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Ping! I'm done

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pottersusan

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In front of an audience of 8 Italians 😱I was microwaved on Monday morning🙂. Came home yesterday evening with a shopping trolley full of horse sized antibiotics - 6 weeks worth as I'm at high risk of developing an abscess (oh goody :()

Bit uncomfortable, but not painful. The wound is minute and has healed faster than the various cannula wounds.

Not having had a general anaesthetic since acquiring the big D I didn't know (and to be honest, hadn't thought about) what effect it would have. The answer for me is horrendously high bg. I gave myself a temporary basal rate of 200% (which still wasn't enough😱) of my normal along with much bigger boluses. Hopefully now I'm home and normality is returning I will get the numbers down. The hospital didn't seem in the least bothered by my numbers😱.

Hospital food... A nightmare for us carb counters. A Diabetes nurse gave me a list of carb contents for everything, when I asked. Breakfast was a really goody - cornflakes, rice krispies, porridge, bread, banana, yoghurt... Spot the low carb option🙄

Going to have an easy few days.
 
Glad you've survived the ordeal, (carb fest as well as the actual process).
I believe its usual to let things sit and rest for a while after microwaving, it's what all my recipe books say, anyway, so make sure you do!
 
Ah, good to hear you're home Susan 🙂 Hope your levels settle now you have full control of them and your diet, and that those antibiotics keep any infections at bay 🙂 Get plenty of rest and relaxation - wishing you a full and speedy recovery, and sending you a gentle {{{hug}}} 🙂
 
Glad to hear that you are home now Susan. Hope you recover well. Sending hugs down your way. XX
 
Glad to hear your back home. Do take it easy now.
Hospital food is soooo healthy isn't it , I thought the snack trolley was particularly good too 🙄
 
Good to hear you're home and can now relax and recover Best wishes 🙂
 
I'm glad that you're home now. All the best for a speedy recovery x
 
Great to hear that you are back home🙂 Some relaxing and resting time is called for while you are convalescent and I hope that you will have a speedy recovery. The food in hospital does sound really grim for diabetics. I really don't want to have to go there, how did you survive? Take care 🙂
 
Yes, it's good to hear that you've been done to a turn, and I hope your recovery goes well without any hiccups. I'm surprised at the hospital food in this day and age, but life is full of surprises.
 
So pleased to hear the ordeal is over Susan and you're back home from the brekkie carb fest. Sounds the same fayre as I got in hospital. Best wishes 🙂
 
Zephyr hugs Susan, enjoy your well earned, carb free rest.
 
Glad that you are hem and hope that the levels come under control.
I know that I have had to run. At about 200% for a while after an op and GA, so just go with what you need.
 
Glad you're home and doing OK. Hope the blood sugar is coming down and you don't have any issues with infection. That's just the kind of day when you want a perfect stranger to ask what you've been doing that day...oh nothing, I was just microwaved by 8 Italians 🙂. Glad it was a success x
 
Good luck with your recovery
 
Glad you've pinged and back home, hopefully without too many piercings! I must admit to being curious about the 8 Italians, do spill!
 
eggyg said:
Glad you've pinged and back home, hopefully without too many piercings! I must admit to being curious about the 8 Italians, do spill!
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Apparently Dr Breen, who 'did' me, is top of the tree in Europe for microwave ablation and the Italians (a motley group of people) were there to learn.
I'm suffering from slight shock this morning having woken up in single figures 😱 after a massive correction in the middle of the night😱😱, though I'm still running a 200% temporary basal rate.
 
A fortnight after the event😱, it appears that I can return to my normal basal rate🙂. I hate to think what effect a 'big' operation would have on my system.
 
Great to hear that things are improving. Sadly both my parents had pancreatic problems, father died from pancreatic cancer and my my mother suffered for many years from pancreatitis which was a factor in what killed her..
 
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