Had a great consult today!

I had a fantastic consult today.  I spent over two hours with the surgeon.  We had a get to know each other meeting, then our "let's draw on you and see what we have" and then the last 45 minutes was looking at former patients pictures and I have to say that this Dr. does some fantastic work.  His receptionist even show me her tummy tuck from him and talk about rock hard abs, she looked great!  I am going to have a LBL in two stages.  First stage will be a hernia repair, muscle repair, fleur de lis tummy tuck with front thighs raised.  The second stage with be the butt lift with side and back thighs lifted.  The best news is that I made be able to have this surgery by the end of the month.  They will let me know tomorrow, if we can get the general surgeon that he uses to do the hernia repair since I have two hernias,  one already covered with mesh, to coordinate with the scheduling.

I thought that I would be so nervous stripping down to my birthday suit but the doctor made me feel so comfortable.  I feel that Dr. A is definitely the right fit for me.

How exciting!!  Isn't it great when you find the right doctor for you??

Just wondering...is your insurance covering any of this since you have the hernias?  How much were you quoted?

good luck to you..this is  a great journey!

Patty

Hi Patty:

I was super please with my cost.  The PS cost with hospital facility and anesthetics fee is $8282.00 total.  We are going to file the hernia surgery with my insurance.

That is an amazing price!  Things are always more expensive in California.

Patty

Hi Tess,

Was the surgeon in Memphis?  Would you mind telling me his name?  I'm from Memphis originally, and one of the things I've been considering is having plastics done down there, where I'd have my parents and other family to help while I recuperate.

Thanks

 Actually his office is located in Germantown.  I went to see Dr. Peter Aldea and was really impressed with the time he gave me going over different questions and working with me to figure out the greatest outcome from my plastics.

 Yay Tes!  I'm so glad you've found your surgeon!

Congrats!  Now we've found our surgeons....I can't do my LBL until Nov 9th, but I am so ready!  Keep us posted.  I'm so happy for you.

If you do not mind me asking, how much will both surgeries cost.  I like his approach, and it sounds like you will have fantastic results.  Who will be your surgeon?

Hi Dasie:

Dr. Peter Aldea will be my surgeon.  The second surgery will be less than $6,000.  If it have not been for the fleur de lis part of the tummy tuck, that surgery would have been about $2,000 less.  He normally, does a tummy tuck with high lateral tension for about $4,200.00 plus hospital and anesthetics.  Because my surgery will last approximately 6 hours, he will bring in his wife, who is a board certified plastic surgeon to help him close up.  I am getting so excited!!!