Evil Oddie

A friend has recently had a baby and when she was pregnant, she organised to have some professional photos done. They were beautiful photos and when the photographer was looking for models for her new business Lush Boudoir - I jumped at the chance.

Lush Boudoir was set up for ladies to have professional photos to make them feel special (and sexy!). I’m not one of those girls that gets worried about how I appear. So I didn’t mind having to get my “bits” out for the photos. I thought that the pics would be a great anniversary present for Glen too.

Ainslie (the photographer) is one of those top chics that you just click with. Her studio is at her house, and you just feel really comfortable. She had funky music on and you just get into the groove.

I am waiting for the copies of the photos to get to me (and I will put up my favourite)- but in the mean time check out the website. Those of you that know me will be able to recognise me. Let me know what you think!

Once Dad had an Angiogram, the Cardiologist (Dr Rafter) got the Cardiac Surgeon (Dr Mau) to get further advice. Dr Mau & Dr Rafter agreed that Dad needed four bypasses. Seeing that Dad’s heart was still trying to have further heart attacks, they scheduled Dad in for surgery asap. They were trying to get him in on the Friday afternoon, but they couldn’t get the theatre staff.

He went in for surgery on Saturday morning. Glen’s Dad had bypass surgery about 5-6 years ago, so I had already gone through what happens and what to expect.

During the Op, Dr Mau decided that Dad actually needed 5 grafts. Apparently there was only one artery keeping Dad alive.

I think the worst part was seeing Dad in the ICU. I can’t say at any point I thought we’d lose Dad. He’s such a tough old boot, I think he’d get through anything. My only thought was, I want Dad to see me get married & have kids (whenever both of these are going to happen - for everyone that knows me - NOT YET PPL!!)

Anyway, Dad was in the Wesley for a week after surgery. I cannot speak highly enough of Dr Mau & Dr Rafter. They did a fantastic job with Dad. Dr Mau has really made an impression with my Dad. Dad is not a small man (he weighed 94 kilos before the surgery) and Dr Mau sat him up on his bed with one hand. I can’t believe how strong he is!!

In Dad’s room, he shared with four other males. Wayne who was in the opposite bed turned out to be a great room mate. I think they both talked a lot about the surgery (Wayne was going in for bypass the week after Dad). If Dad was out getting tests done etc when I turned up, I would sit with Wayne and talk.

It’s been 7 weeks since the op now. Dad came back down last week for his check up. He has been given approval to drive again. I think he’s really happy about that. Normally, bypass patients have to wait 12 weeks to get the ok to drive.

So Dad has a zipper front & back now… LOL…

Mum called me last night to tell me that Dad has been rushed to hospital because he’d had a heart attack.  The Royal Flying Doctor’s picked him up and flew him down to Brisbane today because their closest hospital couldn’t look after him.

He’s having more tests tomorrow, so we’ll know what other procedures will be done then.  They were talking about stents while I was at the hospital visiting him.  Life is such a rollercoaster…

Glen is on call over Christmas & Boxing Day and has to go to work the days in between then and New Year’s Day. Quite a pain in the bum. Glen and I went up to Bundy on the weekend to see my family as I wouldn’t be seeing them for Christmas.

We left early on Friday morning. I woke up at 4:30am because I was extremely excited. Glen was still comatose so I drove up. On the way up, there was heaps of roadworks (GRRRRR!!) and there was one that had a sign stating to expect to be delayed for 15 minutes! We ended up getting to Bundy at about 10 ish and we were starving. It felt like lunchtime to us, but nothing was open. The only place that we could get food from was KFC. We had to wait for them to get the fryers on. Only in Bundy.

Because the people that we were going to be visiting had to work on Friday, we cruised around and had our KFC in a park and drove past our old places. We went to where Glen would be staying (Mick & Shaz’s) and set up. We ended up having a nanna nap cause we were still tired.

I went around to my sisters in the arvo for a visit but they were going out for dinner, so I went back to Mick & Shaz’s for the night. On Saturday, us girls headed out for our usual shopping trip - I bought up big again at the Op Shop - and we got Busy Bee chips for lunch… mmm yummo…

On Saturday night, it was my sister-in-law’s 40th birthday party. I got her a little crystal bowl & my sister’s family got the big matching bowl. It was really good to go. I caught up with quite a few family members from my Brother-In-Law’s family. We were going to go out after the party, but my sister’s going out outfit was still on the line, so we couldn’t go.

