Can you bring down high sugars?

Mistee - dont exercise if bg levels are over 13 - otherweise if you have good control over your diabetes and have good bg levels exercise will be beneficial, doesnt have to be strenuous, any movement is good and better than doing nothing.

Be careful though, you are only just recovering from a gallbladder operation, you shouldnt be going to the gym just yet. But walking should be ok, as you say you are a bit out of practice so my advice would be that you start off slowly and build up from there.

All the best to you x

Hi Mistee

Just wanted to add something (not about the gym though-not my territory! :shock: ).

Regarding the gallbladder post op. I am a tough cookie generally but I took a lot longer to get over this surgery than I expected, I also had some very "odd" psychological effects, possibly down to the anaesthetic.

The pain means you have to take thing slowly as WJ has suggested but regarding the runny tum..well.. . We are all friends here (mostly) so I have to be truthful and say that I have had this stomach problem a heck of a lot since the op three years ago. In fact it has been on a daily basis at one point and I found I had to be very watchful of what i ate and drank.

Bread was a major culprit (pre-diabetes diagnosis), also coffee. One sip in the morning and I literally had to dive to the loo it was that bad. If I could suggest keeping a food diary for a week, that might help. Obviously fatty foods are to be avoided but keep an eye on what seems to make it worse, you may be surprised at what can cause the runs!

For all that (and I believe it is directly connected to the op), I don't regret it for a second. I was absolute agony before and the relief I felt at having no acute pain afterwards was brilliant.