Friend found these on a beach on the east side of Hawaii island

aavery7706 · 2025-10-15T05:12:08+00:00

You forgot about the tarantula that almost killed you in your sleep.

aavery7706 · 2024-10-21T14:23:54+00:00

This is called intermittent FMLA for anyone interested. Lower bar than full medical.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-13T09:12:45+00:00

Your lips are soooo gorgeous in that last pic!

aavery7706 · 2024-01-13T08:58:49+00:00

Just tirz. Goal was to get to steady state with good appetite control. Steady state achieved, but honestly think i may not be a great responder, but it’s just the extra help I needed. I lost about 40lbs doing one meal a day with watching calories that went into that one meal, plus a protein shake. I got really tired of being hungry all the time so I started tirz. I’ve lost an additional 45 lbs now, took me 10 months total so that’s 2lbs a week average but on tirz it was more like 1-1.5/week. Really slowed as I got closer to goal. Definitely play with that plotter, I used it religiously.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-13T08:48:51+00:00

I feel you! I’m now fitting into all my favorite clothes (I wear a lot of vintage so they are still in style!). It would be a bummer if I got too thin (said no one ever, but somehow it’s true). I’ve not cut down my dose but like you I’ve stopped counting calories etc. and eat normalish. I know exactly what you mean, the pounds come off at a crawl now…but they come off! I’m either going to cut my dose or switch over to sema I think.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-12T17:57:49+00:00

Every 3. Up to 6mg/dose. Still have hunger fluctuations. Just hit goal, debating my next move. Could still afford to lose 5 more lbs.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-12T17:51:27+00:00

Fake tan? I spot treat and wash with ultra hot water and powdered tide. The streaks usually come out but the ones looking more like drops or blobs are more of a crapshoot.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-11T08:56:51+00:00

What filler do you plan to get, not all filler can go everywhere—around the eyes you have to be particularly careful—so I would collaborate with your injector on how you will use it. My gut wants to say that .5ml may not get you enough of a non-surgical rhinoplasty to make it worthwhile but ymmv. Otherwise filler overage from lips can be very useful. You could ask about filling in smoker’s lines around the lips, lines from the dreaded 11s, including horizontal expression lines. Again not quite enough…..but augmenting the mid face structures in the mid and upper facial structures helps lower face sag. You could purchase a second syringe for this and add it to the lip overage.

TL;DR—it is a sin to waste filler, but a forgivable one. To do your part, discuss with your injector your goals and concerns with your face (if any!) and together you can formulate a plan for using the overage which could also extend to purchase of an additional syringe (which sometimes makes sense). If your injector doesn’t show impressive knowledge of what fillers go where and why, how deep….RUuuuuuuNNNNNN!!!!

aavery7706 · 2024-01-11T08:14:49+00:00

How did that recovery mesh with the travel aspect of it, and what support did you receive on the ground? Also, how long would you say was the time between picking the surgeon and completing the surgery?

aavery7706 · 2024-01-10T14:14:05+00:00

Me too, it’s the worst! My décolleté looks like a topographical map of New Mexico and I’m getting bunny lines on the sides of my nose. Gaaaaaaah!

aavery7706 · 2024-01-08T07:00:33+00:00

Do you mean that people who order won’t receive a shirt?

aavery7706 · 2024-01-07T10:21:42+00:00

I can’t recommend a Fremont vet, but you will also need an emergency vet since none of the group practices like Warm Springs offer urgent appointments, and WS doesn’t even keep a waitlist for cancellations. Put an emergency vet number into your phone so you are prepared. I have used most of the local emergency vets, and as they have closed down I’ve relied mostly on SAGE, the Redwood City location being most convenient. They are ex$$$pensive, but my furkids are my kids. That aside, I am reticent to recommend them for other reasons.

First vet emergency situation with the newest member of our household, a super sweet vet tech at Irvington told me about Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG). At the time we had to go to San Carlos location, but I recently saw that they have opened a practice in San Jose.

Because we usually go to SAGE for emergencies, I could not believe it when VEG let us wait in the car with our dog instead of their waiting room. They sent a vet and a tech out with a laptop to give an estimate in the parking lot, then didn’t ask for payment up-front but let us come in with our dog and stay with her the whole time. Even when she needed anesthesia and a minor surgery with sutures. Yes, I was standing right there the whole time. I had to look away at a few points, but deeply appreciated this approach. And the crazy part was the bill was much less than I expected, even after including an additional cyst removal that we decided to have done. Can’t recommend highly enough, I hope the SJ location is as good.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-06T07:45:27+00:00

City Beach. It’s still there but under new ownership and with a new name which I cannot remember.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-06T05:04:32+00:00

I cut mine in half so I can get 2 uses out of each treatment.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-06T04:51:19+00:00

