Flowecheba, why do you ask that? Just wondering what you've heard regarding that because I HAD to register for this site when I saw this topic post. I started HCG injections in Dec 2010 and following the program implicitly, I lost a pound a day after the first week and that continued through 4 cycles of injections, a total of 73 pounds in just a few months without exercise. It was a very exciting time but, it did not come without an extreme cost. I first noticed the lump in my abdomen in Feb 2011. About the size of a kumquat or very large grape but it grew quickly. The size of a nectarine within a month. My doctor insisted that I immediately stop the injections. Against his advice I continued that cycle until the end before I quit. When the tumor and my right ovary and fallopian tube was removed on June 8th, coincidentally my 42 birthday, the tumor was larger than a football! A whopping 19 inches in length, 13 inches across and contained in excess of 3 liters of fluid! I live in the Dallas Fort Worth metropolex but the entire hospital staff could not believe and had never seen a tumor anywhere near that size. My doctor asked if I would be willing to submit to being a subject for a teaching surgery, where the medical students could examine me and then view the surgery as they were likely to never again see anything like it. The entire 10 day hospital stay and surgery cost me a whopping $400 'co-pay' and the hospital credited the remaining $68,000 bill as costs for 'educational training.' On the upside, I have kept the weight off with no problem at all. On the down side, two years ago seven new tumors were discovered, 3 in my left breast, 4 in my right. The doctors will not say that the HCG absolutely caused them but they do say they expedited their growth exponentially......I never in a million years ever thought I would ever say...I wish I hadn't lost the weight.....