Pre 2025

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  • Post Op – D14

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    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…

  • Post Op – D9

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    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…

  • Post Op – D8

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    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…

  • Countdown – 2

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    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…

  • Countdown – 3

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    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…

  • Countdown – 4

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    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…

  • Countdown – 9

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    Day 9 pre-op. Day 19 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Beef Wraps === Rain: 10.5 We’ve hit single digits! Only 9 days until Surgery Day. The next week is looking like a very busy week, and one in which I’m going to have to be very mindful of what I am eating, as we have…

  • 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 – 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…