I am having a stall at the moment with my weight loss but thats ok as I've lost 9 kilos now already in just 2 weeks. I am onto mushy pureed baby type foods and I'm loving it. I made myself some salmon patties yesterday and they were delicious. Albeit the 3 bites I could have. I also steamed a chicken breast and blended it up small and add it too my soups to make sure to get plenty of protein. I make a delicious greek yogurt/soymilk berries shake for breakfast which I add unflavoured sugar free

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well first night home and this morning I'm not feeling that great my back is feeling quite sore from laying in bed for 2 days straight and I am feeling a bit of a headache so trying to take liquid panadol that taste awful but I did use my bowels last night which made me feel a whole lot less bloated in my tummy. But my taste buds have changed I used to like lemon and now due to taking lemon flavoured panadol it's turning my stomach.
I have zero appetite today but I am determined not

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woohoo I feel great. I am home had my surgery around 4pm Monday and its now 3.30pm Wednesday. I had no nausea and no gas pain the minimal pain I had was managed with panadol. I did also have a hiatal hernia repair as well which I had had no symptoms off. So far I've stuck completely to clear fluids mostly water black tea and chicken broth. It all seems a little surreal as I am feeling just like me. I didn't have any emotional flatness or anything on day 2 as my surgeon predicted that I would.

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So today at work my phone rings and its the anesthetist calling with all the details and costs. Well no surprise with the cost $2100 and I will get around $600 back on private health insurance. It made my heart race and my hands sweat with nerves and excitement apparently my surgery is schedule for early afternoon. I was hoping for morning as it will be a long day fasting and waiting around. More so as I've told Gerard (my partner) to go to work and I will catch a taxi to the hospital and given

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So with just over 2 weeks until my surgery the dietician has asked me to start replacing 1-2 meals a day with opti fast well yesterday I had one of the coffee bars for lunch and it made me feel really unwell so I kept drinking water and within a couple of hrs I felt ok and surprisingly not hungry. So this mooring at 6.30 I had the vanilla shake and loved it however I did have quite loose bowel action afterwards and again I drank a heap of water and no hunger pangs till just after midday. So I am

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