On Sunday, Mum came down to see Glen and I. So we had Lunner (its like Brunch only between Lunch and Dinner). I have definitely had my share of BBQ’s over the weekend. Glen and I decided that we are going to buy a house in Bundy as soon as we can.

Monday, we left early to get home. There was an accident on the Gateway and they totally closed the motorway. It took us about 7 hours to get home. It normally takes us about 4 - 4.5 hours… When we were unpacking the car, I bumped my leg on the back bumper and it really hurt. I looked down. My left side of my body looks like its from a cooked lobster!

Thank god for Aloe Vera. I have been putting it in the fridge so it’s nice and cool on my sunburn.

My Mum & Dad came down on the weekend to see my niece, Katarna. She lives down the Gold Coast, so Mum had arranged to pick up Katarna at Movie World on Saturday. We got there about 11am. Seeing I had my breakfast before 6am, I was a bit hungry.

We went and bought tickets, which I thought was a bit of a rip off seeing that there were heaps of rides that weren’t running. As soon as we went through the gates, there was a toilet stop and then straight to a cafe. The food was fantastic. I ate all of it! That’s pretty rare cause I’m not that big of an eater. The chic who took our orders, obviously didn’t get Dad’s main order but got the side of chips that he wanted. It must’ve had something to do with the blaring music they had playing.

After that, Dad & I went for a wander, while Mum & Katarna went shopping in all the stores. We wanted to see the Police Academy Stunt Show (which was great) at 1:30pm. The lady at the Cafe said to line up early as the seats go fast. So we got there about 12:30pm as the doors opened at 1pm. Mum & Katarna weren’t there. I went searching. They walked straight past me down the main drag. I had to make my way through all the people to get to them.

Once I had caught up, we went and lined up for the show. The pre-show entertainment was great. This guy was just communicating with a whistle.

After the show, Katarna and I went on the Wild West Falls. I got absolutely saturated. It fully looked like I had wet myself. Plus my hair was drenched and my polo top was entirely wet too. All Katarna had was wet hair and a wet bum from the seat. The wind picked up and I was freezing. The next thing we did was get an ice-cream - good idea Mum… I stood in the sun cause I was covered in goose bumps.

After that, we went to the Kids bit. Katarna got onto some car thing and Dad and I just sat down. My feet were killing me (damn plantar fasciitis) and Dad’s back (he had spinal surgery last year) was aching. We decided that after Katarna was done in the kid section, we were going home.

Katarna wanted to go on the rollercoaster. Seeing that was the reason I was there (M&D can’t do rides & Katarna needed to be with an adult for the rides), I went on it with her. I’m not so good with heights, so I was freaking. This rollercoaster goes from like 30k’s an hour to a stop. Damn it hurt my back - I wasn’t ready for it. The second time around wasn’t so bad.

Mum & Katarna went into a shop and Dad and I waited outside. Once they were done, we went home. We got to the car at 5:30pm.

On Saturday, my eyes were watering and my nose was running. I thought I was just experiencing hayfever. So I took a Telfast and kept going. I did the same on Sunday. My throat startd hurting on Sunday afternoon.

On Monday when I woke up, I felt like I should stay in bed. Glen need to drop off his car at the LPG conversion place, and I needed to drop him off at work. So I got up and took another Telfast hoping that it would make me feel a bit better. It didn’t. I grabbed some Soothers to try to help my throat.

I got to work and only lasted about 3 hours. When I got home, I went straight to bed.

I woke up on Tuesday and felt better than Monday, but I still wasn’t feeling fantastic. I made a doctor’s appointment. The doctor asked me what was wrong and I said that I thought I had bad hayfever or maybe the flu.

Wrong. The doctor did the normal tests; I am running a fever; I have an infection (throat or respiratory) and; I am on antibiotics. The doctor said that I was actually quite sick and I must be handling it better than other people. I don’t think so, I feel really crappy today. Ugh.

