My Gastric ByPass Blog
Pre Surgery Optifast Diet
17 days to go before my surgery... so I need to start planing and getting my head around the "meal replacement" diet which I need to start 14 days prior (6th Sep). The purpose of the pre-surgery diet is primarily to shrink down my Liver a bit (so they have more space...
What My Ex Had to Say
Had a great (but brief) chat today with an ex-girlfriend of mine (from nearly 30 years ago) - lets call her Nelly. Nelly has had a pretty much life long battle with weight (including a 20Kg weight gain within 12 months following the death of her mum), but finally...
Pre Surgery Consultation – Dietician
This session was effectively a Pre Surgery Consultation to make me aware of what I can and can't eat in the leadup to, and after surgery. 2 weeks before surgery 2 weeks prior to surgery I will need to switch to a meal replacement diet (Optifast). I need to stop all...
Hospital Pre-admission & ECG
Today I attended a Hospital Pre-admisson session - to do some tests (ECG, Blood) and clue me up on the admissions process and what to expect on the day of, and days following surgery. It was conducted by a nurse from the surguical ward, and was a very informative and...
Initial Consultation – Bariatric Surgeon #2
Following an unsatisfactory outcome from my 1st surgeon (I have still not heard from him) I thought I should seek a second opinion... so asked around... and found a surgeon at another Private Hospital who had done Bariatric Surgery for a friend of my sisters (who...
Follow Up Consultation – Bariatric Surgeon #1
After a month of running around getting a whole series of different tests, I had my follow up with my Bariatric Surgeon. All test were OK... no major dramas... EXCEPT a biopsy from my Endoscopy suggested potential "Barretts Esophagus" - which, if present, could result...
ECG and Stress Echo
This one of a series of test requested by my Bariatric Surgeon Electrocardiagram (ECG) An ECG (electrocardiogram) is a medical test that detects cardiac (heart) abnormalities by measuring the electrical activity generated by the heart. The ECG involves connecting a...
Upper Endoscopy
This one of a series of tests requested by my Bariatric Surgeon Upper endoscopy is a procedure that enables a gastroenterologist to examine the esophagus (swallowing tube), stomach, and duodenum (first portion of small bowel) using a thin, flexible tube called the...
Tasteless Food is NOT Much Fun !!!
Today, I lost my sense of taste !!!! I woke up, had breakfast as normal, but when I had lunch, thought I had forgotten to salt my cheese/tomato crackers... I hadn't..... I had lost almost all my sense of taste !!! I can taste a hint of sweetness in some things, but...
Ultrasound, CT Scan & Chest Xray
This was the first of a series of tests requested by my Bariatric Surgeon CT Scan This was my first ever CT Scan... A CT scan uses x-rays to make detailed cross-sectional images of your body. it is that big doughnut like machine that has components which spins....
Initial Consultation – Bariatric Surgeon #1
Today I had my initial consultation with a Bariatric Surgeon (referred by my GP) at a local Private Hospital. I'd done my research and had some idea of the different types of Bariatic Procedures, but didn't really know much about the process, risks or timescales. The...
My 51st Birthday
B-Day minus 1491 days I had some luck on the Lotto earlier this year and booked a couple of penthouses for a couple of weeks with friends on the 41st floor of Q1 on the Gold Coast 🙂 I didn't know at the time, but I was soon to be diagnosed with Type II...
My 50th Birthday
B-Day minus 1856 days 50th Birthday... what a Milestone... but how did that come up so fast ?? I was pretty Happy with my Life (although realised by now that I was significantly overweight).. also started to notice that my body wasn't quite as good at doing some of...
My 49th Birthday
B-Day minus 2222 days A little before my 49th birthday, someone I had considered a “close friend” who I had spent a lot of time with over the previous 12 months or so, decided - seemingly out of the blue - that we should no longer keep in touch.. She had a whole lot...
My 40th Birthday
B-Day minus 5509 days Divorced for 2 years and enjoying being "single and free". Now running my own business so don't even have a "boss" to answer to... Oh Joy. Not that interested, but thought I had better get back into dating. Tried out this new "Online Dating"...
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