It's been one week since The Mr. had gastric bypass and he's doing really well. He rode his motorcycle the more than 20 miles to his firs post-op nutrition class yesterday! (Don't worry, it's not a crotch-rocket-type motorcycle.)
Since he has developed insulin resistance -- and also because it's apparently protocal after gastric bypass -- The Mr. has been checking his blood sugar four times a day: fasting, before lunch and dinner, and at bedtime.
He's been hanging out mostly in the upper 90s, which I'm pleased with. (He was predominantly over 100 in the few days following the surgery.) This morning he was slightly over 100, which made me curious since yesterday was the first time since surgery that he had eaten anything besides Jello, broth and tea.
As he prepared for lunch today (roughly 2 tbsp. of cottage cheese, 2 tbsp. of refried beans and several bites of yogurt) he diligently checked his sugar. (I don't have to remind him as often any more!)
"66!" he yelled from the kitchen while I worked at the computer. It took a second for me to really compute that. He had been 106 fasting, had an egg and turkey bacon for breakfast and now he was 66! Holy crap!
"That's too low for you!" I said.
I urged him to take a sip of juice, but he wanted to stick to the plan and refused. Since the doctor's office suggested eating sugar-free Jello in the event of hypoglycemia (yes, really sugar-free) I told him to have a bite of that. He was in no mood for Jello. I wouldn't be surprised if he never eats Jello again in his life!
About 30 minutes later I walked downstairs to prepare my own lunch.
"What time did you start eating," I asked The Mr. I was going to have him check his sugar about an hour after he started eating.
"I don't know," he said. "I started eating about 15 minutes after I checked my sugar. Go check the time on the meter."
As I turned on the mini One Touch, I began laughing. I walked with the meter over to The Mr. and asked if it was possible if he had read the meter upside-down after he checked his sugar because the last reading was 99 mg/dL, not 66 mg/dL.
It's so good to be able to laugh at ourselves!
