I'm scheduled to have my port reconnected on 11/16. Can't wait as I have been steadily gaining weight. My lap band surgeon didn't feel it necessary to unfill before my hysterectomy which was done with the DaVinci Robot. He did, however, unfill for my gallbladder surgery which was done l0/08. It took all that time from then to get to almost my sweet spot when I lost it all during my hysterectomy when my port tubing was cut. I feel like I'm starting over again...but I don't have to have chemo or radiation since it was a Stage I cancer with no lymph nodes involved. That's the good part. Thanks for your support!