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.