The date is set!!

It has been a bit of a full on 3-6 months for this lapsed blogger. but finally, a date has been set for the surgery.

L-Day is the 11th of October.

It has taken a bit of time to get the money together and to make sure all is good to go.

I have a month of holidays so I can focus on the issues at hand, and while the surgeon (and friends) says that a week will be more than enough time to recover, I need leave as I have not had any for nearly 18months.

I am currently on the hypocarbohydrate diet, which is designed to reduce the fat around the liver and to "shrink" it, making it easier for the surgeon to do his job.

So, it has been an "Optifast" diet for the past 4 days, and apart from feeling like my throat has been cut in four places (feeling hungry) and the constant dreams of food in every non waking moment, it has not been impossible... so far.

The key thing is that to keep the surgery safer and easier to make sure that I stick to this.

There is something just plain wrong with having vanilla or chocolate flavoured breakfast lunch and dinner. Can't they make a bacon and egg flavoured breaky, or a roast pork and apple sauce with vegies dinner shake???

Willie Wonka was on the right track!!

Anyway, 11 days to go..... and counting.




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