Just woke up on morning 3. My scale shows I’ve lost 7 pounds since the morning of surgery. I don’t always believe my scale, it has lied lately. However, my blood sugar is 90 this morning and I had to switch back to the surgery basal rate last night. My TDD is dropping and has been in the low thirties the past few days.
At lot of the reason my weight and TDD is so low is what I am eating. I’m not. For each “meal” yesterday, I had broth, a protein bullet, and jello. I’ve gotten some juice and some popscyles so I don’t have to worry about going low but that isn’t working. I’m supposed to be on clear liquids for a week but I’m finding that managing my blood sugar is a bit difficult on them.
I’ve got an email out to the TLC case manager, and I may call my doctor’s office later in the day to see if I can go ahead and add SlimFast so my blood sugar will be easier to manage.
So my progress — walked 30 minutes on the treadmill in 7 1/2 minutes, 7 1/2 minutes and 15 minutes.
Lost 8 pounds since surgery date and over 20 pounds total.
TDD in the high 30s.
My incisions look really good and I’ve had my second shower.
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I did make three trips yesterday — two to Kroger’s to get things I was out of or just wanted and one to Office Depot to get wheels for Tuesday (I using a rolling box to get things back and forth).
I also made a trip to Walgreen’s today and returned the children’s liquid Tylenol which the doctor recommended. Adult liquid is much better and cheaper. I also picked up liquid Centrum today and took a dose.
I’m learning to manage the blood sugar, if it goes to low, I’m turning on the temp basal to -50% and leaving it on the surgery basal rate. I’m planning on walking later, so I have it on %50 now — and my blood sugar was at 146 around 11:00 am.
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