered all my questions and I felt VERY comfortable with him. So I go to the back to fill out pre op paperwork and what not, and it was FREEZING. I was shaking I was so cold. Once I filled it out the nurse asked me about my labs.. Because they didn't freaking have them, AGAIN. I said it was confirmed 5 days ago that they had the labs and that everything was fine. The nurse took me to Catherine's office to try to figure it out. Catherine tried calling lab corp to get my results and they didn't answer. Then she took me to the back to just get the blood work done there. After waiting 10 minutes, still shaking mind you, the nurse comes in and said I needed to pay another $100 for this lab work. Uh, no. I told her someone needed to get my labs from lab corp bc I wasn't paying that, and she told me to call lab corp again. I called probably 10 times before I got an actual person, and they told me to have the office call a 1-800 number to get them faxed.
When I went to talk to Catherine about it she was really annoyed they tried to get me to pay again, and that I had been back there that whole time trying to contact them myself.. Thank goodness. She was super sweet! Honestly all the ladies were and I felt really comfortable there. Catherine's phone did not stop ringing at any point that I was in there.. Plus, she stopped eating her lunch to make sure I was taken care of. She was really sweet, and I felt pretty bad about being so rude about her not getting back to me. That place is like a boobie mill! It was packed the entire time I was there.
So they finally took me back to the pre op area to wait to get my blood drawn. The nurse stuck my left arm and couldn't find a vein. So she went to get another nurse. She looked at my arm and said "what is this?!" Haha. My veins were no where to be found.. She had me open and close my hand and tapped my inner arm but just couldn't find a vein. She stuck me and managed to find one, thank goodness. I talked to another couple while waiting for them to find my veins, and they had come down from Oklahoma! They get people from everywhere! And also, those people had issues with the office receiving their labs as well. So I think they just have a problem with people picking them up and misplacing them.. It really is a VERY busy place. They have probably 14 seats in the office and 5 more in another room and there were lots of propel standing out in the hall because there were no seats!
After that they told me I was free to go, and they would call me with my sx time that night! Altogether I was there for 4 hours. I'm glad I'm such a patient person! The clinic I work in is insanely busy as well, so we frequently have pts stuck waiting for us for 3+ hours, and I know how annoying it is when people complain about it, so I was really patient wth it.
I'll update later about surgery, when I'm not falling asleep trying to type like I am right now haha.

Alright, I've got to vent.. I mentioned that my surgery coordinator wasn't my favorite, well I have a serious problem with her now. I've sent her two emails in the past week to verify everything is all set for my surgery, with no response. So instead of risking getting rude in an additional email, I decided I would just call the office since I came home early today. I work in a very busy clinic myself, that is seriously understaffed, so I honestly know how difficult it can be to get back to people in a timely manner. So I called around 5pm and spoke to Catherine and asked her if she got my lab work, if everything looked ok, and how long I would be on an antibiotic. Well, she put me on hold, then comes back to tell me it will be between 3-5 days for the antibiotic.. Shouldn't she know exactly how long..? Then she tells me she's following up on lab work right now, and that she will call me right back when she gets to mine, and we hung up. No problem. But then I started thinking, why would she be needing to follow up if the results were fine? Why would she need to call me back, couldn't she just look at my chart and let me know it was all good to go or if there was an issue? So my mind is now racing and I'm getting freaked out that there is something wrong with my labs. I've already scheduled off work, have arranged for a friend to go with me to take care of me, have two hotel reservations since we are staying in Orlando for a night on top of the hotel I'll recover in, and I have told people at work so they won't think I'm a slacker when I come back to work.. And go figure, their office is now closed and she did not call me back. I'm so frustrated!! This surgery is a huge deal! I've paid a lot of money, and ever since it's been like pulling teeth to get a response from her to anything. I just wish I had requested Yadira, I've heard she is absolutely wonderful and so prompt with responses. I knew when choosing this practice that I may have to be persistent since they are SO busy, but this unnecessary stress is just stupid. I'm so, so frustrated.. Now I'm going to have to wait until either she calls me (won't hold my breath) or until my lunch tomorrow to call her, yet again, since I'm giving up on trying to send her emails. I'm not even the stressful type. I'm incredibly laid back usually, but I have put a LOT into getting this done, and now the person I should count on to make this go smoothly is stressing me out! I leave in 4 days for Florida and still haven't confirmed that everything is good to go.. This is crazy!
Sorry for being a negative nancy. This is just irritating! Rant over.