surgery and fucked up blood sugar readings...

June 2007

Day Date  AM    PM   ≤2   >2  v  s
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Fri   15  128   136   0   0   n  n
Sat   16  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Sun   17  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Mon   18  ---   ---   0   1   n  n
Tue   19  126   207   0   0   n  n  121 about noon at the hospital The 207
Wed   20  ---   ---   0   0   n  n  was 26 hours after surgery and I was on
Thu   21  ---   ---   0   1   n  n  Oxycondron. My brother Charlie is right:
Fri   22  115   198   0   0   n  n  surgery and drugs do fuck up diabetics!
Sat   23  ---   ---   0   0   n  n  I probably could have used an insulsin shot!
Sun   24  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Mon   25  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Tue   26  123   ---   0   0   n  n
Wed   27  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Thu   28  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Fri   29  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Sat   30  ---   ---   0   0   n  n
Sun   31  ---   ---   0   0   n  n

I broke three bones in my left ankle and needed corrective
surgery. Afterwards, I was consuming pain killers (prescription
Oxycondron) and some over the counter drugs. I don't recommend
any of this because while it didn't seem to mees up my
morning blood sugar readings, it surely did mess up my
evening readings.

I suppose I could have done twice daily readings from the day I
trashed my ankle or at least from when I saw the 207 reading.

Surgery Day with pictures added...

Pictures of my left ankle the night before surgery.
The plate to secure my broken ankle and the screws holding it in.

My blood sugar was 126 right after I got up. I didn't take my Metformin (1000 mg) because I was planning on having surgery and could not eat within 8 hours of surgery. About noon, my blood sugar was checked and it had dipped to 121.

I had the surgery (a plate to stabilize a broken bone, removal of a bone chip on the other side and a staple to repair a torn ligament) and endured a number of drugs to knock me out and pain killers afterwards. I figured I'd have a low blood sugar when I finally ate.

I did not! I had a blood sugar of 207!

Here is what I had for dinner:

Dinner: A bowl of chicken soup from Quixos, two saltine crackers and several pieces of Dark Chocolate and several glasses of water. After having not eaten anything in roughly 24 hours, I was surprisingly not hungry until I ate the soup. Then, I asked Kathie for a slice of sour dough bread with peanut butter. Also, I had a can of D.P. with the soup. All tasted good and reminded me of the adage:

"Hunger is the best appetizer!"

Well, I wasn't all that hungry...

Could something that small have lead to such a big reading? By itself, no. With the addition of the various drugs (oxycodone w/apap) and acetaminophen I took when I got home, I suppose it would make sense.

My score was 198 after dinner on the 22^th and that was after the same drugs (oxycodone w/ apap and acetaminophren). For dinner, I'd had a Ruben and a large bowl of tomaote soup with crackers and a can of D.P.