FG Q&As

Throughout this journey I have a ton of questions. Questions for my doctor, my recovery house, and of my fellow surgery dolls. So I will use this page to post the questions I have and the answers I received from

Dr. Fernandez-Goico

Feb. 20
How many surgeries do you do in a day?  You only one that day. I only do one surgery if it a combined surgery.
Can I send you or Karel my list of what to pack to make sure that I have everything that I need? Send it to Karel as I have no idea if you would be missing something. Lots of things in the girl department that I don;t know much about.

Feb. 17
Do you provide compression socks? Yes we do. Open toes.
Should I get a back up pair?
Do you think my belly button will move with my tummy tuck or will you make me a new one?
Can I be heart shaped.  I'm sorry but whoever performs that cannot be a board certified plastic surgeon.

Feb. 14
How many weeks do I have to wait before I can drive? 4 weeks before driving
Workout--like walking or elliptical? 4-6 weeks for the elliptical, let's see how you recover.

Feb. 10
What are "dog ears'? How common are they? Can I do anything to prevent them? Dog ears should not happen ever. They are excess skin left in the border of the incisions and they can be corrected immediately during the surgery.  I have have 'dog ears'.

Feb. 3
How could/would my cycle effect my cycle/ What and how far ahead should I take additional iron? Start now, 300mg daily. You hemo goes down a little with your period.  Have Vitamin C separate 1000mg as well and stop 2 weeks before surgery. 

Feb. 2
How long does botox last? About 4-6 months.

Feb. 1
What tummy tuck procedure do you usually use? I use several different techniques to prevent seromas. For example suturing the inner fat layer to the muscle to close the dissection among other techniques. I use a special drainage system which theoretically cannot get clogged.

Also do you/can you severe my eye brow frown lines while I am getting other procedures?   It is temporary and I stopped doing them because//long term effect is not good.

Jan. 25
Can I instead take the lipo on my thighs(instead of my flanks and lower back)? Don't worry I'll do your thighs as well.

Jan. 21
how strict the 14 day rule? I would recommend 10-14 days. But let's say your a slow healer...You'll go home without being completely recovered.

Questions

As  Review the quotes from the doctors I will list my questions for each/any/ all doctors that I have.

I will update this post as I get answers...


Robles (emailed questions on 12/22) As of Jan 19... I did not get a response...? I am going to resend and add a few questions

• How many surgeries do you schedule in one day? How can I be the first one of the day?
• Which RH do you work in conjunction with?
• If I have a history of epidural headaches, can I request general anesthesia...?
• How is the breast lift different from the breast augmentation?

Yily (emailed questions on 12/22) Responses sent on 12/23.

• The quote states that I must have someone to stay the night with the night of surgery. Can that person be a nurse from the RH? Or do I need to come with a friend? Or can myself and a fellow surgery patient be each other stay person?You can hire a nurse from the Recovery House, it can't be another patient because that person won't be able to help you through the night
• Which RH do you work in conjunction with? I recommend Luxury Recovery House in first place, and some other 2 when that one doesn't have spots available.
• If I chose the RH package and get the meds from my own doctor does that change the quote...?It doesn't change because it's a package offer.
• How many surgeries do you schedule in one day? How can I be the first one of the day? I do up to 4 surgeries. To be the first patient you just have to arrive the day prior surgery to get lab work done. We're open until 5 pm.
• If I have a history of epidural headaches, can I request general anesthesia...? Unfortunately, that's not an option, epidural is the best type of anesthesia we can use for this procedures. The epidural  headaches actually depend on the technique that is used by the anesthesiologist, i have a very good one, by the way.