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My surgery is in 2 weeks and I am a little worried about the first week of the clear liquid diet. How do you get in enough protein? Would anyone like to share their liquid diet stories?

I have three more day until surgery, I am super excited and wish it would hurry and get here, this 10 day liquid diet is the hardest thing ever!!

I am only four days out but experiencing the same type of pain in the same location. My incision is about two inches long and is right beside the scar where my port for my band was (I had two separate procedures almost a year apart, one to remove the band and the other for the sleeve). I feel good in every other respect except for that intense, burning, pulling sensation underneath that incision. It is incredible how much it hurts. I called my surgeon today and spoke with his nurse and she said this was not an unusual side effect as long as there were no other side effects such as fever, heart palpitations, etc. She said some people feel the tugging sensation for weeks although the pain usually subsides after a week or two. Since you seem to still be in as much pain as you were previously, I would definitely consult with your surgeon or PCP. (believe it or not I came to this forum tonight looking for information on my pain as well).

I had my band removed last year, I was on liquids then mushies then soft. After about 2 weeks I was on all regular food.

I had my surgery on 4/15/09, just about 7 weeks ago. My surgeon is wonderful and I'm very happy with having the surgery. I was 241 pounds & have lost 24 pounds (mostly from the the pre-op & post-op diet requirements). I was told that it would take approximatly 3 fills to get the band the right size. I had my first fill of 3 cc's 5/12, my next one will be 6/11.The Dr said after the swelling from surgery went away I would get my appitite back, he was right! I have been doing my best to get exercise (walking), eat my protien & drink lots of water or Crystal Light. I have snaked on not so healthy snacks a couple of times, but for the most part I've been good with the food choices but not the portion. I'm hungry and worried when I eat I'm streching out the pouch. My friend told me to ask for an appitie suppresent, so I did and the Dr is out of the office untill 6/11. The other suggestion was to make sure I'm getting enough protein and maybe drink Muscle Milk shakes. I knew before starting the whole weight management process that I would have to diet with the Band and it wouldn't be a cure all for loosing the weight. With my band not being effective enough throught these next 5 weeks or so (3rd fill will be in July). My goal is to loose 1-2 pounds a week through August. So I need to get myself a meal plan that works for me and really motivate myself to spend at least a hour a day exercising even if I have to split it up into 30 minutes at a time...

So my signature was getting too long for all the info in it so I'm just going to put it in a blog and I will update it as needed. I'm not using my highest weight as my starting weight because my highest weight was actually the day I went in the hospital to deliver our daughter. My starting weight is my highest weight less her birth weight. 2/23/13 Highest weight 342.2 (332.4 not counting baby girl's birth weight) 3/12/13 Start of preop diet 309.7 (-22.7) 3/25/13 Surgery day 297.7 (-12) Total lost before surgery 34.7 4/1/13 1 week post op 286.6 (-10.9) 4/8/13 2 weeks post op 281.5 (-5.1) 4/15/13 3 weeks post op 281.4 (-0.1) 4/22/13 4 weeks post op 279.8 (-1.6) Lost in the first 4 weeks 17.7, since starting preop diet 29.7 4/29/13 5 weeks post op 273.0 (-6.8) 5/6/13 6 weeks post op 269.2 (-3.8) 5/14/13 7 weeks post op 270.6 (+1.4) 5/20/13 8 weeks post op 264.7 (-5.9) Lost in the 2nd 4 weeks 15.1, since surgery 32.8, since starting preop diet 44.8 5/27/13 9 weeks post op 260.7 (-4) 6/3/13 10 weeks post op 257.7 (-3) 6/10/13 11 weeks post op 255.3 (-2.4) 6/17/13 12 weeks post op 248.7 (-6.6) Lost in the 3rd 4 weeks 16, since surgery 48.8, since starting preop diet 64.8 6/24/13 13 weeks post op (3 months out tomorrow) post op 247.3 (-1.5) 7/1/13 14 weeks post op 243.1 (-4.2) 7/8/13 15 weeks post op 241.4 (-1.7) 7/15/13 16 weeks post op 238 (-3.4) Lost in the 4th 4 weeks 10.8, since surgery 59.6, since starting preop 75.6 7/22/13 17 weeks post op 235.8 (-2.2) 7/29/13 18 weeks post op 237.7 (+1.9) 8/5/13 19 weeks post op 235.2 (-2.5) had my gall bladder removed this day 8/12/13 20 weeks post op 230.4 (-4.8) Lost in the 5th 4 weeks 7.6, since surgery 67.2, since starting preop 83.2 I hit 100 pounds total gone on 8/11/13!!! 8/19/13 21 weeks post op 226.9 (-3.5) 8/26/13 22 weeks post op 227.1 (+0.2) 9/2/13 23 weeks post op 223 (-4.1) 9/9/13 24 weeks post op 222.8 (-0.8) Lost in the 6th 4 weeks 7.6, since surgery 74.8, since starting preop 90.8 9/16/13 25 weeks post op 220.7 (-2.1) 9/23/13 26 weeks post op 219.1 (-1.6) 9/30/13 27 weeks post op 222 (+2.9) 10/7/13 28 weeks post op 217.3 (-4.1) Lost in the 7th 4 weeks 4.9, since surgery 79.7, since starting preop 95.7 10/14/13 29 weeks post op 217.8 (+0.5) 10/21/13 30 weeks post op 213.8 (-4.0) 10/28/13 31 weeks post op 212.4 (-1.4) 11/4/13 32 weeks post op 212.7 (+0.3) Lost in the 8th 4 weeks 5.1, since surgery 84.8, since starting preop 100.8 11/11/13 33 weeks post op 213.9 (+1.2) 11/18/13 34 weeks post op 210.2 (-3.7) 11/25/13 35 weeks post op 209.1 (-1.1) 12/2/13 36 weeks post op 207.4 (-1.7) Lost in the 9th 4 weeks 5.3, since surgery 90.1, since starting preop 106.1 12/9/13 37 weeks post op 204.2 (-3.2)

