Day 45 post-op. Dinner last night: two tb carbonara. === Rain: 6.5 I planted some flowers in one of the merinos at the side of the big vegie garden this morning, and did the laundry a day early as there were some clothes I found yesterday while cleaning out the cupboards, that needed a good…
Day 44 post-op. Dinner last night: salmon w garlic mash– around ¼ cup. 5 sml ‘mouthfuls’. === Rain: 23 Our garden-guy came this morning but only lasted an hour because it was raining so heavily. While he was here he did manage to get to lay down all of the cardboard boxes that we had…
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…
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 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 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…