This morning I had my 3 month check up with Dr Fleming.  It was longer than 3 months but its first time that both of our schedules allowed.  I got a call last night from Cate (Dr Fleming’s Office Manager) to make sure that I would be on time as the Day Surgery Facility changed his theatre times.  Out of all of his appointments that were scheduled for early this morning (my appt was for 7:45am), I was the only one that turned up!  Talking to Cate, people are always running late or just don’t turn up.  At least one of the other people that booked an appt called to say they couldn’t make it, but I still think thats rough.  It’s not like they can call someone to schedule an appt to make up for the gap at 7:30 in the morning for an appt at 8.

Dr Fleming is very happy with the results and the scars.  I asked him about losing some weight / toning up and he said that if I was unhappy with the look of my boobs after, I would just have to put some weight back on… LOL.. Toss up - nice boobs or big bum…  I’ll just have to see what they look like when I’ve toned up a little. 

If you’re in the market for some cosmetic work, I can absolutely recommend Dr Fleming.  Go to www.breastimplantsaustralia.com - he does do more than just breast implants too. 

On Saturday, I went to an Intimo Party at friend’s place. The Intimo Consultant was the lady who was the consultant for my party that I held maybe six years ago.  Deb is really great and she has the best personality.  The hostess of the party, Liza, and I were talking about how we first got into getting the Intimo range of bras & lingerie.  We figured out that Liza came to my first party and Liza’s had regular parties ever since.

I haven’t had an Intimo Party in a while.  So I’ve booked a party for 16th September.  It’s great because they have lots of beautiful bras that fit me. YAY!

When I went to my six week post op appointment with Dr Fleming, he gave me the go ahead to get a bra. After six weeks, I was bloody happy to allowed to wear one again. So the next day when I was working in the city, I went to David Jones to get my first bra. I wouldn’t normally go to David Jones to buy clothes - I am not a fashionista or anything - I just went there because they have people that size you properly.

So Mindy and I went down to David Jones. It took ages for us to find someone that actually worked there. We walked up to a lady that worked there and I said something to the effect of “Hi, I need some help in getting a new bra. I’ve just had a boob job, so I don’t have a good idea of what size I’ll be.” I told her that I had found a website that told me how to take measurements so I would know my bra size. According to that website, I should be a 10D.

The lady grabbed a couple of 10D bras and we headed to the fitting rooms. Then she had an idea. There were all the reps from the Lingerie companies there. She asked all these ladies to help me. So the DJ’s worker left me with about 8 sales reps. I tried on the 10D bra and then opened the door to the fitting room. I said to Mindy that it felt ok and it looked ok - then one of the reps came in and went “Oh no sweetheart, you are a lot bigger than a D”. One of the other reps at the back said to another rep “Go and grab that new 10E bra that’s just come in.”

I turned to Mindy and said “Did I just hear right? Did she say 10E?”. Mindy nodded. The closest rep to me said that the E cup is two cups bigger than a D (the DD is between D & E).

The 10E fits. Yay. All the reps had to have a squish of the girls. I suppose not many people are quite as open about getting a boob job and getting felt up. LOL.

Let me tell you, after my initial fitting, I have not had much luck finding 10E bras. I bought a 10DD on sale and I squish into it. So, if you find any good 10E bras (on sale), let me know.

I have had a weird headache all week. Yesterday, it got considerably worse while I was at work. After walking to Post Office Square to get some lunch, I stood for quite a while, just willing myself not to vomit.

Because I had already ordered some lunch, I sat down with my friend Mindy and tried to eat it.  Let’s just say that I didn’t eat very much and I went back to the office.

I was at my desk, trying not to move (as you do when you think you’re going to be sick) and I thought should I get Glen to come pick me up as I don’t want to vomit on the train home.  At least while feeling nauseous, I forgot about the killer headache I had.

Paul (from work) bundled me up and put me in a taxi.  The taxi driver kept trying to make small talk, but I was too busy trying not to vomit.  I told him that I wasn’t feeling too well and he seemed to stop trying after that.  Sorry mate - thought you would appreciate me not vomiting in your car.

I still have the headache today, so I’m going to go get a massage - hope it helps as the panadine forte hasn’t.