Jennifer1

Scheduled for Coolsculpting April 11, 2012

oh my girl...lo and freaking behold the doctors office called me today and said they had a cancellation on THIS WEDNESDAY at 3:30 so Im going for it. They only have enough time to do 1 area so I guess I'll keep my May 22 appt for the other area. Im so nervous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But if I dont do it, I'll always wonder what if??? Wish me luck! Boy do I hope we end up having good results with this in the end.

Im good..:) the numbing on my sides lingered for maybe 2 weeks and then all of a sudden it was gone. I had an appt scheduled for may 3 to get my lower and upper abs done and after all the horror stories I read on here it scared me so bad I cancelled my appt. Plus Im going to the beach may 11-20 and I was worried Id have discomfort while I was trying to have fun at the beach with my friends. But now, idk whats come over me but I really want to go through with this procedure so I called the doctor's office back and unfortunately they had already given my appt to someone else. I rescheduled for may 22. The office told me if they by chance had any cancellations they would let me know. Im just ready now to get it over with lol. But anyways...I really want to keep in touch with you in the coming months about your experience and my experience bc I feel above all of the other reviews Ive read on here which is all of them lol, you are the most similar to me in terms of your way of thinking, your expectations and the problem areas you have personally struggled with which caused you to get this procedure done in the first place. Like Ive told you before, when I had my sides done the only real thing that was uncomfortable to me which was the massage after..it was the weirdest feeling..i couldnt feel the technician massaging my outside but I could feel it on the inside (it was kind of like a tickling feeling) which became uncomfortable after each second. It started getting crampy and then I broke out in a sweat and felt like I was going to be sick for a short time then it just felt like it was on fire because it was frozen and at first I was afraid to touch it so all I could do was just get up and start pacing and finally I did touch it and the warmth of my hand and just kind of half way laying over the bed at the office helped and then within no more than 10 minutes the pain was completely gone. But during that period of time where it felt like it was on fire I looked at the tech and I said I dont think Im gonna be able to do the other side but once the pain subsided I decided to do the other side which surprised even myself bc I a the worlds worst with anxiety and panic attacks! at the end of having the 2nd side done i didnt break out in a sweat or feel sick but I did have that on fire feeling and i did what I did before, just put my hand over it and kind of layed on my side to warm it up bc obviously even though it felt like it was on fire it was frozen and again after about 10 min it subsided and i was fine. I knew what to expect that 2nd time. I took a xanax prior to the procedure as well, only a .25 but I think next time I will take a .5 :) We can work so much up in our head and make it worse than it really is and I think thats what I did. After the procedure I was thinking hell no Im not doing my stomach but now that time has passed Ive obviously changed my mind. I just feel like now after all the negative reviews I have read...it seems alot of people unfortunately had no clue what to expect so when they had it done and it was uncomfortable it freaked them out and they have made it out to be alot worse than it really is. When you hear something that is non invasive and no downtime, naturally you are gonna think its not gonna be uncomfortable. the tech told me you might feel this or you might feel that but my sister told me (who is a nurse) anytime you hear that something might cause you discomfort, it will definitely cause you discomfort lol...alot of doctors, techs, etc downplay it a little but then again every patient is different. ive tried to be as descriptive with my experience to help other people as much as possible who are planning to have it done so they will know what to expect. Also, I think a lot of people on here that get this done expect a miracle and their expectations are way too high so after paying (and it aint cheap) :) and going through with it they dont think it was worth it. I think you and i both were well informed as to what to expect going in thanks to realself and we are not expecting miracles. Some of these people on here Im thinking wow why did they even bother with this...they look awesome already! i would kill to have the abdomens of some of these girls on here and when you already look that good to begin with I imagine that they really didnt feel like coolsculpting helped them bc what fat was there to suck in the first place lol. I believe in coolsculpting though and I believe in the future this type of technology is gonna get better and better even perhaps to a point where there really is no discomfort whatsoever during the procedure. I think ideas will be created to help it become even better overall. I think eventually noninvasive type procedures such as this will continue to improve and become the new wave of the future since there is so much downtime from plastic surgery. Isnt it annoying that so many people write in initially and post before pics, etc and they never update and all that??? Probably 98% of people on here do that. Ive seen where people posted over a year ago and have had plenty of time to see if it worked or not and they dont report on it unfortunately. Anyways...so I guess for you now its a waiting game and Im cheering for you and hoping that you see some awesome results!!!!

Just checking in....how are things going with you?

Thanks for the info. I think Im gonna try to reschedule that appt and just do it bc if I dont Im always gonna wonder what wouldve happened if I did :))) Hope I get the amazing results you did!

Thank you so much for updating your photos! I see some super amazing results! Congratulations! You have inspired me tremendously! I had coolsculpting on my love handles but I was so scared after reading all the reviews on here that I cancelled my May 3 appt to have upper and lower abs done :(. I did fine through the love handles procedure but like you said when they took the device off the massage was horrible, I broke out into a sweat and felt like I was gonna be sick, that scared me for some reason...then my side just felt like it was on fire bc it was so cold..all of that resolved in no more than 10 min but anyways i was just wondering when they removed the device from your abdomen did you feel nauseaus at all?? What exactly did you feel?? Thanks!