Congratulations to you!!!!! I am up a pound after this week but then I've been fluctuating 1-2 pounds for two weeks. At least I didn't gain 5+ like in the past I was the only one NOT miserable after all of our feasting and activities!

Well, last night I went to the seminar. They mostly talked about Bypass but I knew they would. They do Bypass at that facility and LB is done out of the area at another facility. Listening to the Bypass discussion just helped me cement my decision though, so that was good. My insurance will pay for everything except co-pays and any travel expenses so that was good to find out. It was a huge block for me. I can't do the surgery unless they pay for it. I have some hoops to jump through, of course. My PCP needs to refer me to the Dietition and Psychiatry and once I've seen those 2 he needs to fill out an application to send to the surgeons. I e-mailed him this AM so I'll find out soon what he'll do. My one problem is that I've started this with him and he's leaving to go to another dept at the end of the month. I've asked him if he can keep my file just long enough to get the application done but I don't know that he can. If not, I have to hope that my new PCP goes along with what he and I started and doesn't mess this up. I also need to start a 20 week "Lifestyle and Weight Management" class. If I can get childcare, I'll start next Wednesday. The first 2 classes are in-take classes. The following 18 classes are part of an on-going class so the in-take are to document how much you weigh and get you up to speed on where the rest of the class is. She constantly has people starting and ending their sessions. The main reasons for class are to get your head on straight about the lifestyle change you're making and to help you lose the weight that the surgeons are going to require before surgery. For those of you with Kaiser {Northern CA}, it sounds like I'm being sent over to the Richmond facility. So, that's it! I guess I've started the process! I'll know better if my PCP is going to cooperate after I hear from him. Should be okay b/c he had to refer me to the seminar to begin with. It's just a matter of him being able to follow this through for me or making sure the new PCP will continue the process. I'm excited!

Always grab from the back, the freshest, further out date is rotated to the back. Any perishables and some non-perishables are stocked with the newest date to the back and the closest date up front. Buy smaller sizes, quantities and you'll have to alter how many times a week you shop. I don't mind grocery shopping. Either does my husband. I have a little more of a challenging situation as I have to shop for not only MY needs but those of my family. My family has broken our grocery needs up into two categories. One category my husband maintains and the other I am responsible for. The change didn't happen over night and in some ways were are still learning. I unfortunately throw too many leftovers away weekly. It is definitely a learning lesson and comes with practice.

Two additional tips: 1. Try organic dairy. I don't know why, but they seem to have much longer expiration dates sometimes. 2. Train yourself to look at expiration dates as you shop. Ask yourself whether you really think you can finish it by the date listed. For example, if you find yogurt with an expiration date a month away, stock up. If it's a week away, just grab a couple. Good luck!

