Sorry that was vague. I should know better, I'm a programmer too, lol
I saved at the ladder and movable cells area save point with 2hp and then went into the 2nd battle (two droids) with 2hp. Retrying after death correctly set my hp back to 2, but selecting retry no, backing out to the main menu through save and exit and selecting continue put me back at the save point with 9hp.