I'm going on very low carb starting today to get A1c as low as possible. Ive been on 3 diabetes meds Levemir 100 units, Januvia, and metformin. Still had A1c of 12 . Im worried they will put off surgery till is lower. Is there anyone that has experienced a delay because of this. This is the main reason i'm getting the surgery to get off meds.

Hi I was on metformin and Victoza and I got my A1C down under 7 for surgery which was required.

I would ask your surgeon what they require your A1C be to have the surgery.

I wanted say that I stopped all diabetes meds the day of surgery and I now have an A1C of 4.7 last time checked.

Good luck with your surgery and getting your A1C down.

^{I was originally scheduled for surgery on Feb 13, 2014, but it was delayed due to my A1C being 10.7. With a lot of hard work, I was able to get it down to 8.7 in about 5 weeks. My surgery is now scheduled for May 22. My surgeon won't operate if a patients A1C is 9.5 or higher.}

My A1c was 10.8 in March. The surgeon wants it lower than 10 in order to do surgery. I had rechecked a couple of weeks ago and it was 9.8. They did my chart review and I passed. Now I am just waiting for insurance company to give me an answer. I called them and they said it would probably be Monday before they have a decision. I am confident I will get approved but I still worry about the denial stuff.