Hi ellemay! I'm in QLD. I heard about hCG from a fellow passenger when on my way to the US last March. Took me until August to get started, after giving KT's book to my Dr who specialises in hormone treatment, alternative therapies & weightloss. He prescribed the Preganyl hCG for me and I bought the needles, vials & B water from hCG Supplies in the US - arrived in less than a week and no probs with customs.
Dr is concerned that he might have probs with the authorities as hCG is approved for fertility in women and masculanising men who seem to have not developed full male physical characteristics. It hasn't been approved for weight loss. He is looking at delivery methods not involving injection as this might solve some probs. So may people who have seen my weight loss are keen to get started, too.
Where are you? How did you get yout hCG last year and this year?
I am in Melbourne. I got my stuff from drugdelivery.com last year and this year. I got my needles etc... from a site mentioned here over a year ago but I have tried to contact them and they seem to have closed down. I need to get some more needles only for the next 10 days. I have plenty of time after that to get the rest of my supplies. I have exhausted nearly all avenues to get them here to no avail. I will have to order from overseas and hope they get here in time for me to continue with the 2nd half of the protocol.
I got my mixing kit from here: http://www.hcgsupplies.com/hcg-mixing-kits.html# About $135 au.
However, if Victoria is like QLD, then most large hospitals will have a needle exchange where you can get free needles and sharps containers, just not the bacteriostatic water. You might feel like a 'druggie' but you remain anonymous.
I have ordered from oversees I actually ordered from research supplies.net. Everything is really cheap there. I order enough for 5 more rounds, so 200 syringes etc...It came to $48 but the shipping was $82. They did not have bac water at the time I ordered. Otherwise it would really have been worth it. Very cheap compared to any other site, $140 for 5 kits is great. Even at the local chemist wipes are $6.70 for a box of 200 and yet on most sites they sell them for $2-3 for 10. I ordered my box from research supplies for $3.50 only because it was more convenient to get it all at once.
In rang around the chemists for the needle exchange. They give you 5 only at a time for free. But they charge $6 service fee! And yes they made me feel like a druggie. I ended up saying that I was not a druggie and was spoken to a bit nicer but when I mentioned it was for weight loss he was concerned! I'll buy some from him if my stuff does not arrive in time. I just need to order some bac water now. I have about 20 mls left. I would like a fresh batch as it's over a year old now. Maybe by the next round. We definitely do not need 2 bottles per round that most kits sell.
I went to the needle exchange at the local (major) hospital. No charge & up to 50 needles at a time, plus wipes and sharps container!
Found the VIC sites on internet: http://www.serviceseeker.com.au/iss/cgi-bin/critcat.cgi/fts.fdf?type=Quick+Search&rt=suburb&state=VIC&text=needle+exchange&rn=&target_group=&Submit=Search
Hope this helps. Awful the way I was spoken to, also! One of my clients (who was on drugs) told me about it, but she said they have always been nice to her.
Not too many know about hCG for weight loss and it is not an approved use - that would be why the concern.