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Almost died from an infection after this surgery
UPDATED FROM foreign_mill
2 years post
Haven’t logged in a few years - PPL asking for update
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Hi everyone. Sorry I haven’t been active on here. After what I happened I wanted to pretend it didn’t happen, and have had a hard time talking about it. My arms are still so gross and messed up, healed but the scars are awful. I need reconstructive surgery but I’m really scared to get any more surgeries to be honest. The wound at the top of my buttocks is kind of like a 2nd butt crack now (looks disgusting when I’m naked, won’t let me husband see). At any rate, I’m sure he’s done and has done great work on everyone else, my surgery was something from hell.
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UPDATED FROM foreign_mill
1 month post
Update as of May 28 2018
Still going to wound care every other day, my left arm is still open and requires more debriding due to complications from the infection. I am 2 months post op and still dealing with open wounds.
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June 7, 2018
I am so sorry you have to Beth through this...there’s a TV show called Botched, do you wanna apply for reconstruction with them? My prayers are with you.
UPDATED FROM foreign_mill
1 month post
Update on me....
Hey everyone. It has been 15 days since I have been out of hospital. Everyday is still filled with great pain in my arms and left buttock (where the infected fat was pushed out). My arms are taking so long to close up - keep in mind its been a month and a half since I had surgery with Dr. Pantoja and I am still trying to keep my arms together. The doctors here said I am lucky that I didn't lose my arms. Can you believe that??? Dr. Pantoja could have made me lose my arms......... my arms...... I am so disgusted. I want to start sharing some emails back and forth with Nadia....so you can see how they took zero responsiblitiy for what happened to me, and just blew me off....like I didn't almost die. Like I'm not still dealing with this. Like my mental health is a complete disaster right now. When you work so hard to save money up for something, months and months it took me - and all the excitement you have before surgery to be a "new you". And then you come and start dying, filled with infection, spend almost a month in hospital, lose your job, lose your mental health, starting from scratch. And the man wont even offer a refund. That's why I am pushing this so hard.....this isn't fair. This isn't right. I know I need to move on, but I am not even no where healed. I have to attend wound care sessions every other day where they change the dressings on my arms and its so painful. I cant drive because I can barely use my arms. He has taken so much happiness and normalness away from my life.
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May 12, 2018
He should be sued, So sad that his practice gets away with this
May 14, 2018
I had surgery with him just fine over here. She should get more testing done first.
May 14, 2018
You can dm an email address and I will send my medical records so you can see all the "testing" I have had done while I spent 3 weeks in intesive care with very capable surgeons, infectious disease coordinators and internal medicine.
May 30, 2018
I believe what you said is true. Sepsis is no joke and it takes a competent medical provider to spot the signs. The first one being your temperature and lack of energy! If he had checked your heart rate, I’m almost positive it would’ve been fast. Another sign of sepsis!!! The fact that you got on that plane and didn’t die right there is a miracle. Your doctor was negligent. And anyone can perform surgery and get good reviews because nothing went wrong. But a good doctor is the one that knows what to do when things don’t go as planned. A good doctor is cautious when his patient is telling him she feels horrible. To send you out the door in that condition tells me he didn’t want to deal with it. Maybe he knew and didn’t care. Maybe his medical knowledge is limited and didn’t even think to check for sepsis. I knew what was wrong before you even said you were septic. Just from you describing how you felt afterwards. Imagine how incompetent or careless he has to be if he can’t recognize that while you’re in front of him?
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018
Also, ladies please pay attention to these doctors. This guy is NOT a plastic surgeon. He is a core aesthetic, which means he did a course for a few weeks and got CERTIFIED! Try to get your surgery from an actual plastic surgeron that went through MONTHS of training and spealizes in this surgery. Did you know a dermatologist can do a bbl, lipo, etc? Would you want them to do your surgery? Most of them are unable to handle things when the surgery goes WRONG because they have not been trained! You are playing Russian roulette when you pick these doctors.
January 22, 2019
Did you post your review and pics to his page? He has all of these 4+ star reviews living his best life, like he didn't almost take your life. Please share with his page if RS allows as your experience should not be taken lightly. He should be held accountable. I understand that there are certain waivers that must be executed before the procedure can be done, however, no refund and no accountability is unacceptable.. Hope you are ok.
May 14, 2018
May 17, 2018
Omg so sorry this happen to u Hun ...he messed up my tummy tuck scare bad too all crooked n bad belly button
May 17, 2018
@madeintj I read your post about dr pantoja it seems like you were happy with your results and I think you gave him a good review. What has change? And also you should go back in there to give him a one star, because people need to know he messed up your body....
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