Day 15 post-op. Dinner last night: Lemon Pudding and Jelly === Rain: 0 I’m thinking about going to the regular monthly luncheon for people that I used to work with who also no longer at that workplace. I stopped going to these lunches a couple of months back. There were a number of reasons, but…
Day 14 post-op. Dinner last night: soup. === Rain: 2.5 Two whole weeks post op. Its feels like both ages, and the blink of an eye all at the same time… Part of me feels no different than I did the morning before I went into Theatre. Another part of me feels like the world…
Day 13 post-op. Dinner last night: purée mince and a soft cheese triangle. === Rain: 17 Last night for dinner I had some puréed mince with a soft cheese topping, and it went down really quite well. ¾ of an hour later I had a weis bar, just to try to top up my fluids…
Day 9 post-op. Dinner last night: custard and jelly, and a late soup === Rain: 0 I didn’t hydrate well at all yesterday… I wasn’t wildly dehydrated, but my body certainly could have used more than it had – which was why I ended up having a soup at about 8:30 pm last night. The…
Day 8 post-op. Dinner last night: custard & diet jelly === Rain: 0 Made a coffee this morning for the first time in a few days – with fibre and protein added – so that I could sit down with my Love first thing. I was less than two mouthfuls in and I realised it…
Day 3 pre-op Day 25 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Leftovers from last nights Chilli Beef & Konjac Noodles. === Rain: 42 Some huge storms with lots of thunder, lightening, wind and rain came through last night. We ended up just sitting and reading for about an hour, because the sound on the roof was…
Day 3 pre-op Day 25 pre-op VLCD. W: 95.75 Dinner last night: Chilli Beef & Konjac Rice === Rain: 0 I am now down 6.15kg (13.53lb) from my heaviest [recorded] weight. Our DIL and Grandson came or dinner last night but it quickly went sideways when our poor lil Grandson was truely overwhelmed by our…
Day 4 pre-op Day 24 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Pizza! === Rain: 1 A hot sunny morning, so storms likely in the afternoon. Our Daughter-in-law took our Grandson in for a sneaky surprise visit to my Wifes work yesterday, which she loved. Hopefully they’ll be coming for dinner tonight. I decided today that I…
Day 6 pre-op Day 22 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Prawn Stirfry === Rain: 45 A bit of a blah day today. It always is after we’ve been down to the city… I got the laundry done this morning and then just before lunch, my friend L came and picked me up as we were…
Day 7 pre-op Day 21 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Salmon Stirfry === Rain: 13 Preadmission and Dietician day! The preadmission was ok… Took about a half hour to re-answer all the questions I had already answered on the admission form, get my obs done, and have the ecg. Honestly, it’s nothing that I couldn’t…