40yrs Old Mum Who Has Had 2 C Sections with Large Muscle Separation and Umbilical Hernia, for Mini Tummy Tuck and a Little Lipo.

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Alex Campbell, MD

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My initial consultation was via email with Premium Care and once I had sent off photos and descriptions we then followed up with a skype session with Dr Alex Campbell. My initial impressions were extremely positive, I found Dr Campbell very professional but extremely relaxed and had no problems chatting with him. He made me feel extremely at ease and nothing was too much trouble. We talked about different procedures and decided upon a mini tummy tuck, with muscle repair and umbilical hernia repair. My muscle separation goes right up towards the rib cage and he assures me he could still get to it with a mini. So fingers crossed! We decided fairly quickly we are like that once we have made up our minds that's it, off we go. So one month later we packed up the kids boarded an extremely long flight from Dubai where we live to Miami, U.S.A. We had five days to relax and spend some family time at the pool and beach and shops and then headed on the next 3hr flight to Cartagena, Colombia. Once we arrived a Premium Care rep came and treated us and took us to our accommodation. The next afternoon I headed for my pre op consultation in the offices and consultation with the aenethetist. That evening we walked around the old town and had a lovely steak and some red wine and after ten o'clock no food or drinks so showered with sterile wash and hoped into bed. The next morning was a five am wake up quick wash and headed to the Medi Help hospital to register and have vitals taken and prepped for surgery. It was very cold and after getting wheeled into the operating theatre I was nervous but o.k. I was greated by the nurses and anesthetist and Dr Campbell. Dr Campbell washed me with a warm sterile soap which was much nicer than the freezing cold they usually use so it was quite relaxing. Then onto the operating table and before I could even think I felt woozy and was out. I woke up in recovery and not sure how long I was there but quite a lot longer than usual, I am not very good with pain management. So they kept me under observation a little longer and provided stronger medication. I did forget to mention we did have some hiccups. No1. We had accommodation booked for seven nights that I found online, unfortunately we couldn't stay there for the first three nights so I booked another small apartment. What I didn't realize until the pro op which happened to be the night before surgery that our accommodation was four steep flights of stairs with no elevator