Out with Old and In with the New - New York, NY

I also went for a consult there. Dr Curran seems very knowledgeable. You have his name as Dr. duran in your blog?? You should definitely take your own pucs too. Cant wait to see how your journey turns out. Good luck

Just email or inbox one of the managers and they'll change the doctors name for you. Girl I'm very excited for you!! Maybe I should call for some more work ;D

I was scheduled at the NYEE for my TT on July 21th at 7:30 in the morning, with PS Dr. John Curran along with PS Dr.Maria Lo Tempio. But because of registration, I was held back and my surgery ended up being at 8:30. From registration they escorted me to the 7th floor to a nice private room, where Dr. Curran was waiting for me to do his drawings on my abdominal area. Then the anesthesiologist came in to introduce himself and right after came the transporter guy to take me down to the surgery area. Both PS came to where I was and explained to me all risks there may be when you under go TT with lipo. I got even more nervous and PS Dr. Lo Tempio assured me that in her career only 1 percent is complication etc. Then both PS escorted me to the OR and in the meantime asked what was my favorite song and was inviting all the other nurses to come join the party. Susana ,who is the secretary in the office is also among the nurses. Besides me being sooo nervous ....they made me feel comfortable. I am now on the operating table and the surgeons put on music to relax me and in the meantime I have two nurses by my legs . They where strapping something on that I guess has to do with leg circulation .On my right, by my arm I had a nurse and by my left arm was the anesthesialogist nurse assistance ....introducing herself and explaining to me that she is inserting the IV and without any signs I was under. I am awakened by nurses in the recovery room , asking if I was in any pain. My first response was "it's done?". They smiled and replied "yes" you been in recovery for a while and now we are taking you to your room. I felt comfortable and nausea free. I was feeling just a bit of burning sensation on my right side, but with a little morphine it was all good. When I was taken to my room , I was very hungry and was able to eat right away and right after went to sleep for a little. During my overnight stay the nurses would come in quit often to take my vital signs, empty drains while keeping track of the amount of fluids i been letting out and feeding my IV with antibiotics. All the nurses on that floor were AMAZING!!!. They made my stay very comfortable. PS Dr. Curran came in to take a look and see how I was doing ....later in the afternoon after my surgery and then they put a binder on .I told him that I wasn't in pain, but he told me remember you still have all this pain meds and anesthesia in your system and it will wear out and pain is going to kick in. The pain was bearable, the only discomfort was muscle pain on my right side, but the incision itself did not hurt at all. I went home the next day with my drain tubes and my husband picked up my pain med that the PS prescribed Oxycodone/acetaminophen . This med would cause such a headache and make me light headed, so I decided not to proceed taking it. Dr. Curran called me the next day to see how I was doing and I mention the bad headaches with the pain med and he said to take over the counter Tylenol extra strength instead. I guess that all pain meds have different effects on others. My hubby and I went to see Dr. Curran on my 7th day of surgey . Dr. Was very happy with the results and removed my right drain and said to keep monitoring the fluids that come out and then to email him the amounts and then he'll see if we can go back to his office the following Friday to have the left Drain removed. My husband sent him the amounts on thursday and he said to come in Friday. I am so happy !!! I am drain tubes free!!! I can now shower my self with out hubby or daughters help. I can now get out of the house for a little here and there. Today marks my 14th day and it also is the first time I started to wear a compression garment. It was very hard getting it up and zippering it. But with my daughters help, we did it. I hate it so much because of the pressure ....it's very tight. I am still very swollen and black and blue especially around the belly button area. My husband says overall I got my money worth and then some. I would highly recommend PS Dr. Curran at the NYEE my total cost 4,500 and my pain meds that I was sent home with was covered by my insurance. I hope by sept 25 most of my swelling will be gone ,so that I can enjoy our cruise vacation with my family. Thank you PS Dr. Curran and staff!!! Susanna is the secretary ,that makes the appointments and schedules your surgery date....she was awesome!!!!

What happened? Are you happy? Do you have pictures?

Hey I know it has been a couple of months know, I would like to know how you are doing so far ? Are the result still fabulous ? How many hours was the procedure.? Did u get lipo and tummy.tuck ? Sorry.for.asking much.. how's the scar sofar

I will be following your story I have a hernia as well .

Dr. Polavarapu said her friend was coming from Chicago and do his residence. I believe his name was Robert.. Best thing I ever did and I don't have any regrets. I wish you the best and If you have any questions don't hesitate to email me :-)