Pre 2025

Tag: dietician

  • Post Op – D37

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    Day 37 post-op. Dinner last night: processed chicken lunch-meat, cheese and crackers. === Rain: 0 I left home at 8:15 this morning and drove down to the city. I kid you not – just as I pulled up at the Dieticians office – an email came in from her in response to the email that I…

  • Post Op – D28

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    Day 28 post-op. Dinner last night: creamed rice and custard. === Rain: 56 4 weeks since I sat in the pre-op waiting room, passing the time absently staring at a television screen. I could not have told you what was on – for I wasn’t truely watching it. A part of me was of course…

  • Post Op – D22

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    Day 22 post-op. Dinner last night: puréed cottage pie === Rain: 5.5 I got an email back from my Dietician today, asking questions about the pain that I’ve been having. She also explained a few things that it could be from, but I’m talking to her on Friday so I’ll see how it is by…

  • Countdown – 7

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    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…

  • Countdown – 8

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    Day 8 pre-op Day 20 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Satay Chicken w Konjac Noodles === Rain: 1 Yesterday afternoon I sat on our bench seat with my legs crossed up underneath me, and cut my toenails!!! If you dont understand what a big deal that is – I’m very very glad for you. Breakfast…

  • Countdown – 11

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    Day 11 pre-op Day 17 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Leftover StirFry & Butter Chicken === Rain: 0 ‘Australia Day’. My Wife mostly has the day off today – only one appointment late afternoon!! My bari-buddy had his pre-admission appt at the hospital yesterday. Sounds like everything went well. My Wife and I spent the…

  • Countdown – 19

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    Day 19 pre-op Day 9 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Fish Tacos === Rain: 4.5 Last night I ate too much. We had fish tacos for dinner. An absolute favourite inner house, and my Dietician had even been kind enough to recommend some wraps that would be suitable so that we could still have them…

  • Countdown – 28

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    Day 28 pre-op 0 days left til pre vlcd – tomorrow it begins!! Dinner last night: Homemade Beef Stoup. === 23mm of rain. Today was the day for the trip down the hill to the airport to drop our Son off, and for me to have my CT scan and Barium Swallow. The airport can…

  • Countdown – 33

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    Day 33 pre-op 5 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Panko crumbed chicken with home-made air fried chip, and a mixed salad. === 68mm of rain overnight – at this point – do I even need to try and explain what a shit-show our Farm truely is?? Big high rubber boots – only boots –…

  • Countdown – 42

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    Day 42 pre-op – Boxing Day. Dinner last night: Moreton Bay Bugs in a bacon and veg pasta. Went into town earlier today to get milk and then to Bunnings for some cable to be able to run our new wifi extender out to the shipping container so that we can have signal when we…