SherriD1961

I am just shocked they did not have a needle long enough to reach your port... in an ER no less!! I am an RN and I cannot imagine that somewhere in that hospital they could not procur a proper needle.

Do I need to do anything to prepare for a fill, like only liquids or soft food the day before?

So I am wondering do you have to do anything the day before your fill?

This was so helpful. When I started on soft foods my weight loss also stalled. I was getting disappointed that I was going to fail at this also. But in the last couple days it has gone down a couple pounds. But know I understand why it did that. Thanks everyone.

I was not given any instructions on filling. I have an appointment in a day. I am wondering if I need to do anything special. Would call doctors office but of course it is Sunday and they are closed.

Just wanted to introduce myself. My long history at weight loss and gain loss is similar to most everyone here. I was divorced 4 years ago after 20 years of marriage. It was the most painful thing I have ever endured. That loss of a family unit was devastating to me. Although he never came out and said it was my weight I always knew in my heart that it was some of the reason. But still I did not try to do anything about it. I am an RN and it was seeing the illness of my obese patients. In addition the difficulty moving them and the ability for them to move themselves not to mention the odor that made me realize this could be me one day. I don't won't to live the last 20 or 30 years of my life a miserable mess. So here I am. At first I wasn't going to tell a soul. Mostly ashamed that I had to go to such extremes to lose weight. But then I decided I need to be accountable and need the support I knew my family and friends would give me. I am even going to go to a local support group and be active here. All in which I feel will be positive influences on this journey. So look forward to chatting with everyone.

After all you been threw you owe it to yourself to do this right. I am scares to death of what happens when I get that head hunger but I realize I did not put my body through this to let my head win out!

In general my physician does not have his patients stay. I thought that would be ok. But I found that I was wrong. For one, anesthesia hangs around for awhile and it makes your head fuzzy and judgement off. Two, it would have been nice to have someone there to reassure you everything was ok anhuh swear the questions going through your mind. I am an RN and even I felt sketchy being home without medical supervision. So YES stay one night. You will not regret it!