NSV and Pre-op Diet Thoughts

SW ⟫ 207.7 | CW ⟫ 169.9 |

Ozempic: ⟫ 1 mg

I think this counts as a NSV so I’m claiming it! Had a phone call from one of the doctors at my surgery asking if I would be willing to come in and speak to medical students who are learning about diabetes care. The reason they are asking me is because my numbers have improved so much since last year – a drop from 56 to 43 I believe – which means that I am no longer diabetic! She said she understood that a large part of the success was using Ozempic but she wanted me to talk about how I worked with the medication, what changes I made, that kind of thing.

And obviously the diabetes is just in remission and I need to be careful and keep an eye on things, but that is pretty damned huge!

I was so pleased to be asked (with the added bonus that I can get my COVID and Flu jabs out of the way) that I said yes. The doctor said they wanted the students to have to figure out the correct questions to ask to gather information so not to be too garrulous! I almost laughed because once I’m in front of medical personnel, talking is the last thing I want to do.

And of course it was only after I agreed to do it and spoke to Stripes about it that I remembered why I don’t do things like this: I don’t like people and I really don’t like talking about my various maladies! Ah well, I can always change my mind but it was really lovely to be asked, especially with the reason given.

Spent a chunk of time yesterday and today helping my sister mock-up a blog for her health and wellbeing coaching that she wants to set up and it has been a lot of fun. I think it’s funny when I do things like this for family because they are always so surprised at the things that I am capable of doing. It’s not that they don’t think that I’m capable – I think it’s more that they are surprised at the level of my work? That sounds boastful – it’s not meant to. It’s more that I don’t think family ever really consider things that you do to be that special because you’re just you – when they see something out of the ordinary, it hits them harder because they had no idea you could do stuff like that!

Yesterday, I spoke to the nurse about the pre-op video session I have to join and I have a date and time for that now. Couldn’t get an answer regarding using Ozempic after the surgery and it was suggested that I speak to the surgeon/surgical team about that when I am discharged.

Stripes took my ‘start’ photos: front, back and both sides. Not the most fun I’ve ever had but I know that I will be pleased that I did it. I’ll take the next set before the surgery so that I can see what I achieve in a month, and then the plan is to continue taking the photos on a monthly basis.

My liquid diet begins on Thursday and I am dreading it for several reasons. It makes the surgery thing feel very real and giving up solid food is never easy. I successfully followed liquid plans on more than one occasion but this one has a lot riding on it. They want me to lose 8kg by November 31st in order for the surgery to go ahead, which as I said previously, deadlines/goals are not something I handle well.

It’s my writing day but I’m not sure the creativity is there so I may just try to read an ARC that I’ve just received and call it a day!