Alan, Please keep us updated and I pray that there is no problem. I hope that your PS won't be delayed due to this issue but, if so, try to be patient! I cannot WAIT until the results of your PS!!! WOW! CeCe

Kim - That is crazy! Can't you just have a few boring days????? You poor thing. Feel better and keep us posted, Britt

That is VERY frustrating! I hear you. I've considered that 5 day pouch test. ?????? Hang in there - remain focused hopefully we will both be down some lbs. next week hugs, Britt

Hi I hope that you had a great week / weekend. Starting weight 250.5 Last week = 140 This week = 142 Loss this week = gained 2 (Me and the NuvaRing didn't get along!) Total loss = 108.5 Current BMI = 22.9 Be Determined! Keep your eye on the prize YOU CAN DO IT!!!!! QUOTE - "This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything." Scott Reed HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! hugs, Britt

I spent all afternoon and night in ER at OHSU yesterday. UGH! We had just left the movie theater. I was driving. Got several blocks from the theater and the pain hit SO fast! Really terrible, tight cramping pain involving my whole torso and chest. Starting in the back and radiating around front with the hardest hit part the right upper quadrant. The pain was about a 9. All I could tolerate without passing out. I was sweating profusely and couldn't breathe well. Very shallow. Couldn't get a good breath. Man I was scared. I pulled over right away and told my husband to take over driving and get me to the emergency right away. I literally thought I was going to die on the way there. After 10 minutes of this, it finally let up a bit. Pain down to about a 6. I got my wits about me enough to call my dr. and alert I was on my way to ER. I got cut off with bad reception when I was pulling in. I sat in the waiting room over 2 hours before they took me back. All the whole I'm in this terrible pain. Afraid to move. When I got back, they didn't give me anything for the pain right away. Did an EKG and send me for a chest x-ray then I got a whopping whole 5 mg. of oxycodone. I just weaned myself off oxycodone from my surgery, and that was at 30 mg. dosage, so I couldn't see how 5 mgs. would do anything. It did take the edge off every so slightly, But not enough to really even notice. My heart and lungs were fine, so we moved on to gall bladder. They sent me for a scan. Took forever. Lots of pics. Went back to my room. Sat for another couple hours. Got another oxycodone. Then the pain started to subside. Whew. So, they sent in a resident surgeon to explain what they found. I didn't appear to have any other gall stones in there, but they suspected I passed one and that it got stuck in a pancreatic duct because it was dilated. My white blood cell count and liver enzymes were elevated, indicting inflamation and possible blockage. So, no clear cut answer. So, I need to get my labs redone on Tuesday to see if my counts are coming down. Then I see my surgeon on Thursday and we will discuss this further. I will probably get scoped. I don't know, something called ERCP for some big long name procedure where they put a camera down there and look around, stretch stuff out if there are strictures, and pluck any wayward stones if they find any. At least that is what two surgeons and the attending doc said. We will see what Dr. Deveney says. They also want me to tell him about my trouble swallowing and the spasm like feeling I get when I swallow. Like something is stuck and trying to go down. So, maybe the ERCP can take care of that too. So, after 7 1/2 hours there, the ER doc left me saying it could happen again, but they were confident it was a passed stone. If it happens again, probably my gall bladder will be taken out. We got home at 1:30 a.m. So, I'm feeling way better today, and living in fear of that pain returning. I think I'll carry my own pain pills with in case they don't get me in for a long time again. I really thought I'd pass out from the pain.