I'm still a couple of months out from surgery. My surgeon required a 2 week liquid pre op diet. I just had a tooth pulled earlier this week and had to be on liquids for at least 1 day afterwards. I wear an insulin pump and am wondering how this is going to work during the 2 week liquid diet. I was only on liquids for 1 day and yesterday my sugar dropped so low it really scared me. I haven't crashed like that in a long time and don't want to be going through this everyday during preop. It kind of defeats the purpose because i always take in more carbs than i need to when this happens beause you just want it to start. Anyone go through anything like this during the all liquid phase? Any suggestions/observations/comments would be greatly appreciated.

Becky

I think this is a very valid question to ask your surgeon. My guess is every surgeon has a different plan for their patients.

Edited June 16, 20179 yr by Navigating the Wilderness

I'm assuming my insulin needs will change through this process and I'm going to check to see whether my bariatric surgeon or my primary care doctor will advise me, but I'll certainly be asking a lot of questions about monitoring and adjusting during the process. Ultimately I hope this will alleviate most or all of my issues with diabetes, but I'm a very long way away from that now. Best of luck to you . . .

I had to do a liquid diet prior to back surgery last year. Same thing, some scary lows during a three day clear liquid diet. I'd never seen a 35 before that time...thankfully, my body woke me and nudged me to grab glucose. My best advice is to talk to your endo. if you go to one. I was in contact with my endo through it, and we adjusted what I was taking. I don't know how it works with a pump though...so I can't offer anything there. This time, I'll definitely adjust the amount of insulin I'm using...since two weeks will be a challenge with my sugars.

Best of luck on your journey.

I am not nor have I ever been on insulin, but I am a type 2 diabetic. I stopped my medication the night before surgery to prevent lows. My sugar actually went high the first night probably due to the stress of surgery. The second night my bs went low and I had to drink some juice to bring it up. So I would definitely be talking to your doctor to find out how to manage your bs during theses changes with your diet.