yeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!

well after much stuffin around I have been given the go-ahead from APRA to secure the funds from my super fund to pay for my surgery

there has been a few dramas along the way, but in all its now finally approved. Just got to get my letter from them & send it away to the super fund to release funds.

due to the few dramas I will miss my first scheduled surgery date but i have been very lucky enough to get a date 2 weeks later.

so now my new surgery date is 13th November.

i went to Mackay yesterday to start with the dietician and i actually decided to start the Optifast 4 weeks out from surgery

so today is day 1 on the optifast diet and feel quite good about it. My dietician said that her record weight loss pre op by one of her patients is 10.6 kg, so she has set the challenge.

anyway, awayyyyyyyyyy we go.

will keep you posted as to how im progressing

thanks to all for the support to date

cheers

Big Damo

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Hey Bopper, I was done Wednesday with Dr Copp at greenslopes. You'll be fine. I'm still sore but I still think it was worth it.

Thanks. I'm getting a bit nervous. Only 4 more sleeps.

Hope you have a speedy recovery with minimal pain. I'll keep an eye out for your posts on how you're traveling.

hey hey

well my looooonnngggg association with both APRA & Superfund has ended as I Paid out all of the $16260.00 for my op thats scheduled for 13th of this month

was a great feeling to pay for it all today as i know its getting real close

anyway ill keep ya posted as i go along

cheers

It'll be worth it, Damo! I was self-pay too and it has been worth every penny to me.

That is such a relief. Nothing to do now, but sit back and wait. Very exciting.

yeah 5 days to go and cant wait.

getting a little nervous but im going down to Brissy by myself as my partner and kids will stay here to run the business, so i guess thats playing on my mind but i know everything will be ok just would be better with a little support from the family. funnily enough they feel the same just in opposite lol

well ill post again when i return, flying out tuesday for appointments on wednesday and op on thursday then back on Saturday so ill post when i get back

thanks to all for thier kind words and support

cheers

( soon to be smaller ) Big Damo lol

Good luck Damo!!!

Good luck Damo will be thinking of you

Sam

hello all

thanks guys

really sinking in now that its gonna happen and really looking forward to it

thanks for all the well wishes & ill see yas on the other side

cheers

Damo :thumbup::scared2:

Great news Damo

you will never look back

i to have had lb and i feel great i have lost around 23kg since my op in July in adelaide

you will do well keep us posted mate:thumbup:

Hey Damo, you flight out today. Am thinking of you. Good luck mate, but I don't think you'll need it.

thanks Sunwyse

flying out in 3 hrs

see yas on the flip side

xxxx cheers

Damo

well well

i went to Greenslopes Hospital today to see Dr Copp before the op tomorrow.........he is stoked at my progress.

4 weeks on Optislop and a total loss pre op of 16.3 kg and BMI is down to 45.5 from a start of 52

feeling pretty damn happy with it so far

see yas when i get back home on Saturday

cheers

Smaller Damo

good news Damo! Congrats. You will defintely be done by now. Hope you aren't in too much pain.

hey guys

home & feel real bad

lots of gas pain and cant seem to keep clear liquids down. keep burping up the liquids as frothy thick flemy fluid

Dr Copp come and made sure band was fully empty as he said sometimes there is a mL in there and that felt better for a bit but he also said that the swelling could be making it tight too which aint allowing fluid to flow freer than they are

well he cant be too concerned because he let me go home today but WTF is going on with me ?

feel like utter crap

cheers

Damo

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well i ended up in hospital last night at 130am

was quite dehydrated and feeling quite crappy

they stuck an IV in and gave me 1 ltr of fluids and sent me home. Felt much better

still gas pains from hell

cant shift them - considering ive walked holes in the carpet at the hospital & doing what i am supposed to but it really blo ody hurts. just cant get comfy at all. If it wasnt for the gas pain id be relatively pain free.

still a little worried about the clear fluids not staying down ( see above post ) but im sure its just the swelling which will subside. drink cold fluids is what the dr said but that just makes the gas pains kill.

oh well time will tell

when i was at the Hospital i asked the nurse who i know quite well if i could jump on the scales . she walked me around there and i have now lost a total of 20.1kg Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

cheers

Damo