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Last Thursday, when I fasted for pre-op, I weighed in at 150.2 kilos. Today I weigh in at 145.80 kilos. Even allowing for the fact a lot must have been water, nearly 6 kilos still seems like a lot to lose in one week. However it *does* explain why I spent yesterday all bar comatose. … More A bit fast maybe?
Not quite a second verse, more an update really. I’m yet to learn what I can, can’t, should and shouldn’t eat. So far, with most of the stomach gone, I don’t feel at all hungry, good yes? Well, two-sided sword this one. If I don’t feel hungry, I don’t eat, if I don’t eat I … More Second verse, same as the first!
Yesterday I tried to behave as if everything was ‘normal’ in life again, other than being on a highly restricted diet. Well, I soon learned this is *not* the case. Even allowing for the pre-op diet, my body was accustomed to a fairly high level of calorie intake and it’s dropped *very* sharply from 1,000 … More Second Day Home
Well after last time’s ‘panic post’, I’m glad to say nothing of the sort eventuated. I’ll cover the experience now. My 76th birthday was on Friday 27th, the day of the operation. A nurse realised and when I went into the operating room everyone shouted “Happy Birthday” which was really nice. So, went off to … More Anticlimax or what?
We’re finally on the way. However, as always there was a hiccough because I’d gone for an Ultrasound a few days ago and the doctor rang to ask me to go see her at 12:20. This put back my taking Pico-prep for an hour. Still, eventually, I took it and waited. Nothing happened for an … More It’s started!
Yaay… yet another failure. Yesterday was a disaster and today was another. I had a half tin of butter beans, a small can of baked beans, a packet of cauliflower and ‘something’ soup mixed with another of Asian Laksa. It was lovely… but totally off the diet. And of course, I’m now wracked with guilt … More One Day…
Two days left before the surgery on Friday 27th and the stress is starting to build along with the ‘second thoughts’ about whether I’ll be able to cope afterwards… though of course, I’d have no choice *but* to cope afterwards. So. Yesterday I succumbed to hunger and ate a carrot and a slice of turkey! … More Two days…
Yesterday, I managed to last out the day with just three shakes, 2 litres of dilute cordial, and a cup of tea. The result? Well, I can report that I lost a truly massive 0.1 kilos. This is ridiculous Surely I should have dropped more than that?? It’s really disheartening, but I’ll carry on for … More Seriously??
Well almost near. In five days’ time, I’ll either have been operated on or very close to being operated on. It’s scary, but I *hope* it’s for the best. The kids are supportive even though they think I’m making a grave irreversible error. I, of course, am hoping the opposite, but it’s nice to know … More And now the end is near…
Ok, I have *no* idea what’s going on with me. One day I’m ravenous, the next hardly hungry. Why? Who knows. Yesterday, for example, I had my morning shake, and then nothing until 1:30 or so when I went out with my wife to a local restaurant and had grilled Barramundi and salad before we … More And then Betterer!
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