Tag: food


  • 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 – 14

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    Day 14 pre-op Day 14 pre-op VLCD. – – – a meeting of the numbers! Dinner last night: Pulled Pork & Mash. === Rain: 0 I spent most of the morning doing laundry and in between loads I was doing work out in our bus, trying to get the window covers cut to shape. It’s…

  • Countdown – 18

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    Day 18 pre-op Day 10 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Dinner out – I had a small lamb shank on a bit of mash. I only had a third of the mash and was very satisfied. It was good to be out of the house for a bit. === Rain: 73 Weigh day for me…

  • 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 – 20

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    Day 20 pre-op Day 8 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Chicken & Prawn Salad. === Rain: 14 I have a bit of a case of cabin fever. My car is still in the mechanic shop, and the rain continues. Thank goodness we live on our Farm where I can get outside, even if I…

  • Countdown – 25

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    Day 25 pre-op Day 3 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Chicken Salad, and a jelly and lemon mousse dessert. === Rain in the last 24hrs? ZERO! Don’t get toooo excited, the place is still a veritable quagmire and according to the weather app over the next 10 days there is an 80-90% chance of…

  • 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 – 34

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    Day 34 pre-op 6 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Chicken enchiladas with a tomato, onion, trilogy cheese and balsamic drizzle salad. === The Anaesthetists Office emailed me this morning, just to let me know that the quote was in the pipeline and it was anticipated that it would be sent on to me soon.…

  • Countdown – 37

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    Day 37 pre-op. 9 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Ham, Eggs, Baked Beans and Toast. Most of the external work for the Wi-Fi extender has been done by my Wife, so this morning I did the internal bit of plugging in the hardware (which she will properly attach to the wall later) and setting…