Fill #2 - OW!

Fill #2

 

Well,I rode fill #1 for 62 pounds and then it took 10 days to lose just 0.8. 10 days of eating more than I should and still feeling hungry. 10 days of leaving food on my plate, and still feeling hungry. And those 10 days include yesterday eating only soup and no real food and today having just a can of Slim Fast and one yogurt because I knew I was going to get on the scale today.

 

So,The Deaconess Dieticioness and I talked about to fill or not to fill- that was the question. I had planned on LOSING weight today and being happy. Well, life doesn't work that way. So, we called Doctor C and he walked over and we tried for fill number two. Notice the use of the word TRY. Fill number one was quick and easy: spray, thump, done.

 

Not number two.

 

Attempt Number One: Spray Thump. No port

Attempt Number Two: Spray Thump. No port

Attempt Number Three: Spray Thump. Wiggle Wiggle. No port- I felt that one, as you can only be a pincushion so long before it hurts.

Attempt Number Four: Spray Thump, BANG Oh we found THE SIDE OF IT. AS IN THE DAMN THING IS NOW SIDEWAYS, ALMOST BACKWARD,  AND NOT WHERE IT WAS 6 WEEKS AGO.

Attempt Number Five: We discuss that it this one does not work, then I need to go have this tried under X-ray. Dr. C states that IT SHOULD BE FREE, but DEACONESS TRIES BILLING LOTS OF FOLKS and hopes they pay before complaining too much. Plan on at least $200 and maybe $600.

Well, Spray, Thump, Twist, Prod, Wiggle, Lift, Separate, The needle starts at some funky angle and he is able to both find it, then lift it and turn it just enough to get the fill in. I would say Whew, but instead say OW!

 

OW! While not as much of an "ow" as the pain the first month of Life with a Lap Band, the afternoon HURT. I am really hoping that this is not a sign of things to come.

 

So, liquids for 24 hours,then pureed / mushies and Saturday we can try real food and work my way back up the food chain.

 

Wish me luck.