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…
Day 21 post-op. Dinner last night: yoghurt and custard === Rain: 7 Today I am three weeks post op. I still feel like I am getting a little better ever day. At this point though, I can not see far enough ahead to imagine how I will possibly be able to go out to dinner…
Day 20 post-op. Dinner last night: salmon and mash === Rain: 12 Since Wednesday of last week I have had odd pain under my left rib-cage. its a cross between a deep ache and a pulling sensation. But at times also feels like something in there is moving around in a way that it just…
Day 19 post-op. Dinner last night: vanilla creamed rice with a dash of custard. === Oh – I just realised I didn’t put up the scale numbers in yesterdays post. Loss to date: 12.15kg. Happy with that. Rain: 27 I’m not-very-slowly losing my freaking mind!! This rain is just incessant and you can’t leave our…
Day 18 post-op. Dinner last night: puréed salmon and mash. === Rain: 2.3 The guy that I have been hoping will do some yardwork and handyman stuff for us came over for a meet and greet this morning with his wife. It seemed to go well and we are planning on having a test-run next…
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…