Has anyone else had a problem with the protein shakes dropping their blood sugar too low? If so would love to hear from you!

I haven't had this problem yet, but my doctor warned me about it. My preop diet is consistent of protein shakes....the dietician warned me my sugars may drop and to keep a little apple juice on hand at all times and to drink some if it became an issue.

As an ex-card carrying diabetic I can say, with some conviction, that a lot of liquid diet folks indeed suffer from hypoglycemia.

If you get weak, shaky, and sweaty you should probably think about getting some glucose (fruit juice, table sugar or even

a piece of bread) in you ASAP. Hunger is also a symptom, but then we're always hungry. Although protein has 4 calories

a gram, at the rate we use it, we often need a little extra

I haven't had this problem yet, but my doctor warned me about it. My preop diet is consistent of protein shakes....the dietician warned me my sugars may drop and to keep a little apple juice on hand at all times and to drink some if it became an issue.

Did you have to stop all of your diabetic medication during the pre-op liquid diet?

Thanks for responding to my post. I have surgery on the 28th! Hope this doesn't happen all the time.

Did you have to stop all of your diabetic medication during the pre-op liquid diet?

I am seeing my doctor tomorrow. My sugar was 64 today. I am on two different meds, so hopefully I will be able to quit all soon! Good luck to us all!

I am seeing my doctor tomorrow. My sugar was 64 today. I am on two different meds, so hopefully I will be able to quit all soon! Good luck to us all!

If your sugar was really 64, be careful, that's diabetic danger territory. For surgery I quit Metformin and Byetta.

Kept a low dosage of lantus. I'm off all of them now, A1c yesterday was 6.1.

i'm completely off my metformin as of 4 weeks ago...sugar kept dropping below 50