Tue 31 Dec 2019: New Years Eve

Tue 31 Dec 2019: New Years Eve

Picked up Fiona at 10:30am

Seetos come over for lunch.

Bindy and Ange join for dinner. Vanita also comes over after 9pm fireworks.

Spent the night doing a jigsaw puzzle - started 5:30pm and finished just after 1am

Sun 29 Dec 2019: Scarborough Beach

Sun 29 Dec 2019: Scarborough Beach

Mare picks Kaylene and I up at 10:30am for a drive down south towards Wollongong.

The place she wants to have lunch at is busy so we go to the beach first.

At 1pm drive back to the hotel for lunch. Popular place.

Meet up with Jacq and family at the beach.

After the beach, Mare drops us off at Seetos. Janet has gone to pick Fiona up and meets us at Seetos for dinner.

Thu 26 Dec 2019: Boxing Day

Thu 26 Dec 2019: Boxing Day

Lunch and dinner at Strathfield.

Invite Seetos, Soph's mum and brother, Jacq and family, and Mare

Wed 25 Dec 2019: Christmas Day

Wed 25 Dec 2019: Christmas Day

Have lunch at Carl Simon's place.

Dinner at Bindy and Ange's place.

Sun 22 Dec 2019: Bills in Surry Hills

Sun 22 Dec 2019: Bills in Surry Hills

Have early dinner in Surry Hills with Jacq and Sam Mar for her 40th birthday.

Dinner is at Bills, 359 Crown Street.

Jacq gives me a lift.

Sun 15 Dec 2019: Lights of Christmas

Sun 15 Dec 2019: Lights of Christmas

Went out to see the Christmas lights at St Mary's Cathedral with Evan and Janet

Sun 15 Dec 2019: Koi Christmas High Tea

Sun 15 Dec 2019: Koi Christmas High Tea

No more lockdown, so Mare booked another high tea experience, this time in the Koi cafe in Top Ryde. 

Attended by Kaylene, Jacq, Mare and I

Thu 12 Dec 2019: Surgery Followup

Thursday 12 December 2019

11:15am appt with Dr Sanjay Warrier at Clinic B Level 2 COBLH

Apparently cancer was level 1 and slow growing. No cancer was found in the lymph nodes. I will just need tablets. No need for chemo or radiation. I need to see the oncologist.  His team will arrange and contact me about the appointment.

I get a medical certificate to cover work up until 20 March 2020. Make follow-up appointment on Monday 16 March 2020 at 9am.

11:45am see Kate the breast care nurse. She checks and removes the bandage, checks the nipple.  Checks the drains. Only 1 of them can be removed.

12:45pm I have to get another blood test done.

Melbourne Day 4: Tuesday 10 December 2019

5:00am Wake up
6:00am Checkout
6:15am Ola ride to airport.
7:00am Checkin and go through security
7:15am Gate 8
8:20am Boarding Melbourne Qantas QF416 8:30am - Flight to Sydney.
8:45am Need to board via rear of plane - walk on tarmac and up stairs. We are in the very last row of the plane. 30A, B, C and D.
9:15am Breakfast
Chorizo, egg and baby spinach on stone baked ciabata - QF breakfast with apple juice and water
9:55am Landed
10:25am ES Uber pick up
1pm Lunch at Flemington after dropping KC off at work
Rare beef noodle pho @ Flemington with LC, JT and ES (paid). Sugar cane juice $5

Melbourne Day 3: Monday 9 December 2019

10am checkout- stored luggage. Very hot today.
Catch free city circle tram - get off at Parliament House (10:20am) - walk and get back on again (10:35am) in front of Carlton Gardens (Victoria St). Do a loop - all the way around and back to Flinders Street Station.
11:25am Get off and walk to White Mojo cafe for brunch.
Brunch @ White Mojo.
Signature croissant burger - Soft shell crab, chipotle mayo, smoked eel, pickled cucumber, chorizo crumb and fried eggs on buttery croissant $25. - MT paid
12:35pm Walk via Myers and shops to State Library of Vic.
1:30pm State Library - Go in and check out the rotunda. Rest a bit.
2:45pm Head to Hawker Chan, but detour into Daiso - JT buys face masks and KC gets a drink.
3:10pm Hawker Chan for late lunch. Find out that our flight has been cancelled.
Lunch @ Hawker Chan. Shared Wonton soup, hor fun with char siu, rice with roast pork, egg noodles with char siu and plate of bok choy. $44 - MT paid
Melbourne Jetstar 7.45pm - Flight Cancelled -
4:12pm Booked accommodation at Fraser Place $119.00.
4:30pm Walk and catch tram back to Hotel. Get luggage
5:00pm Catch tram back up to Russell Street
5:30pm Check into Fraser Place - Rm 205 (MT and JT) Rm 305 (LC and KC). Take a nap.
7:30pm head out for dinner - walk to Shujinko for ramen.
Shujinko Ramen
Takoyaki balls to share.
Signature original ramen in Tonkotsu soup base (pork broth) served with bok choy, spring onion, bean sprouts, marinated egg and signature grilled pork belly. $14.50 - KC paid.
Chatime peach ice tea with rainbow jelly - MT paid
Strawberries and cherries
8:45pm Walk to QV - check out the lights - christmas tree.
9:10pm Chatime
9:15pm State Library projections
9:45pm walk back to hotel. Shower - bed.

Melbourne Day 2: Sunday 8 December 2019

10:00am Head out to Queen Victoria Markets
KC meets her friend at Southern Cross Station. We walk to QVM
10:35am Flagstaff gardens
10:50am QVM
11:00am Buy souvenir wood matchbox Melbourne scene $20
11:25am Buy Souvenir cotton bags buy 2 $15 and get 1 free ($30 for 3)
12:18pm Buy boreks for lunch
Boreks from Queen Victoria Markets. Cheese & Spinach, Beef & Onion and Chicken & Mushroom $6 for 3
Potato & Vegie borek $4
Gelato mango in cone $6
Sugar cane juice $6 (x3)
Strawberries and cherries (JT paid)

12:43pm Buy mango gelati
1:00pm Buy sugar cane juice $6 each x3
1:35pm Catch tram to Bourke Street Mall - Myers
2:15pm take photos outside Melbourne Town Hall
4:30pm Catch tram back to hotel - have a nap
5:30pm Head out to dinner
5:55pm Flinders Street Station
6:00pm Federation Square
6:30pm Graffiti lane

6:45pm Dinner @ Kisume
Dinner @ Kisume. KC paid
Spanner crab and white truffle $44 x 2
Agedashi tofu $24.50
Prawn & Pork Gyoza $24.50
Ebi (prawn with noodle )tempura $39.50
Deluxe feature box (sushi & sashimi 30piece) $145.00
Soft shell crab sushi roll $25.50
Warm mushroom and cauliflower $27.50
Hazelnut dacquoise $18?

9:15pm Fed Square - Christmas lights
10:00pm Bourke Street Mall and Myer's window display
10:15pm Melbourne Town Hall projections

Melbourne Day 1: Saturday 7 December 2019 - post surgery

Saturday 7 December 2019
11:30am Leave home - Nathan drives us to airport
12:30pm Security and buy lunch
1:00pm have lunch
1:30pm Gate for boarding
2:00pm on plane to Melbourne
3:30pm Land in Melbourne
4:10pm Uber ride to hotel
4:40pm Checkin at Batman on Collins
5:20pm Head out to Crown Casino and Nobu
6:00pm watch Crown Casino christmas bauble display

6:15pm Dinner @ Nobu
Dinner @ Nobu.  KC paid
Edamame with Muray River Salt$8.50
Nobu tacos (Yellowtail) $8 x 4
Nobu tacos (snow crab) $11 x 4
Tuna tataki with ponzu $28, Matsuhisa crispy rice with spicy tuna $31
Sauted mushroom salad $28 Japanese scallops with spicy garlic sauce $30
Baby tiger prawn tempura with creamy spicy sauce $32
Prawn tempura (2pieces) $16 x 2
Eggplant tempura (2 pieces) $5 x 2
Pork Belly, Spicy Miso Caramel $36

9:15pm Shopping at Woolworths, Southern Cross Station

Thu 05 Dec 2019: Discharge Day

 Thursday 5 December 2019

6am Check BP, temp and pulse.

Pee and poo.

Feel so tired.

7:30am Doctors do the rounds. Says my drains need rebandaging. Also says I should be good to go home today. We'll see how it goes.

8:00am do a pee and a poo.

9:00am Breakfast

Ask for a panadol - as I have a headache.

Nurse comes in to take the canula out. She also changes the dressing on my drains.

9:50am nurse comes in to take blood for testing

12 noon I have a shower.  Have lunch.

