Josiegirl said:I was told by my dietician who, usefully, used to work in a diabetes specialist department, to half my insulin for the pre op diet. I did that and checked regularly as I did go very low (3.5) a couple of times so had to reduce further.
Following your op you will prolly not be needing insulin. If you do it will be very small doses.
Just make sure you test about four times a day so you can keep an eye on trends.
I am surprised you are on milk diet if you're on insulin, at my hospital the dietician recommends the low carb diet for diabetics. We also involve diabetes nurse specialist in patient care for pre/op diets.Hi
My doctor told me to half my insulin to 11 units twice a day . Yet when I saw the nurse for pre op she said not to take any . Would like to know what other people did
Thanks for any help
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Denise Morris said:I am surprised you are on milk diet if you're on insulin, at my hospital the dietician recommends the low carb diet for diabetics. We also involve diabetes nurse specialist in patient care for pre/op diets.
Best advice I can give is check BMs before you give yourself insulin and adjust doses accordingly to try and keep within 5-7 range. Make sure you carry some hypostop/glucose tablets or whatever you normally use with you just in case.