My Health
My various health issues.
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SPIRITUAL SIGHT
I’ve been struggling with the burden of my osteoarthritis for some time now. The condition makes my life very restricted and unpleasant. Things that should be easy, like wiping myself after going to the toilet, are super-painful and some things, like washing under my arms, scratching an itch on my back, lying down to sleep or drying myself properly after a shower are impossible now. I can’t walk very far which means doing a grocery shop is a struggle and I can’t sit on normal chairs as they are too low. If I’m going somewhere that I will want to sit, like church, for dinner, to the chemist or doctor,…
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WHERE HAVE I BEEN?
Hi – it’s been a while. I’ve been missing because the domain provider sold my dot com domain to someone else when my brother’s auto renewal arrangements failed. My brother has now transferred everything to a dot net domain instead and is trying to get the original domain back. Since I last wrote, which was in March 2024, things have worsened with my arthritis. I’m getting aged care services in the form of help to shower and help to take care of my house as I can’t do much myself now. I was getting meals-on-wheels which were surprisingly good but they changed and it was no longer suiting me so…
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Update
It's been almost two years since I updated. I'm still alive and still a Christian!
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Week 8 Post Weight Loss Surgery
It’s been almost eight weeks since I had weight loss surgery in the form of a gastric sleeve and I am afraid I may have made a terribly costly mistake. The surgery cost me over seventeen thousand dollars which came out of my superannuation and it is starting to look as if I have just completely wasted that money. The first week and a half to two weeks after surgery were great. I was losing about a kilo a day and all the fluid that had been pooling in my feet and ankles went away but I lost a total of eight kilos and then it stopped. For the period…
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My WLS – Post Surgery 1
It has now been just over a week since I had weight loss surgery. I started the journey in October last year but, thanks to Covid-19 elective surgery cancellations, it has taken this long to actually happen. I really wasn’t sure it would happen at all to be honest. I kind of feel like it shouldn’t have and that it only did happen because God was willing for me to have the surgery. I started the pre-op diet but had very little success. I kept cheating and having my favourite meals and I would tell myself, every time, this is the last time you’ll be able to eat this. I…
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My Weight Loss Surgery – POD – day 11
It’s day 11 of my 42 day pre-operation diet (POD) and it’s the first day I have not cheated but the day is only half over. I’m feeling a mixture of things. Shame because I have given in to temptation over and over again. Anger towards the surgeon. I just want to yell at him: “HEY – If I could stick to diets and lose the weight myself I wouldn’t NEED the surgery you moron!” Sadness because eating is the only thing in my life that gives me pleasure these days and now I’m about to lose that too. Frustration because how come I can’t get control over this aspect…
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My Weight Loss Surgery – Pre-Op Diet
The countdown to surgery is about to begin. I start my six week pre-op diet in just a few days.
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My Weight Loss Surgery – Gastroscopy
I had to have a Gastroscopy to check my stomach for ulcers and other nasties prior to having weight loss surgery.
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My Weight Loss Surgery – The Prequel
I've been accepted to have weight loss surgery. This is how I came to need it.
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Work, Health, Home, etc.
Work, moving house, health, just a general catch up on what's been happening with me.
