Hello and Update

Hi everyone . Just wanted to give ya'll an update. I went to my doc appt last week and my band is fine. Its stayed in place and he even gave me a slight fill which I was not expecting. So as of today i am on mushies after nearly a month on liquids. things are going down fine, no issues. He actually gave me a larger fill than I have now and after waiting around the office i realized it was too much so i had him take some out.
So I am doing well. Another couple weeks I should need another fill. I have to get these 11 pounds off i gained in the nearly 3 weeks I had been totally unfilled.
Needless to say Dr R was not too happy about that weight gain !!!

Thanks for all the comments on my question on what i should do about school.
I actually applied today for a job at a WLS clinic I really hope i get it.
I am going tomorrow up to the community college to talk to them about my options.
Although i need something quickly for work/money . I am going to see what options i have for nutrition , maybe i can get a certificate of some kind , begin to work in the field and continue to go to school ? So I will see what they have to say , see what my options are.

My financial situation is not better yet. My optimistic husband keeps insisting its going to get better soon . So we will see. Still no internet which at this point it is what it is and i guess I am just use to it now .
So that's all. I miss everyone terribly !!!

Opinions Please

I would like some fellow lap band surgery patients opinions of something I am considering kicking around.
I am thinking of going back to school to be a nutritionist . I would LOVE To solely work with WLS patients. SO here is my question ...

Would you pay someone for advice as a nutritionist who has been through this process ?
Or i guess my question would be , would you be MORE willing to pay for services of a nutritionist being they have been through this process ? NOW granted , I can go to work in a surgeons office and I would be happy with that. I was also thinking about doing "Free Lance" working. If someone needs some help with food they could come to me for advice for a small fee i could give it to them ?
What do you think ?

Yes
No

Either way i think im going to go back to school for this . But on a WLS side wanted your opinions.

Howdy , A few Things

Hi All, Hope everyone is doing well. I try to read what i can on everyone's blog.
Still working on the affording the internet . I really hate this ! Not being able to blog and read everyone's blog is getting to me. We are moving in June and I am going to try to go through my house this week, see what we have and see if i cant get enough money to pay off my internet bill to turn it back on , horrible isnt it that's a priority to me lol.
I go to the doc this Thursday for a check up on my band. Still on liquids . Im doing okay . I get hungry and I drink something or get some soup.
I have had to lay off the milk shakes , i have managed to gain some weight.

My grand parents are here , they are the only people in the world who dont know about my surgery . My parents told me before they got here " You need to tell them about your surgery since you cant eat, they will think you are like your SIL and are anorexic now " I told them " FINE I never was hiding my surgery from them , you were the ones that thought they were too stupid to understand it "SO I get to my mom's and they have already told them . My grandma tells me " SURE HOPE YOU dont get anorexic now " THEN After I told her i was having some issues and could not eat anything but liquids she ( I KID YOU NOT ) Pulls out a damn DONUT puts it under my nose and says ' LOOK MINDY YOU WANT IT " . I looked at her and with a go to hell look and said " NO I Dont want it NOR CAN I HAVE IT WITH OUT IT POSSIBLY HURTING ME RIGHT NOW " She chuckled. WTF ? I just walked away .

So anyway . I am still alive and kicking ya'll. Just a little aggervated after nearly 3 weeks of no food i guess LMAO

Talk to ya'll soon !
Miss ya !

hi

Hey all .just wanted to say hi . I stole my sons iPhone to update LOL I. Going to try to get Internet this week it us driving me nuts not having it !!
As for my band , I have a follow up appoitment on the 19th ,so I have to stay on liquids until then . Some how I have managed to gain 3 pounds . I think It might be the 3 milk shakes a day . Any way I miss yall

What casued it ?

I was in a big hurry the other day typing about my band situation so I dont think i explained myself well. So let me try again .
First off let me say again thank you again for all your kind words !!!

NOW ... What caused my slip ? ME i caused my slip . Why ? One of the WORST thing you can do for your bands is throw up or PB !( as well as keep your band too tight which causes the prior mentioned things ) Everytime you do that your risking a slip . Slips happen from the bottom part of your stomach coming up threw the band. When you throw up your forcing that action . So EVERY TIME you throw up or PB ( PB throwing up same thing ) your causing a mini slip basically . SO When i had refulx for the last 2 weeks , the last week nearly every day several times a day i was throwing up from the reflux.
I KNEW Better than that !!!! If you read in my blog and all over the place that I yell at everyone " DONT KEEP YOUR BAND TOO TIGHT DONT THROW UP " ! That is why . Because your band will slip. It might not do it the first time , the second time but at some point your gonna slip your band. CASE IN POINT ME ! I follow the rules better than most ... and the one time i dont look what happens ! So what caused my slip ? I caused it from throwing up !!!
Does that explain things a little better ?
Moral of the story :
1. Dont throw up
2. Dont keep your band too tight
3. IF you throw up go to your doc and tell them right away !
4. If you know you have problems go to the doc no matter what, money is no reason to stay away . If you have a good doc it wont matter you cant pay right then , he'll see you anyway !