It's after lunch, so everybody is full. Then, in comes a luscious chocolate confection. The sight, the smell—even the sound of the word "cake!"—stimulate the reward-and-pleasure circuits of the brain, activating memory centers and salivary glands as well. Melinda Beck asks the age-old question: Do you eat to live, or live to eat? Scientists, it turns out, have learned much more about how appetite works in the brain - and the findings have major consequences. Those reactions quickly drown out the subtle signals from the stomach that are saying, in effect, "Still digesting down here. Don't send more!" Social cues add pressure and permission to indulge. Soon, everybody is having a slice—or two. Scholars have understood the different motives for eating as far back as Socrates, who counseled, "Thou shouldst eat to live, not live to eat." But nowadays, scientists are using sophisticated brain-imaging technology to understand how the lure of delicious food can overwhelm the body's built-in mechanism to regulate hunger and fullness, what's called "hedonic" versus "homeostatic" eating. One thing is clear: Obese people react much more hedonistically to sweet, fat-laden food in the pleasure and reward circuits of the brain than healthy-weight people do. Simply seeing pictures of tempting food can light up the pleasure-seeking areas of obese peoples' brains. Two Reactions to Cake Two conferences this week on obesity are each examining aspects of how appetite works in the brain and why some people ignore their built-in fullness signals. Scientists hope that breakthroughs will lead to ways to retrain people's thinking about food or weight-loss drugs that can target certain brain areas. In a study presented this week at the International Conference on Obesity in Stockholm, researchers from Columbia University in New York showed pictures of cake, pies, french fries and other high-calorie foods to 10 obese women and 10 non-obese women and monitored their brain reactions on fMRI scans. In the obese women, the images triggered a strong response in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a tiny spot in the midbrain where dopamine, the "desire chemical," is released. The images also activated the ventral pallidum, a part of the brain involved in planning to do something rewarding. "When obese people see high-calorie foods, a widespread network of brain areas involved in reward, attention, emotion, memory and motor planning is activated, and all the areas talk to each other, making it hard for them to resist," says Susan Carnell, a research psychologist at the New York Obesity Research Center at Saint-Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University and one of the investigators. Similar brain reactions occurred in the obese subjects even when researchers merely said the words "chocolate brownie"—but not when they saw or heard about lower calorie foods such as cabbage and zucchini. Reactions were far less pronounced in the non-obese subjects. More such studies are being presented in Pittsburgh this week at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. In one, neuroscientists from Yale University's John B. Pierce Laboratory had 13 overweight and 13 normal-weight subjects smell and taste chocolate or strawberry milkshakes and observed their brains with fMRI scans. The overweight subjects had strong reactions to the food in the amygdala—the emotional center of the brain—whether they were hungry or not. The healthy-weight subjects showed an amygdala response only when they were hungry. "If you are of normal weight, your homeostatic mechanisms are functioning and controlling this region of the brain," says lead investigator Dana Small. "But in the overweight group, there is some sort of dysfunction in the homeostatic signal so that even though they weren't hungry, they were vulnerable to these external eating cues." Studies have found that a diet of sweet, high-fat foods can indeed blunt the body's built-in fullness signals. Most of them emanate from the digestive tract, which releases chemical messengers including cholecystokinin, glucagon-like peptide and peptide YY when the stomach and intestines are full. Those signals travel up to the brain stem and then the hypothalamus, telling the body to stop eating. Obesity also throws off the action of leptin, a hormone secreted by fat tissue that tells the hypothalamus how much energy the body has stored. Leptin should act as a brake against overeating, and it does in normal-weight people. But most obese people have an overabundance of leptin, and somehow their brains are ignoring the signal. All these findings beg the question, which came first? Does obesity disrupt the action of leptin, or does a malfunction in leptin signaling make people obese? Similarly, are some people obese because their brains overreact to tempting food, or do their brains react that way because something else is driving them to overeat? Researchers at Yale and elsewhere are turning to such questions next. "It's possible that these changes reflect how the brain has adapted to eating patterns in obese people, and that could create a vicious circle, putting them at risk for even more disordered eating," says Dr. Small. There are plenty of other metabolic mysteries, too: Why are some "foodies" who get intense pleasure from eating able to stop when they're full and others aren't? Is the tendency to eat way past fullness genetic or learned behavior, and how much can it be changed? The answers are still elusive, but neuroscientists and behavioral experts are finding some tantalizing clues. Some fMRI studies have found that while tempting food stimulates the release of dopamine in obese people, they actually have fewer dopamine receptors than normal weight subjects do, so they may derive less pleasure from actually eating, setting up a craving for more. Curiously, several studies have shown that some forms of gastric bypass surgery can actually create changes in the brains of formerly obese people —and not just because their stomachs are smaller and fill up more quickly. Levels of leptin and glucose tend to drop in bypass patients, ending diabetes for many of them. PET scans also show that bypass patients have more dopamine circulating in their brains, which may help control appetite as well. Bypass surgery seems to make food less tempting, too. In a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition last month, Swiss researchers had 123 severely obese, 110 non-obese and 136 bypass patients take a test that measures vulnerability to hedonistic eating, known as the "Power of Food scale." The bypass patients and the non-obese had scores far lower than those who were currently obese. (Exactly why is still unclear, but some experts think it could relate to "dumping syndrome," in which high fat and sweet food creates nausea and dizziness in bypass patients. They may have learned to associate such foods with discomfort rather than pleasure.) Some of the most intriguing imaging studies have peered into the brains of people who have lost significant weight and kept it off through diet and exercise alone—although researchers say they're hard to find.

