ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Michele Trobaugh regrets the day she heard a radio advertisement for Dr. Jan Adams. 

Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Jan Adams operated on the mother of rapper Kanye West the day before she died. 

Eager to fix breasts that weren't the same size and a rash that occurred where her breasts rubbed against her stomach, Trobaugh, then 28, went to see Adams in his office in Huntington Beach, California. She says she trusted him right away. 

"I fell for his charm. I fell for his confidence," she says. 

But her surgery turned out to be a "nightmare," she says. 

Trobaugh says that in March 2006, Adams gave her a breast augmentation, tummy tuck and liposuction -- all at one time. 

"The next day I woke up fighting for every breath. It was like an elephant was sitting on my chest," she says. "And when I got up to go the restroom I noticed the girdle I was wearing was soaked with fluid and blood. For days I was soaking through blankets and towels." 

Trobaugh says she had three infections. She had a second surgery a few weeks later to remove fluid from her hips. 

Questions surrounding the death of another of Adams' patients, Donda West, mother of rapper Kanye West, have reignited Trobaugh's pain, she says. She has not sued Adams but says she may in the future. 

Asked to respond to Trobaugh's comments, Adams issued a statement through his publicist, Kevin Williams. 

"I believe very strongly in the fundamental American principle of the right of the individual to defend himself," the statement said. "Recently inaccurate and, frankly, false statements have ciruculated that require clarification. Unfortunately, it has become impossible to separate thsese statements from other professional issues. I will await my turn." 
How much later?
She had a second surgery a few weeks later to remove fluid from her hips. 