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thanks again for the advice everyone! i called first thing this morning and talked with someone different and voila, i am now rescheduled for thursday (the same day i was originally scheduled for) at 2:15 instead of 3:30. i still feel very frustrated with the dr's office, but i'm super grateful i was able to get a closer date!

thanks for the feedback! i'm only five months out from surgery, so i didn't know if this was just commonplace;

and i didn't want to come off too aggressively to the dr's office. however, i just find it really hard to believe

that there isn't an appointment between march 3rd and april 7th when they could fit me in for the 10 minutes it takes to get a fill.

i asked the receptionist to let me know if anyone, at any time, cancelled before then, but she didn't sound overly enthusiastic

about it. i'm going to call the office first thing tomorrow and basically beg for an earlier appointment. i really appreciate

your comments!

i was due for my 4th fill march 3rd. i had some restriction with my 3rd fill, but i was really hoping this fourth fill would do the trick for me, especially since i struggled quite a bit this month. today my dr's office called and said something came up, and my appt needed to be cancelled. the soonest date they have to reschedule is APRIL 7th! this is the second appt in a row that the office has called me to reschedule. i'm so frustrated! how can they call to cancel and then not have anything for over a month?!?! does anyone else have problems with their surgeon cancelling appointments? up until this point, i haven't had any issues with my surgeon and his team, but i'm getting really frustrated with them cancelling appointments, especially because it's so hard to get one!

thanks, annie. yes, i always eat my Protein first....i'm a vegetarian, but i make sure every meal has protein in it...eggs, tofu, fish, etc. i also wait 15 minutes before i eat and an hour after to drink anything. i'm hoping it's just something random going on...i was really hoping for some restriction this time around since all the weight i've lost for the last four months has been on sheer willpower.

i just had my second fill on thursday and since then, i have been ravenous. i didn"t have any problems after my first fill and pretty much went about business as usual. i'll be four months out on tuesday and have lost 44 pounds since surgery, following the diet i've been given pretty closely. however, since my fill on thursday afternoon, i've been ravenous. i ate horribly thursday night and was starving all day long yesterday; i ate a lot of things i shouldn't have. has anyone else had this problem? i'm hoping it's just a minor set back, and things will settle down in a day or two; but i'm afraid to be ravenous when christmas comes around!

no piercings...i have my nose, tragus, rook, etc done, and they all have to come out...i don't know if it's universal, but i couldn't wear underwear in surgery. my gown, however, was huge, so i didn't have any problem covering up.

I get mine from www.betterlife.com. They are Adult's chewable Multivitamin, pineapple, and I actually think they taste pretty good. They are dense and not chalky.

i've been walking with shorts stints of jogging in between. i had worked up to jogging an entire mile without stopping. yesterday, i jogged three miles total for the first time since surgery and only ended up walking one mile...that's huge for me!

I was banded on 9/28/2010 and have lost 38 pounds since surgery...58 including my pre-op diet.

i had surgery on tuesday and went back to work that friday...i was pretty exhausted, but i made it through the day.

I was banded on 9/28. I felt that way and finally, after a week and a half, called my dietition. He said I needed to incorporate more natural sugars into my liquid diet - ie watered-down unsweetened applesauce, putting a little banana in my Protein Shake and then straining. It helped immensely. I finally had energy again.

Good you are going to contact your dietician. That is exactly the symptons I had. My dietician told me I needed to eat a bit more, and if I added any Snacks to ensure they had at least 15 G of Protein. That really did help with my exhaustion level.

Thanks for the insight. I feel fine otherwise, but the exhaustion is keeping me from exercising, etc. I want to be able to be up, doing things without feeling like i'm going to pass out!

:thumbup:Hi, I was banded September 28th, and I am on full liquid for another week. I was eating 1/2 cup every 2-3 hours until today when I was permitted to have 1 cup every 2-3 hours. The question I have is does anyone feel beyond exhausted, and how are you dealing with it? I went back to work the Friday after surgery, but throughout the day I have that, I'm so exhausted I'm drunk feeling. I can barely make it past 9 pm before I fall asleep. I'm making sure I get 80 grams of Protein a day and am not really hungry throughout the day. I've also lost 11 pounds since the 28th. I'm just not sure what to do about the horrible lightheadedness and exhaustion. I'm going to call my dietition tomorrow, but I'd love to hear any advice anyone else might have. Thanks so much!