I'm very confused. I have had several fills and not until the last one, which was 6/30/08, that I ever vomited or felt serious restriction. After that fill I had reflux and vomited at least a couple of times a week. It was very tight, but I was still able to take in enough nutrition. Over time I guess it stretched and I can now eat bread again (toasted and dry). The vomiting went away and everything seemed okay. Last night I had extreme reflux again. It was unreal and coming out my nose in my sleep. (sorry if too much information) It was disgusting and now my throat hurts and I feel miserable. My question is, what would cause this to happen after everything seemed okay again? It has continued all day today, but at least you can deal with it when you're awake. Any thoughts appreciated.

I was self pay and from the time of my first seminar until surgery was about 5 weeks. My seminar was 4/26, which was a Sat. I called first thing Monday morning for an appt with the surgeon, couldn't get in til the 14th. While I waited I got the psych and pulmonary screenings done. At my consult appt. my dr. went over the procedure, wanted a cardiac stress test because I was 50. I was then introduced to the finance lady about those details. I couldn't get my stress test until May 29th as I was on a 10 day vacation so that held me up a little. Once I got the stress test I had sugery the next week. My BMI was 42 and I have high blood pressure. Will they do the surgery on a BMI or only 32?? Good luck!!

Source: food. The trick: Eat just a little less. Scientists at Harvard and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge found that people who lowered their calorie intake lost an average of 13 pounds in six months no matter what kind of diet they were on. "This is the best weight-loss news in a long time," says Frank Sacks, MD, nutrition professor at Harvard School of Public Health and lead author of the study. "If you don't like what you're eating, you're not going to stick with it. These findings give you flexibility to trim a bit here and there and still enjoy your favorites." In fact, by nixing just 100 calories a day, you'll lose more than 10 pounds a year. Up your cuts to 250 and you're down 26 pounds. Want to lose faster? Ditch 500 calories daily and you'll drop those pounds in half the time. We found 50 so-easy ways for you to trim a little but save a lot. Cut 100 Calories at Breakfast * Use skim milk in place of flavored Coffee-mate in your two morning mugs. * Eat a bowl of high-fiber Cereal and you'll consume fewer calories all day. * Order bacon, not sausage, with your eggs. * Choose a yeast doughnut instead of a denser cake one. Cut 100 Calories at lunch * Use 1 tablespoon of mayo and 1 tablespoon of low-fat cottage cheese to make tuna salad. * Put barbecue sauce, not honey mustard, on your chicken sandwich at Wendy's. * Top your burger with onions, lettuce, and tomato and skip the cheese. * Ask for the 12-ounce child-size soda instead of the 21-ounce medium at the drive-through. * Slim down your sandwich by using Arnold Select 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins instead of whole wheat bread. * Toss your salad with 1 tablespoon of dressing until every lettuce leaf is coated. You'll get away with using half the usual serving size. Try this trick at dinner too. * Skip the crackers and shredded cheese on your chili. Cut 100 Calories at Dinner * Trade butter for a flavorful spread made with garlic, fresh rosemary, and light, trans fat-free margarine. * Making meatballs? Mix half the amount of ground beef the recipe calls for with half as much cooked brown rice. * Instead of two slices of medium pepperoni pan pizza, choose thin-crust. * When munching on chicken wings, don't toss the bones midway through. Seeing the evidence of your feast may help you eat less, studies show. Cut 100 Calories from a Snack * Trade 1/2 cup of premium vanilla ice cream for 1/2 cup of Breyers chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. * Ordering a cone? Make it the sugar, not the waffle, kind. * Munch on Pirate's Booty. In a study, switching to an air-puffed cheesy snack twice a day saved about 70 calories a pop. * Grab a Dannon Light & Fit yogurt, not a