Guest guest Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 In a message dated 12/26/04 11:15:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, gretchen@... writes: > >Were you eating the same foods you'd eaten pre-surgery? >>>>>> I was probably eating a bit less in volume due to inactivity, but overall the same kinds of foods, plus a couple of spoil me, I'm injured foods, like some ice cream. Interestingly, I had a stress test last Wednesday, and while I was a bit nervous about it, it seems to have gone smoothly (they wouldn't tell me anything, said I had to follow up with the doctor), and after it was done and well into the next day, BG was better overall, including waking up the next morning with a BG of 128, a number I haven't seen in the morning in months (my morning BG is usually much higher starting at 175 and going up from there.) So maybe there's something to be said, for me, for certain medical types of stress. I don't get it, and it's not a scientific study, but for what it's worth... Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 > I had surgery on my shoulder in May, and for the next three days, my BG was > spot on perfect no matter what I ate. Pain may have done it or the pain meds, > I don't know, but I stayed in the 90s all the time. Were you eating the same foods you'd eaten pre-surgery? Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 > I was probably eating a bit less in volume due to inactivity This might be the key. Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 In a message dated 12/26/04 9:06:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, gretchen@... writes: > I was probably eating a bit less in volume due to inactivity <<<<This might be the key. >>>>>> Maybe, but I was also eating things like chicken soup with noodles in it, something I don't normally do, and I was eating some chocolate, more than a piece or two, to compensate for my pain. Probably a combination of all the variables, but I think there's something to the idea that physical stress/pain has a somewhat lowering effect on my BG - once the shock to the system of the injury is gone and the adrenaline with it. I looked back at my records for when I injured the shoulder originally - I fell down the stairs -- and while my BG went up at first, it then went low a couple hours later, and the next couple of days it was lower than normal. Once the pain became chronic and part of my day to day life, things went back to normal. Mind you, I'm not advocating injury as a method of BG control...LOL It's just an interesting observation Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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