Today my husband, Mick, and I were to meet the Dr. who runs the clinic that we will be receiving our hcg injections from. Mick and I were going to do this on our own but because of the amount of prescription medications that Mick takes we decided that it would be best to go through the doctor at the clinic. If everything goes as planned we will probably not use the clinic next month and I will just do the mixing for us.
The clinic was very nice. It was a "med spa" where they do a lot of skin care and injectables to make people look younger. When we arrived we filled out a short health questionnaire. We meet the Dr. who reviewed our health histories with us. I was suprised that he never checked our blood pressures. The Dr. said that his wife and him had done the hcg themselves and that he has been able to keep of the 20lbs he lost. The he took our weights. I weighed in at 197.4. I blame this on the fact that I drank a large glass of bloody mary mix yesterday. However I was 196.6 on my home scale this morning so it seemed fairly accurate to me. I think Mick weighed in at 253.4 or something like that. The Dr. went over the program with us. He wanted me to continue on the hcg while I was having my period which was different from what I was reading on the internet. I have decided I will be doing some research on this. Then he talked with us about what we could eat and couldn't eat. I was suprised that he told us he allowed 1 cup of watermelon, honeydew melon or cantalope as a fruit along with the apple, orange and strawberries. He also did not allow crab or lobster. I was bummed about this He said that if we wanted lettuce or spinach we could have unlimited. He also allowed 4 breadsticks or 5 melba toasts a day. When I asked him about why he didn't allow the crab or lobster he stated that this was how he was running his program. So, I guess I will take that with a grain of salt and see what works for me. The Dr. encouraged Mick and I to take a Calcium with vitamin D supplement and a Vitamin B complex. We ended up buying his supplements which were similarly priced to the nutrition store. He then gave us our hcg in syringes that were premade. He did not make us learn how to do injections as I am an RN and will just give myself and Mick the injections. Of course, we then had to pay the clinic. It was $400 per person for a month and $250 if we decide to do additional months. We made a follow up appointment for the following week to check in, get weighed and get our new injections. The Dr.'s wife is his office manager. She told us to call her with any questions that may pop up and she can get the answers for us.
My overall opinion was that the clinic experience was just OK. I felt we just went in to pay for the hcg and left. There was no physical exam of anything! He just took what we told him and went off of that. I am glad that I had done so much research on the internet before we went in. He did give us a binder with information that was basically his version of the hcg protocol. I was bummed that there were not any recipies in the book. He did have examples of products he recommended for use with the program to show us(Walden Farms, etc.). Thank goodness for the internet. I have already found a lot of recipies that I plan on making.
Since I am working 12 hour shifts the next couple of days at the hospital, Mick and I decided that we will start day one this Sunday. We have been discussing what we will be eating for our load days. Both of us are really anxious to get started.
Update on my Diet Coke addiction: Yesterday and today have been 2 can days. Last night I had a headache but not until it was time for bed. I took 2 Tylenol but I don't think I really slept well. I am feeling really well though. I don't feel like I am dragging like I have been the last 2 weeks.
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