low-fat fruit blend. * Replace half the butter in cake, muffin, and brownie recipes with an equal amount of applesauce or mashed bananas. You'll save about 100 calories for every tablespoon you swap. * Indulge in a slice of angel food cake drizzled with chocolate syrup rather than three Cookies. ------------------- Cut 250 Calories at Breakfast * Trade a reduced-fat blueberry muffin for instant oatmeal topped with 1/4 cup of fresh blueberries. Bonus: You'll stay satisfied all morning. * Measure out your breakfast cereal; overestimating by just 1/3 cup can add 100 calories. * Enjoy it with a 16-ounce chai latte with skim milk rather than a green tea latte with 2 percent. Cut 250 Calories at Lunch * Pick turkey over tuna in your 6-inch sub. * At the salad bar, reach for shredded Parmesan instead of cheddar and skip the bread. * Nuke a Lean Cuisine chicken parm instead of having one delivered. Cut 250 Calories at Dinner * Make your own salad dressing using low-sodium, fat-free broth in place of 2 tablespoons of oil. * Having fajitas? Fill up one tortilla rather than three, then eat the rest of your fixings with a fork. * Sub black Beans for refried and hold the side of Mexican rice. * Order filet mignon instead of a New York strip steak. * Opt for broccoli chicken over sweet-and-sour, and for steamed brown rice, not fried. Cut 250 Calories from a Snack * Bite into a chocolate-covered strawberry rather than a chocolate chip cookie. * Skip the small movie-theater popcorn and bring your own 1-ounce bag of Lay's. * Switch from juice to Crystal Light twice a day. * At the mall, curb a craving for a soft pretzel with a 100-calorie pretzel pack. ------------------- Cut 500 Calories * Eat fruit before every meal. In a Pennsylvania State University study, people who munched apples 15 minutes before lunch ate about 187 fewer calories. * Order one brunch entree to share. Who can finish that giant omelet, anyway? * When making mac and cheese, resist temptation and prep just half the box. Save the rest in a zip-top bag for next time. * Use your grandmother's Joy of Cooking and you'll save an average of 506 calories over three meals, according to a recent Cornell University study. The secret: Smaller portion sizes and lower-calorie ingredients were called for back then. * Instead of a Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha for your afternoon pick-me-up, order coffee with a little milk and a dusting of chocolate. * At happy hour, drink two rum and diet colas and back away from the bowl of stale snack mix. ----------------- Turn Up the Burn The more active you are, the fewer calories you'll need to cut. Try these food-fitness combos to reach your target number. Goal: 100 calories Burn 50: Get up from your desk and take a 20-minute walk at lunch. Cut 50: Skip the oyster crackers in your Soup. Goal: 250 calories Burn 125: Shovel the driveway for 20 minutes. Cut 125: Hold the cinnamon bun. Eat two slices of cinnamon toast. Goal: 500 calories Burn 250: Spend two hours making dinner for the entire week. Cut 250: Mist a pan with cooking spray instead of pouring in oil. Sources: Sari Greaves, RD, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association; Jayne Hurley, RD, senior nutritionist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest; Barbara Rolls, PhD, author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan; Brian Wansink, PhD, FITNESS advisory board member and author of Mindless Eating; and Hope Warshaw, RD, author of Eat Out, Eat Right, third edition, and What to Eat When You're Eating Out Originally published in FITNESS magazine, February 2010.

restriction is so fickle sometimes... i am more tight in the mornings/afternoons then pretty open by about 2. i am just under my perfect restriction right now and will be going in for another fill after my trip. i say play out the next 1 1/2 weeks, see what happens. keep the appointment and if you continue to have PB issues, re-evaluate how you are eating (chewing enough, slowly, etc...) if that is good, then cancel the fill or tell them when you go and see what they suggest. good luck

3fatchicks.com I love this web site. It was started by three sisters who were trying to lose weight. Lots of info.

