33 Year Old Mummy Wanting Some Breasts - FAT Transfer, No Implants! Nebo, NC

Ok, so I am just starting my journey, well kind of, because really I have been researching forever and a day. But have now decided that I want to have some boobies BEFORE the end of 2015. My lovely friend introduced me to this site a few months back and it has been an absolutely fantastic resource..

OK, so I wrote an email to Dr Hamel's office on Sept 6th, but after 24 hours, no response. So I called and spoke with Jennifer on the 7th who says she will speak to Dr Hamel and get right back to me. 2 hours later, still nothing, so I send a follow up email to which I got a half arsed response answering only half the questions I asked and offering a Skype call. I respond straight back re-asking the questions and asking if I can have a FaceTime call instead - another 24hours, no response. I then email again (notice everytime I have to follow up), and in fairness this time, it only took half an hour for Jennifer to respond. One of my particular questions was how long they recommend I stay, she gets back and says 24HOURS!! I could not believe my eyes. I said "you are recommending only 24hours to be Stateside? Suppose of complications"?
Unbelievably, another 24hours and Jennifer comes back and says "you can stay as long as you want, there is daily follow up and photos by phone if an issue arises you would have to return..." By now I am in complete disbelief but still I think if I can just speak to Dr Hamel, this may restore my confidence.. So I say "wow 24hours stateside for someone who lives 8 hours away". This time 5 hours past by and she comes back with "I apologize i dont think Dr Hamel realised it was out of state when I was discussing it with him"..really, but I told you two days ago!!

Anyways by now we are on Wed 9th Sept. She says she'd be happy to set up a Skye call. So we arrange for the next day, Thursday at 10PM my time. I give me number and she advises he may be a bit late - no worries I say, understandable.
At 9.58PM my time, Jennifer emails "I apologize, Dr Hamel is still in surgery, would tomorrow be ok for you"?
Very understanding, I say " tomorrow is fine, I understand surgeries are unpredictable".
Friday 10pm comes and goes and guess what? NOTHING!!
I wait until Saturday and send an email so how disappointed I am with the "service" and explain that the only reason I am now being so patient is because of the positive reviews on RealSelf. And that I'd expect at least an apology, an offer of an appointment reschedule or something!
Jennifer did not bother to respond. I even then on Sunday sent another email saying how frustrated I was and how disappointed and how the service was so dis-satisfactory and that she was not doing justice for Dr Hamel - but still I said, "just put me in touch with him as my friend and I still want to have our consult"

OMG! Absolutely unbelievable - still no response. I mean wow. It is no wonder that this seemingly great doctor operates at a much lower cost. By his own admission to another patient he said that he's not getting enough clients through the door and with a patient co-ordinator like that, its no wonder.
I'm so done with CLC and Jennifer now to be frank! It's a dam shame too as I've seen such great work from Dr Hamel, but could you imagine I somehow managed to get surgery with him and I have complications thereafter? How would I contact him with such an assistant? Its a great great shame to him.

So after the catastrophe with Dr Hamel's office, I started contacting Doctors in DR after reading positive reviews and one thing I can say - what an amazing doctor is Dr Tania Medina! I watsapp her after getting her number on this great forum and not even 15 mins later she responded and that has been her pattern ever since. Talk about service. We messaged back and forth for at least half an hour and I have never felt so relaxed with a doctor before - she is oustanding, truly. Only issue is she does not perform fat transfer to the breasts and she says the reason for this is because this procedure initiates incorrect mammogram readings due to using fat cells. She says implants are safer, in her opinion and would advocate more so for them. I also spoke with Dr Leon Jose and Katherine Carmilo, and they have voiced the same opinion.

So right now, I am still thinking what to do. The whole thing with implants is that I didnt want the foreign body but then with fat transfer I dont want the low retention or the problem with mammograms! It's so difficult to know what to do.

Oh yes, forgot to say, I also had a consult with Dr Bednar but with a quote of almost $12,000 without flight and hotel considered, I could not justify that spending at all. No way. And with fat transfer too, which is not guaranteed results! Sorry Dr Bednar is brill but way beyond my spending!!!

So Dr Medina is winning at the moment. I really have never come across such a caring doctor, so responsive and seems so genuine, and I am a social worker, so that says a lot!