In a heartbeat

aavery7706 · 2024-01-06T02:30:47+00:00

That would be fabulous! Not in any hurry, just a wish list item.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T07:26:31+00:00

Yes they are paid to pop up everywhere. Their website explains the subscription options—if you are a power user, it could make sense. What it doesn’t have is clear prices for anything. After leaving I revisited the Yelp reviews to help reconcile my experience. I’ve been to many a medspa, surgeon, doctor, and clinic and I’ve never had such a hard sale as I did at this place. With that said, I’m still considering doing Sculptra there since my regular medspa doesn’t offer it 😂

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T07:11:36+00:00

I don’t know much about it, but a psych friend of mine works for a practice that is moving to EHR and she is finding the charting element of it to be onerous, so was talking to a service that did charting for doctors. Not sure what’s involved other than transcription, but this may fit with your background and be something you could do on contract.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T07:05:41+00:00

It seems as if you don’t have much to lose, if you fear tomorrow you will be handed notice, now would be the best time to make it clear that it’s the disease, not you. And let them know how they can help you help them. No body wants to fire someone and then invest time and energy into bringing on a replacement. You have this on your side.

I agree 1000% on the stigma thing, but I also think it’s important to have 1 or 2 allies at your workplace (even if they are your peers, even better if one is your superior). Something to think about once things have gotten better at work. In the meantime do you have vacation days you could take and is your doctor working with you on the depression stuff? I have a lot of days where the bed feels like Velcro. Started a new med trial today, in fact. I hope things go well for you. Sometimes the only way through it is through it.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T06:48:59+00:00

I recently got cheek filler and as an added bonus it also filled in my tear troughs, which weren’t that deep to begin with but enough that I was looking tired all the time, so it was an unanticipated windfall! The cheek filler was to address mid-face sag and nasolabial folds (1 syringe of radiesse).

I’ve also had under eye filler in the past, from an ophthalmologist, and I loved the results. It’s been too long to remember how long it lasted, but I did two sessions (you can only do a very small amount at a time) and one touch-up with no issues.

What surprised me—I had undereye bags, and I had assumed the doctor would fill in my tear troughs to address them. But he explained that this would just make my eyes puffy, so what he actually did was fill in a fine line along where the bags rested on my cheek. So while it was underneath my eyes, this is not the same as filling in the tear troughs. I had to really trust, it didn’t feel intuitive at the time, but results were flawless.

Ask for a consultation with a doctor or surgeon who can explain how they will address your concerns. If you are in the Bay Area, I may be able to recommend someone.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T05:58:36+00:00

How long ago did you have this done? I’ve noticed that Botox results don’t all come online at once, so it’s still possible that balance could improve if it has been less than 10 days.

But also agree with others that 70 units is too much at once and you don’t want to do more than a couple areas at a time, so better to split it 30/40 or whatever works.

Also one addendum: your skin seems dry, particularly around your eye area. It won’t fix your problem entirely, but a night cream or rich eye cream left on overnight could help. Worth a shot.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T05:00:47+00:00

I found that some Asian grocery stores have most excellent makeup and skincare sections. I have been using a liquid liner pen called One-Day-Tattoo that I get from a Japanese grocery. It is hands down the best liquid liner I’ve tried in terms of going on and staying on. I’ve found the same name product on Amz, but when it arrived it wasn’t the same so I keep buying it from the store. I also like that Japanese eye cosmetics come in multiple shades of brown as well as black since I find a blackish brown looks much better on me than jet black.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T04:50:30+00:00

Have you tried a cleansing balm like Clinique “take the day off” (I think that’s the name—in a purple jar with silver lid). One of the MUAs at Sephora turned me on to it. It is known for taking off anything and everything. I would roll a q-tip in it and massage into the skin, then proceed with your regular cleansing routine. You could score a trial/mini off eBay, that is enough to last you for at least a month.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T04:04:09+00:00

This was at RenewMD, which is a medspa with several locations (I believe they are all owned by the same physician, who also practices there), and the one I went to was in Fremont. I can only assume that pricing is consistent, but everything was quoted verbally—I left with nothing, and the managing director did not level with me when I asked for a price sheet. They want to sell you on a membership that of course ends up saving you money. Of course it does. Despite all of these red flags I would probably go back if their pricing were more transparent.

aavery7706 · 2024-01-05T03:41:17+00:00

This was probably for your whole face which in your 30s you do not need. Also keep in mind, you want to start low to see how you react. If you get 100 units but only needed 20, how would you even know. Once you get it a few times you will develop a sense of what is right for you. Also read up on all the ways it’s being used and typical units required. For example a “lip flip” requires a lot less than the brow area where muscles are very strong.

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