Hi All,
I thought I would start with a personal update from where I left off in the last blog, I spoke to my lady friend and asked her out on a date she said "yes", it's been almost 3 weeks now and I'm going to leave it with "we are very happy together".
Now because these personal updates are no longer just about me I am going to stop doing them, all you need to know is that everything in life is only as difficult as you make it out to be.
So what have I been up to recently? Oh yeah I smashed Sydney in a weekend for my 29th!
Big shout out to my mates Beth and Shaun for showing me around and giving me a (very comfortable) couch to crash on after a great tour of the CBD.
So i flew up the Saturday morning (25th August) and began the day by walking into The Rocks (market place) where I went to Guylian for a hot chocolate and the food stand for a snag.
I meet up with Beth and Shaun and we began walking 11kms total (6.3mile about) we started at the Quay and went south to Hayfield (china town), across to Darling Harbor then across the bridge back into the CBD up to the Botanical Gardens, around the far end and back to the Opera house then back to the Quay to finish up, great day 4-5 hours of slow walking and catching up before we headed back to their place to meet the folks (great people too) and dinner in Cronulla where I watched Hawthorn smash Sydney! Carn the Hawkers!
(Pics of the trip are on my gastric bypass group page)
The Sunday I left Beth and Shawn to do what everyone has to try at least once, climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge. I purchased an express trip up and in 45 minutes we were at the top, 15 minutes to look around then back down in 45 minutes again, after the Grand Canyon the bridge is quite anti-climactic but the view is beautiful. I had a great time in Sydney, can't wait to travel some more!
So where to from here? Well perhaps I talk a little bit about the operation again and get back on track a little. I've been having some issues since the bypass which were related to polyester stitching around my stomach, the thing with polyester is that it does not dissolve, when I had a chat to my surgeon the first time I was having issues eating he mentioned to me that he no longer uses polyester because it does not dissolve and can cause problems because it will forever be a foreign object in my body so swelling or ulcers would be a side effect I would have to deal with.
No problem.
Twice now I have had a gastroscopy (camera down the throat into the stomach) because I have had severe swelling that I cannot eat any food I get bloated after one mouthful which isn't normal, what happened on both occasions was the stitching came loose and dangled into my stomach swelling the sides and forcing food to become stuck.
The plus side was that I lost 4kgs (8.8lbs) in 4 weeks so my total is around 104kgs lost and I'm sitting at 114.8kgs, since I have had the latest stitching removed I have been able to eat again so I'm looking at gaining a few kilos back (which is fine) and then working out a good plan for maintaining without having to rely on a gym.
Moving forward I am looking at some plastic surgery for excess skin yup that subject we all love to hate. See the one thing nobody tells you what happens after you lose the weight, well guess what? Excessive skin is a major issue to have to deal with after you lose the weight, I seem to find myself unable to completely accept my body until I get a few sections sorted out and tightened up.
Not saying I'm not proud of my achievements or that I don't "love" my body but some things just need sorting out.
It's not cheap to say the least and I'm looking at my thighs and abdomen to have cut back and tightened so I'm trying to get some early superannuation out to pay for it, perhaps it's time to start writing that book or talk to ACA or Today Tonight about getting my story out there, get the media to pay for it! That's isn't till November though so till then it's save, save, save.
Might leave it there for now please feel free to ask me any questions you might have about the operation or anything relating to these blogs and I'll have something to write about in the next blog.
~Peace out
Adrian
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