tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post2337298274705920275..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Post Surgery: I'm Doing Great!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-69252981584841490862009-02-03T19:43:00.000-05:002009-02-03T19:43:00.000-05:00Just wanted to add an anecdote here. My mom had h...Just wanted to add an anecdote here. My mom had heart surgery recently, and I was interested to see how closely they monitored her blood glucose levels, even though she does not have diabetes. Surgeons at her hospital recognize that the stress on the body from surgery raises blood glucose levels, and that keeping the levels in normal range promotes better healing. (Her surgeon has his patientsPubsgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636089392777186992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-9445795103676891092008-06-22T03:52:00.000-04:002008-06-22T03:52:00.000-04:00Glad you're doing so well! Hope you're continuing ...Glad you're doing so well! Hope you're continuing to be a patient patient and following your recuperation orders : )<BR/><BR/>Learning points for me; it's possible to retain reasonable bgs during surgery, and anaesthetic can have an effect on digestion up to 3 weeks afterwards. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-40717015749203325062008-06-20T18:01:00.000-04:002008-06-20T18:01:00.000-04:00Good to hear you're healing well!Love that the doc...Good to hear you're healing well!<BR/><BR/>Love that the doc said low carb was a good healing diet! I of course agree with her! Protein is what's needed to heal and most low carb diets are a bit higher in protein.Alcinda (Cindy) Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14950698583878546323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-66078734089516163472008-06-18T17:02:00.000-04:002008-06-18T17:02:00.000-04:00Glad you're on the mend! And many thanks for the l...Glad you're on the mend! And many thanks for the link to the bread article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-6292178699434530562008-06-17T18:05:00.000-04:002008-06-17T18:05:00.000-04:00Anna,Thanks for the tip! My B-12 levels were chec...Anna,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tip! My B-12 levels were checked a while back when I was on metformin and they were quite good. The multivitamin I am currently taking has a good amount of it.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-59265511827289843522008-06-17T17:51:00.000-04:002008-06-17T17:51:00.000-04:00Good to hear you are home and all went well in the...Good to hear you are home and all went well in the hospital. Best wishes for a quick and uneventful recovery. <BR/><BR/>If nitrous oxide was used, it can deplete stores of B12. A PubMed search brings up many hits on this. My father, a physician years ago, put B12 into the insulin of all his diabetic patients.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16655747133135789559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-17530664455373285222008-06-17T13:34:00.000-04:002008-06-17T13:34:00.000-04:00Boz,I knew I was going home as soon as I was stabl...Boz,<BR/><BR/>I knew I was going home as soon as I was stable and not having to stay at the mercy of the nurses, so I figured it wasn't worth pitching fits over. <BR/><BR/>My bg has running a bit higher than usual, partly because I was pretty spaced out this past week and occasionally forgot my basal shot. But now a week later the bg is falling back into line. <BR/><BR/>The slowing of digestion Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-14090573958349594102008-06-17T13:11:00.000-04:002008-06-17T13:11:00.000-04:00Arginine does wonders for wound healing. Use the k...Arginine does wonders for wound healing. Use the key words arginine and wound healing on the internet to see what I mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-69441562319256712642008-06-17T13:03:00.000-04:002008-06-17T13:03:00.000-04:00Very glad you came through the surgery ok. I recen...Very glad you came through the surgery ok. I recently had knee surgery and was fortunate to know everyone involve very well, since my wife is a surical tech. I told the nurse anethetist to not worry about my glucose unless it got below 70. He agreed, since he figured I live by my meter and know what I can handle. I went in with a 92 reading, and stayed around that the whole day. So care and Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287680290391700918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-18761795210616119722008-06-17T06:05:00.000-04:002008-06-17T06:05:00.000-04:00Thanks for all the good wishes!On the bread articl...Thanks for all the good wishes!<BR/><BR/>On the bread article, only the abstract is free, but it tells us enough to be valuable. In some journals the full text becomes available after 6 months, in others never. Not sure how this particular journal works.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-42750378692508185592008-06-17T05:49:00.000-04:002008-06-17T05:49:00.000-04:00Gald to see you are OK, I hope you heal quickly an...Gald to see you are OK, I hope you heal quickly and well.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't get past the abstract; if you have the full text I'd be fascinated to see what peak post-prandials those type 2's hit after 100gms of bread in 10 minutes.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, AlanAlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868809225921579099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-1069763324786849522008-06-16T18:33:00.000-04:002008-06-16T18:33:00.000-04:00Good wishes for a speedy recovery!Good wishes for a speedy recovery!meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03217152983030885746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-27718770798613810372008-06-16T16:13:00.000-04:002008-06-16T16:13:00.000-04:00Good to hear things went well.Good to hear things went well.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508213573891885604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-62211876171572066432008-06-16T14:52:00.000-04:002008-06-16T14:52:00.000-04:00Sounds like you are on the mend. Keep up the good...Sounds like you are on the mend. Keep up the good work!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-5502394428086794032008-06-16T13:37:00.000-04:002008-06-16T13:37:00.000-04:00Anna,You're quite right about the confusion betwee...Anna,<BR/><BR/>You're quite right about the confusion between "grain" and "meal."<BR/><BR/>At the hospital, when they needed to give me something to eat to see if I'd recovered from the severe post-anesthesia nausea, I asked for a saltine. The nurse was horrified and told me that since I had diabetes I needed the slice of whole wheat bread.<BR/><BR/>I explained that there was 1/4 the carbs in theJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-38018755118076726522008-06-16T12:54:00.000-04:002008-06-16T12:54:00.000-04:00Glad to hear your surgery went well and you emerge...Glad to hear your surgery went well and you emerged without horrific BG stories.<BR/><BR/>In the US, it is unfortunate that "whole grain" is the term used for ground whole grain products. In the UK, at least they use the term "whole meal", so one knows grinding is involved. Technically, whole grain *should* mean the whole intact grain kernal, which has a very different effect on BG than whole Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-89497311578428370082008-06-16T10:54:00.000-04:002008-06-16T10:54:00.000-04:00Good to hear you are doing well. Wishing you a sp...Good to hear you are doing well. Wishing you a speedy recovery.<BR/><BR/>About the bread, I found that whole grain products are bad enough for my blood sugar and I don't even want to try it with refined grain products. Drs. Mike & Mary Dan Eads describe whole grain as sugar with a little fiber. It's not enogh fiber to make a difference. <BR/><BR/>I did find I could tolerate one slice of low renegadediabetichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710855525093861921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-11849535510157711392008-06-16T10:00:00.000-04:002008-06-16T10:00:00.000-04:00So happy to hear that your doing great after (and ...So happy to hear that your doing great after (and before ) your surgery!<BR/><BR/>Keep positive, keep motivated, and keep your plate loaded with those colorful fruits and veggies!<BR/><BR/>Sending positive energy in your direction!<BR/>k2k2https://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-64940601999296301222008-06-16T08:46:00.000-04:002008-06-16T08:46:00.000-04:00Best wishes. Get well soon.Best wishes. Get well soon.The Old Man and His Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09005513596375360905noreply@blogger.com