This is weird. I thought that at 21 months out I had experienced everything the band could offer me. But no!! I have generally managed my hunger well. If I got hungry, I ate a band suitable amount and then (unless a fill was due) I was absolutely fine. So I tended to eat small and often; very small breakfast, two main meals but at least 2 between-meal snacks. Worked for me. But I did get that hunger, however easy it was to deal with. Now, as I have posted before, I am tighter than I have ever been. It took me a week or so to get to terms with this but I now can make sense of many of the comments people used to post about 2 mouthfuls and being full! But the key difference is - I keep forgetting to eat!! In UK terms it is nearly lunchtime and I have just realised that I haven't eaten today at all and I only thought of it now because I saw the clock - not because I felt hungry! I'm not sure I can bother eating! I probably will for health reasons! I managed well with my band before but I have definitely realised that I could have made life a bit easier earlier!! Kate

Hi Mary, didn't realise you were the "token Canadian". Best wishes from the token Brit!! Mind you, no-one's offered me a magazine! Kate

Cyndy - did I misread this? 118lbs since October 2007?????????? Kate

I wonder what happened to my post? It's gone!

I didn't have surgery today, but I was in and out of medical facilities. Thanks for all the great advice and suggestions, gang. Want y'all to know that without getting a single call back from a GYN office that I go a CA-125 and a pelvic ultrasound. My gastro doc and my bariatric doc are just that -- good doctors and their staffs are bending over backwards to help me. I'm trying to get current tumor markers and mass sizes together so I can make an attempt to leave the city/state. We have family or good friends in Houston, Atlanta and Maryland. Yes, I really do want to live and I plan to follow every piece of good advice I can find. My gastro doc is also ordering tests to see the extent of my anemia and if it's affecting my B12 and folic acid levels. After all the blood draws, fighting traffic and other tests, my pain levels are completely off the charts. Iron supplements are too much for my already painful stomach, so I went out and tried to eat a patty melt to get some beef (iron). Tomorrow, I might just try the iron tablets. I am not going down without a fight. More tomorrow! Frances