Margarettt
Well-Known Member
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I've been home about a month since my second total knee replacement and I am now officially bionic.
I'm starting to wean off the strongest of the painkillers and am slightly less concerned that what I type will be incoherent.
I've managed to stay very low carb throughout and the hospital staff were great about it. One nurse had lost lots of weight on keto and was keen to chat. I have a vague memory of talking about cheese triangles immediately post op and full of morphine. The staff were great. Every time the tea trolley came round my sugar free almond milk was on it. My family ran up and down with eggs and cheese and the nurses worked hard to try and find me things on the menu. My room was next to the nurses station and I could hear them on the phone "no no just chicken and salad, no dressing no chips"
At first they were coming in with a monitor and strips and checking every four hours but when they realised I was keeping an eye on it they would just put their head round the door and say "hows your blood"
So, BG numbers 5s and 6s until the surgery then post op anything between 10 and 15 for a couple of days (very very sore and full of drugs)
It dropped to 7s and 8s but then (because I can't do anything by halves) I developed a nasty dental abscess and needed antibiotics (dental hospital in a wheelchair not fun) so the numbers were up again for a while. For about three weeks they were high 6s to low 8s with an occasional 9 or 10 I think connected to pain or a hard physio work out.
Mostly 6s this week with the last couple of days having lots of 5s so hopefully that's me back on track.
Still very sore and immobile and feeling a bit sorry for myself but still in ketosis and losing weight. My BP is coming down and is much more respectable. and next year when I'm dancing a cancan it will all be worth it.
I'm back and the 101 silly questions will now recommence.
I'm starting to wean off the strongest of the painkillers and am slightly less concerned that what I type will be incoherent.
I've managed to stay very low carb throughout and the hospital staff were great about it. One nurse had lost lots of weight on keto and was keen to chat. I have a vague memory of talking about cheese triangles immediately post op and full of morphine. The staff were great. Every time the tea trolley came round my sugar free almond milk was on it. My family ran up and down with eggs and cheese and the nurses worked hard to try and find me things on the menu. My room was next to the nurses station and I could hear them on the phone "no no just chicken and salad, no dressing no chips"
At first they were coming in with a monitor and strips and checking every four hours but when they realised I was keeping an eye on it they would just put their head round the door and say "hows your blood"
So, BG numbers 5s and 6s until the surgery then post op anything between 10 and 15 for a couple of days (very very sore and full of drugs)
It dropped to 7s and 8s but then (because I can't do anything by halves) I developed a nasty dental abscess and needed antibiotics (dental hospital in a wheelchair not fun) so the numbers were up again for a while. For about three weeks they were high 6s to low 8s with an occasional 9 or 10 I think connected to pain or a hard physio work out.
Mostly 6s this week with the last couple of days having lots of 5s so hopefully that's me back on track.
Still very sore and immobile and feeling a bit sorry for myself but still in ketosis and losing weight. My BP is coming down and is much more respectable. and next year when I'm dancing a cancan it will all be worth it.
I'm back and the 101 silly questions will now recommence.
