Tag: pre-surgery


  • 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 – 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 – 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 – 13

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    Day 13 pre-op Day 15 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Prawn Salad. === Rain: 0 Dinner was a bit ‘meh’ to be honest. The prawns were a bit tough – I think they might have had a bit of freezer-burn. The mizzle came back in overnight. This morning when I was cleaning up I…

  • 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 – 16

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    Day 16 pre-op Day 12 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Mushroom Omelette === Rain: 0.5 Not a lot of news today… Did some sewing this morning as the bias edging on the gazebo for our bus was coming off, so I have been sewing it back on again, and gone around the entire edging to…