This may seem long and I apologize but I have some questions that I was wondering if any of you in the same or similar situation can answer. Even if you aren't and can provide an answer I would really appreciate it. Background Info I'm 19 years old and a freshman in college. I recently got banded on March 26,2010 and I'm still trying to get used to my band. I started off really well and lost a bunch of weight. The month or so before my surgery I weighted 360 and last week I was at 335. Unfortunately now I'm at 341. Questions 1. Is gaining weight normal when you start to eat regular food again? 2. I'm worried about stretching my pouch. I haven't gotten a fill yet. Is it possible to stretch the pouch before the first fill? 3. How would I know if I did stretch my pouch? 4. Is there any way that it can be fixed or if I ever do/did will I have ruined my chances at this working for me? 5. Would someone know if their band slipped? If so how? 6. Do weird things cause the band to slip or is it simply overeating or something like that? Thank you so much to anyone who can answer any of those questions. I'm sure I'll think of more soon since I'm so worried about this. Thanks again for reading.

I learned that lessen the hard way too. Trust me, my episode was about 100 times worse than yours. I was outside in the blazing hot sun about 8 weeks after surgery waiting in line to get into Comerica Park for a Detroit Tigers' game. When they opened the gates, my son and I went to the restaurant where I chugged 2 great big glasses of ice water. I didn't order food but took a bite of one of his french fries. That's all it took. I sat there fighting it off for about 20 minutes when all of a sudden all that water, mixed with saliva, started coming back up. It looked like Old Faithful! It only takes happening once to know you never want it to happen again!

DH & I just met a nice couple last night (at Sweet Tomatoes, eating dinner) that had been banded a week apart. They were in their 40's (I'm guessing here) and didn't have any little ones with them. They say that it was great to have a little time between the surgeries so that they could take care of each other. I'll be having surgery before my DH (a couple of weeks I think). We have a 4yo son and we have no family here. My parents are the closest and they are an hour away (and both work). I hope that I can have an end of the week surgery date and that DS can spend the weekend at the grandparents house.... If we didn't have a small child, and had a better support team here, we'd likely have surgery at the same time. I like the idea of being at the same place at the same time (like the pre-op & post-op diets).

thank you Julie I will mention it because I hope my band is not leaking or something .... that would stink its only been in 6 weeks!

:confused2: I hope this makes sence I went for my first fill 2 weeks ago the nurse said one forth cc was in the band so she put in one half ccs .. all was good! today I went and there was only one forth in the band idk Ive lost Fluid or somthing idk so today she just put one half ccs in and to check in 2 weeks to make sure it stays .. I have a small band i think its holds 5 ccs Has this happened to anyone else ?

HI. I live in Akron and was just re-banded by Dr. Zografakas. I gather you have been banded for a few years. How did it go? I lost about 70 pounds with the first band, which slipped. He replaced it and fixed a hiatal hernia three weeks ago. I think that this site and the boois I have bought will give more support than I got at Summa. I would like to lose about 30 more, but Dr Z says I have done very well.

I had to do 2 weeks of protein shakes, and yes, the first 3 days were horrible. I felt like I had the flu. Headaches, body aches, tired. BUT, by day 4 I felt a whole lot better and made it through the rest of the pre-op with no problems. Just be sure to drink lots of water. It will help. Hang in there, it will get better!

what a wonderful post....i read your pm about your dr visit and i love your dr's approach to fills..thanks for sharing...this means alot to one who has no idea about them..congrats on the 43 yrs married..in 2 weeks, it will be my 29th... for you eye candy:

Well I went for my first fill yesterday at the office and he couldn't do it blindly so I went to the hospital today to have it done under floro. Apparently my port is too deep and it tilted sideways and is movable so I have to be re-operated on and I am aggravated but stuff happens. I am self pay and I reminded him of that. He told me not to worry and that he would work it out with the hospital so that I wouldn't have to pay anything. I sure hope he can re-do it soon. He's going to move the port up higher right in the middle below my sternum. I didn't even go to the gym today cuz I was a bit depressed but I'll be right back at it tomorrow. Yesterday I was 6 weeks out and had lost 37 pounds but that's because I am so complaint and I exercise like I'm supposed to. Last week I started weight training as well. Has anyone else had this happen to them or anything like it? Janet:confused: