I had my port replaced on Nov 14, because I had a leakage in the port. It took me 3-4 monthes of getting fills then it being empty or almost empty. When they did the replacement they filled it to much. I could not swallow my on saliva. when I went in for an unfill today I had lost 12 lbs in 3 days. I was so happy to get a drink of water, I am going back in 2 weeks to a refill. He said I needed to let my stomach rest, because it was too hard on it for those 3 days. But now I know I am on the upward bound. I want to have lost down to 199 by Jan 1,2009 so I need to loose another 14lbs.