Pre-Op Diet Day 10 and End of Ozempic

SW ⟫ 207.7 | CW ⟫ 165.2 |

Ozempic: ⟫ 1 mg | Pre-op Diet:⟫ Day 10

After chatting with Stripes, I made the decision to stop taking Ozempic. I was meant to be having one more jab before stopping before the operation, but with how upset my stomach has been there seems little point in adding more stress to it by doing one last jab. I think tomorrow I will try to do a summary of my journey using it since January, but I can only express how grateful I am that I found it and it worked for me the way it has worked for so many. If I need to return to it after surgery, so be it, but in the meantime it has more than served its’ purpose.

Each time I have a shake, give it between 10 -20 minutes and I’m having a toilet incident and it has got to stop. Yesterday, I once again only managed to drink three shakes which means I’m averaging around 600 cals a day which is not good. One of the slides on the presentation yesterday showed that 600 cals can lead to ill health which might jeopardise the surgery so I need to make a concerted effort to get that fourth shake in. I might email the dietetic team to ask for any tips.

Spent the morning with Stripes before she went out to meet her Dad’s side of the family for lunch and I spent a chunk of time with Gidget. Then Oldest came back with Stripes and we had a couple of photos taken together and I chatted to her to make sure she’s okay with the whole surgery thing. Before he left, I spoke to the ex and asked him to keep an eye out for Stripes, that she’s so used to being the rock that she wasn’t great at leaning on people and he needed to be there for her. Then I told him he was a cracking dad, always had been. He said some reassuring things – very male logic reassuring things – but I feel like I did the right thing and can rest easy with that.

So, we’re watching the end of Venom as Gidget didn’t get to see it before she goes to work and we settle in for a quiet night. I’ve had two shakes today and no toilet incidences so maybe that’s sorted? Not enough for me to risk the Slimfast shakes just yet but it’s been nice. Okay, I still have a bubbly butt that stinks but I can cope with that. I have a review to write and then back to reading and chilling I think.