It will be exactly a week for me tmrw also. Yesterday was one of the worst days. The gas ws nt moving & I ws in tears. Tmrw is my first day back to work and I hope I mk it thru. My appetite is slowly cmng bk.I have no saline in my band yet and I am weary of gettn it bc I dnt wnt a bad reaction while I'm at work. But time will tell