PAMMIE

I ASKED MY DR ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AFTER READING ON IT HERE. HE SAID HE HAD A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE THAT HAD LOST 30 POUNDS IN 30 DAYS AND THE DR ASKED HOW HE’S DONE IT. HE SAID HE WAS TAKING HCG DROPS SO THE DR WAS READING UP ON IT. MY DR DIDN’T MUCH THINK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON THE SUBJECT AS LONG AS HE WASN’T DOING THE INJECTIONS HIMSELF BUT WAS HAPPY HIS PATENT HAD LOST WEIGHT. I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU THINK THE HCG SHOTS OR DROPS ARE KEEPING THE HUNGER AT BAY? IS THAT THE IDEA OF IT? ONE WOULD THINK ANY 500 A DAY CALORIE INTAKE WOULD MAKE ONE LOSE WEIGHT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME

I'M FINDING THAT SINCE I'VE HAD GOOD EATING HABITS WITH A FILL FOR SO LONG, IT'S COMING PRETTY NATURALLY WITHOUT A FILL. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT PORTIONS WITH ME BUT SO FAR SO GOOD

A FRIEND WENT TO TJ FOR HER SECOND FILL LAST WEEK, 8.0. SHE STUCK AROUND FOR A DAY AND KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE TOO MUCH SO THEY TOOK SOME OUT AFTER SHE TRIED TO EAT A MEAL, 1cc A VERY AGGRESSIVE FILL I'D SAY FOR NUMBER TWO BUT SHE'S FEELING GOOD NOW

I HAD SWELLING FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT FINAL RESULTS IN ABOUT 2 MONTHS I'D SAY KIM I'D LOVE TO MEET UP ANY TIME. I'M IN THE FEDERAL WAY, AUBURN AREA. OUR SON GRADUATED LAST YEAR FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON UP THERE BUT I STILL MAKE TRIPS UP THE MALL TO SHOP. NAME A DATE

KEEP HYDRATED!!!

THAT'S A GOOD PLAN BEING YOU HAVEN'T HAD A FILL YET

GOTTA DIG THAT!!! CONGRATULATIONS DEBBIE!!!

DAWN, DID THEY DO A COMPLETE UNFILL? IF SO, GO IN AGAIN ASAP

DR ORTIZ RECOMMENDS THAT AT THE 2 YEAR MARK TO HAVE AN ENDOSCOPY DONE

CONGRATULATIONS CINDY

WHAT'S DONE IS DONE, AND I'M NOT BRINGING THOSE FAT CELLS BACK TO WORK ON THEM. I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH ME

JUST WHY I WAITED UNTIL I LOST THE WEIGHT TO HAVE IT

BRIAN, LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT ALOT OF GOOD ADVICE HERE AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE THING, GOOD AFTERCARE. HAVE A GOOD DR LINED UP FOR YOURSELF LOCALLY EVEN IF YOU PLAN ON USING THE OCC FOR YOUR FILLS BEST OF LUCK TO YOU

"Once created, however, fat cells remain in your body forever; they may shrink in size when you lose weight, but they never go away (unless they are removed by surgery or liposuction)" YA FOR LIPO LOL

IMO, YOUR TOO TIGHT IF YOUR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WATER

THANKS DANA, I'M FEELING JUST FINE NOW I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS TIGHTENING AND MUCH LESS OF A FILL AT GOAL BUT THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IT LOOKS LIKE IN TIME GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK ON

I'D STILL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THOSE THAT STARTED USING THIS, IF THE HCG HELPED KEEP THE HUNGER AT BAY WHEN ON THAT 500 CAL DIET, WAS THAT THE IDEA?

THANKS GUYS SO FAR I'M REALLY NOT HUNGRY. I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH NOW FOR SOMETIME, A FEW YEARS ACTUALLY ABOUT HAVING A COMPLETE UNFILL SO WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES. I DIDN'T FEEL THAT MUCH WAS IN THERE TO HARDLY BOTHER WITH. IT'S SCARY THINKING THE WEIGHT COULD POSSIBLY COME BACK ON, EEECK LOL IT WAS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING I DIDN'T GET A CALL BACK BUT THEN I WAS JUST CALLING THE MAIN LINE AND NOT A CELL BEING I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS AN EMERGENCY BUT STILL... A DR WILL CALL YOU BACK TONIGHT, A DR WILL CALL YOU IN 20 MIN, ONE WILL CALL AFTER THEY GET OUT OF SURGERY... WASN'T UNTIL I CALLED AGAIN THIS MORNING DID I GET TO SPEAK TO A DR

DITTO TO CARRIE, BEST THING I EVER DID FOR MYSELF

AFTER SEVERAL PHONE CALLED TO THE OCC FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS, I FINALLY CALLED THIS MORNING AGAIN AND TALKED TO DR SO SINCE I HAVE NO MORE SYMPTOMS OF ACID RELUX, IT WAS A SLIGHT POUCHING, I AM TO GO ON FULL LIQUIDS FOR 5 DAYS, WHICH I HAVE BEEN, THEN START UP AGAIN ON SOLIDS. I'LL MAKE A TRIP DOWN SOUTH AGAIN NOW IN 3 - 4 WEEKS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHINGS STILL IN PLACE IF NO MORE PROBLEMS ARISE SOONER DOLITTLE IS STILL WORKING ON HEARING FROM ALLERGAN, THANKS!!!

GIRL, WHEN YOU MEET HIM IN PERSON, MAKE HIS CHEEKS TURN RED. THEY GET THIS SLIGHT BLUSH TO THEM LOL THE OFFICE AND OR STAFF JUST MAKES YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME

NO, NOT REALLY BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA TO BRING A TOWEL I GUESS. MY TUMMY WAS WRAPPED UP SO TIGHT, THERE WAS NOTHING COMING OUT. I DID HAVE A DRAIN IN FOR A DAY OR TWO BUT NOTHING CAME OUT OF IT. I DID BLEED A BIT ON THE ARMS BUT I HAD A THICK KOTEX WRAPPED UNDER ACE BANDAGES SO VERY LITTLE LEAKAGE HAVE YOU SEEN MY SURGERY PICS?

WELL WEVE SLAMMED SHUT AGAIN, IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME. LAST WEEK I HAD JUST HORRIBLE ACID REFLUX, PRILOSEC WASNT TOUCHING IT. I DIDNT RECOGNIZED SYMPTOMS OF THE BAND TIGHTENING TILL THIS WEEK WHEN EVEN WATER WASNT GOING DOWN. I HEADED IN FOR AN UNFILL UNDER FLUOROSCOPY THIS MORNING. I HAVE A SLIGHT POUCHING ON ONE SIDE OF THE BAND. IM WAITING ON A CALL BACK NOW FROM THE OCC AS THEY RECOMMENDED I BE SEEN BY DR ORTIZ TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING OK. I HAD 1.7 cc IN A 4cc BAND. I NOW AM AT .4 DRINKING LOTS OF WATER DOLITTLE, ANY INFO YET ON WHY WHEN AT GOAL OR CLOSE TO IT, LESS IS NEEDED?

THAT'S AWESOME NEWS KIM, I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH MY RESULTS AND YOU WILL BE TOO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, YELL, I'M CLOSE

THAT IS FUNNY, LINDSAY YOU MUST BE YOUNG? I JUST TURNED 50