On-The-Go Playlists Disappearing from iPod 5.5 gen in iTunes 8

After upgrading to iTunes 8, whenever I sync my iPod video (5.5 gen, 30 gb) any On-The-Go playlists I've made since I last synced just disappear! Even when I choose "Save Playlist" on my iPod (which makes them appear as New Playlist 1, 2, etc. on my iPod), connecting my iPod immediately erases the playlists. Also, the first time I synced my iPod with iTunes 8, it erased more than half of my existing On-The-Gos--for some reason, it erased OTG 1 through 14, kept OTG 15 through 21, and erased everything higher than that. I have no idea why it only chose to spare OTG's 15 through 21 and kill off the rest, but alas, it did.
I really would rather avoid having to restore my iPod. I did uninstall iTunes 8 and reinstall 7 just to see if my playlists were recoverable somehow, but no dice. I use On-The-Go playlists all the time, so I'm pretty bummed and frustrated about this.
Can anyone share some insight as to why this could be happening? I'm not having any other issues with my iPod, and like I said, I would really prefer not to have to restore my iPod, as last time I did that about 10% of my song information got totally scrambled in the process, so I'm saving that as a last resort.
Help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks!

It sounds as if you are right-clicking the playlist under the name of your iPod in the devices section of iTunes (as you cannot eject a playlist, only a device). Whatever is highlighted in the left-hand source list in iTunes is what you are accessing, so if you are under devices you are looking at the content on the iPod, not what is in iTunes.
To delete a playlist, make sure you are right-clicking the playlist under the playlist section of iTunes, to re-name a playlist you would select the playlist (by clicking on the name just once) in the left-hand source list under playlists, then click on the name of the playlist again (just once, double-clicking will open the playlist in a new window) and it will turn into a textbox in which you can edit/change the name. The name of a on-the-go playlist can only be changed in iTunes, and the name will automatically update on the iPod the next time you sync.

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