High blood sugars after surgery

[Mark P3 29]

Hi friends I’m about 8 hours post op. My blood sugar was 126 right before surgery and now they have to give me insulin because my sugars are in the 160’s all day.

Just wondering if anyone else had this issue and did it resolve? Makes me nervous because I was hoping the surgery will help improve my diabetes not hurt them.

Thanks again
PS gas pain is no joke.

[Pkump 46]

Same thing happened to me. I got two insulin shots. Also, I was using my CPAP and my oxygen dropped below 90 so they put me on oxygen. And my blood pressure went up. You will go back to normal. I think it is the shock of surgery on your body.

[Mark P3 29]

Thanks for the response many people on this floor are going through the same issues

[Arabesque 6,470]

Don’t forget you hadn’t eaten for a while before your surgery so that could have contributed.

Congrats on your surgery.

[LoveSimcha 97]

Same thing happened to me. Sugars were high, blood pressure was high, oxygen was low. Don't forget - your body went through a trauma. Your liver was probably kicked into high gear to spit out some glucose. Once you start drinking, your sugars will also level out - no drinking will cause a spike in sugar.

[Creekimp13 5,838]

During stressful situations, your insulin levels drop because stress hormone levels go up. It makes it harder for your insulin to work the way it should. All of this can raise your blood sugar.

It's temporary.

Your body is responding to what it thinks is life imperiling stress....by kicking in your fight or flight mechanism. If you want to get away from danger in a hurry, or survive a terrible injury in the wild... you need a burst of energy...and when your metabolism is working correctly, that means a big burst of blood sugar. Stress hormones work great when your metabolism is normal to give you a nice boost when you need it.

But when you're diabetic, and your sugar and insulin are out of whack...it can just make things worse.

Not only are you facing the physical stress of surgery, you've got the psychological stress and the stressful diet going into surgery shaking things up.

Things will improve rapidly as you heal:)

No worries!