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 WoW its been a long time since I posted anything!. This past year has been a busy one filled with medical issues. I had a second back surgery in November at UVA they did a fussion on L4-5 spent a night in ICU due to sleep apena, but had no issues went to the regular floor the next day and home the next. Had a bad reaction to the dressing they used during surgery ended back in the ER for IV meds. Was out of work for 6 weeks but recovery was good. Was mostly pain free(breakthought pain) for about 6 months, just in the  last month have started having issues and am now waiting on a CT to see what is going on. In Feb of this year I was reaching for something and felt a pop had pain where my port was located, was seen by the dr. but they were able to access my port so no issues there. Well at the end of Feb  I was back at UVA for a back follow up they did x-rays and I saw my port was flipped!! So I called and got an appt with them for the next day and a week later I was back in the OR for a port revision. Was in the OR at 7 and home by 12 back to work 2 days later. Very sore but a simple recovery. Now for the good stuff! I am off my High Blood Pressure Pills and had no issues, off diebeties pill my last A1C was 5.5. My PCP is now only checking my blood every 6 months now. I am down about 75-80 pounds as well

I went on Thrusday of last week for my second fill, they added .6cc more so now I have 4.6cc in my 10cc band, I go back in 6 weeks for a follow up and if I need another fill they will do one. I am able to tell a difference with this fill, I am not able to eat as much mostly in the mornings though, I continue with the mind issues as I want to keep eating even when I am not hungery, guess I will learn one day.

I went in yesterday to get my fill, I had to go to the hospital as he wanted to do in under the fluro since it was the first one, he stated that my port was deeper than he thought, but it went very well, I did not feel anything!! So very glad about that. He put 4cc's in my 10cc band, said to come back in 6 weeks, not sure if this is for another fill or just a follow up. I can tell a difference as I am getting fuller faster with just a few ounces of food and have had some stuck issues but they went away fast, just eating soft foods and have to get it into my head to stop eating when full even though there is food left on my plate!!!!!, hope that the next few weeks go well and I start loosing weigh again the scale has stayed the same for the last 2 weeks, I want to see some movement!!

Yesterday I had my follow up appointment. I had not lost much weight, but it had only been 2 weeks. They said everything was looking good. I go April 23 for my fill, that sounds so far away! But hope it goes by fast. I am now eating soft foods and they taste so good, love my peanut butter!

Well tomorrow will be one week since my surgery, the recovery has not been that bad once I got the pain pills going when I woke up, have not had real bad pain since, I was able to go home the next day, could of went home that evening. I am thinking about returning to work tomorrow or Thursday I need to get out of the house. I have struggled this week with Hunger, my stomach is not happy with this liquid diet it is still on. I do not feel that there is any restriction, and go for my follow up next week, not sure when I will get a fill but hope it is soon, would like to start loosing some more weight. I have lost about 9lbs since last week.