Pre-Op Diet Day 24 and a quick visit to the dr's surgery

SW⟫ 207.7 | CW⟫ 164.1 |

Pre-op Diet⟫ Day 24

Surgery Countdown⟫ 04 days

Blimey, it’s absolutely freezing!

Stripes and I struggled to get out of bed to attend my doctor’s appointment to have my blood pressure checked. I provided readings from our blood pressure machine at home but they weren’t happy with them and requested we go to the surgery. Every time I have my blood pressure taken there, there’s a kerfuffle – they don’t have a cuff that fits my arm, the machine isn’t reading things correctly – there’s always something. No different today – we watched this nurse swap batteries around in the machine and he tried three different ones before he managed to get readings. And surprise, surprise, they were pretty similar to the ones we’ve been getting at home so the whole thing felt kinda pointless.

I did ask him to check the crack on the sole of my foot and he suggested we get a doctor’s appointment to see if they could recommend something, but basically said to keep it moisturised in the meantime. Ugh, at least it wasn’t snowing – just raining.

Weird, because when we got home I discovered that the hem of my trousers were soaked from where they had been dragging on the ground. I always remembered these trousers sitting on my shoes, not reaching the ground so I guess that counts as a NSV maybe? Things are getting bigger/longer. The hoody was a nice find though – haven’t worn it since April 2019 when we went to see Avengers at the cinema (found the movie ticket in the pocket) but it was toasty warm and huge on me! So two NSVs on one day.

I’m beginning to actively dislike the taste of the cafe latte Slimfast shakes which is a bit of a shame as I think I ordered a load of them! Yesterday, I managed to have three shakes throughout the day so that was good, but I think I’m meant to be aiming for four a day (whoops).

I’m more than a little angry to discover that I still haven’t received my order from NewYou. They said to give it 3-4 working days from the time Parcelforce did the uplift following my complaint, which I have done as that went through on 18th and the soups are still not here. I’ve emailed asking for a refund so I guess we’ll see what they say on Monday.

Today, I would like to put up my mini Christmas tree, write a packing list and start putting together my suitcase for Thursday, and maybe do some reading. I might also do some work on my Swap of Joy artwork, although my mind is a blank when it comes to feeling creative! I guess I could just spend the rest of the day watching crap on TV and working on my beanie – which is looking more and more like a beret as I work on it!