Message Jenny, who can pick me up and take me home. Lily is out with her walking group and Janet is still at Concord.

2:56pm Jenny drops in to pick me up.  Stops in Enmore to get some takeaway, before we head to Concord Hospital to visit Janet.

Janet also gets discharged, while we are visiting - lucky, Jenny is available.

Kaylene and Nathan goes to the Khalid concert - if I wasn't sick - I would have gone.

Wed 04 Dec 2019: Recovery at COBLH

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Woken up by nurse to have BP, pulse and temp taken.

7:30am breakfast.

Dr Gary Sharp checks in. I ask him about Melbourne travel - says it should be ok.

Dr Daniel Oh checks in. Asks me about Melbourne travel and forms I need to complete to travel - he fills them in, signs them and gets them back to me.

Kate, the breast care nurse checks in.

Lunch is served.

Email the forms to Qantas.

LC, ES and CS visit.  Also told that they are closing down level 9 and I need to move level 8 room 8.

Views aren't as great and seems smaller.

Have a shower and change my clothes, which LC brought for me.

6:30pm dinner time

After I have eaten, they leave to go visit JT, who is still in hospital - she needs to go through more tests.

8:30pm Daz drops in for a visit.

9:30pm Take antibiotics

11:00pm can't sleep - have a painkiller and panadol.

Nurse changes my drains

Tue 03 Dec 2019: Round 2 of Breast Cancer Surgery at COBL

Tuesday 3 December 2019

7:30am Lily drops Janet and I at COBLH

8:00am back on level 3 Day surgery waiting room. Apparently Dr Sanjay has been called in for another surgery.

10:30am finally wheeled in to prep room. Assistant anethestist puts the canula in.

Dr Sanjay comes in and removes my bandage. Checks the nipple - says it's a bit dark, bruised, but it should be ok.

SPY machine is used again. Dr Ryan injects the dye  and they use the machine to check the nipple. Says it's all good to proceed with surgery.

Nurse puts monitor pads on hairline above head - to measure brain and heart.

Wheel me in to operating theatre. Dr Ryan administers the anesthesia. I check out the operating theatre. They put my bed beside the bed in the theatre and the nurse asks me to scoot over, which I do. And I am out like a light.

12noon wake up in the recovery area. Nurse Cheng checks if I am ok. Asks name, DOB, etc.

12:30pm Feeling a bit of pain - notify nurse and get injected with a painkiller.

1:00pm Taken up to Level 9, Room 33. Nurse Charlotte is on duty.

1:45pm eating lunch - egg and mayo on brown bread. Apple juice. Cheese and crackers, eat the crackers - give the cheese to Kaylene when she visits.

2:30pm LC and JT visit. Bring my jewellery, phone and snack food.

Nurse comes in to take my blood pressure.

Student nurse comes in and is shown what to look for. Shown the drains, I now have 2 bags and the pico bandage.

Given an Endone tablet for the pain.

Another nurse gets shown how to insert the antibiotic drip.

More BP, temp and pulse taken.

Kaylene comes after work and after visiting Priti next door.  Needs to empty and dry her carry bag. Her bottle of water leaked.

4:45pm they leave.

5:00pm nurse gives me panadol.

Go for a pee and change into my pj's out of the hospital gown.

6:00pm dinner is served.Eat everything bar the sandwiches and lemonade. Pretty good dinner.

Watch 7 news.

Watch The Project

7:30pm nurse change over

Eat sandwiches

Go for a walk around the ward twice.

Get water

Get back to my room and I start to feel dizzy, then nauseous.  Can feel the sandwich coming back up.  Rush into the bathroom and puke in the toilet, but I end up with some puke on me. Clean myself up. Have also peed my pants.  Need to change my undies.

Get myself back into bed and call nurse.

Ask for panadol/painkiller.

Sweating and I'm sure my BP is low.

2:40pm get up to pee. Check my phone and see that LC has posted photo of JT in Concord Hospital.  She was washing clothes and got dizzy. Apparently Nathan found here lying on the couch downstairs. Mark drove her and LC to Concord Hospital.

LC stayed with her until the doctors told her to go home. Got Mark to pick her up at 5am.

Sun 01 Dec 2019: Fiona's Christmas Lunch

Sun 01 Dec 2019: Fiona's Christmas Lunch

Lunch at Kirrawee, with Fiona and her house mates.

We made potato salad and jelly, Lily made curried eggs.