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I haven't had surgery yet but I'm dieting on my own. I tried the liquid diet but wasn't able to handle it as my blood sugars kept going way low and then I'd tend to overeat because I'd feel so awful.
Anyway I was wondering for some of you who were taking insulin before your surgery who's diabetes went into remission afterwards... When did you stop taking insulin? I have cut down from 40 units before each meal down to 30 and sometimes down to 20 units and occassionally if my sugar is pretty low I have skipped a few shots altogether and been doing okay... but I'm worried about after the surgery when I will have to be on a liquid diet and from what I've read from yall's posts I won't be able to take much in at all for awhile...
I will speak to my doctor about all this but just wondered if any of you had been through this how did it work more or less...
Anyway I was wondering for some of you who were taking insulin before your surgery who's diabetes went into remission afterwards... When did you stop taking insulin? I have cut down from 40 units before each meal down to 30 and sometimes down to 20 units and occassionally if my sugar is pretty low I have skipped a few shots altogether and been doing okay... but I'm worried about after the surgery when I will have to be on a liquid diet and from what I've read from yall's posts I won't be able to take much in at all for awhile...
I will speak to my doctor about all this but just wondered if any of you had been through this how did it work more or less...
I had problems with low sugars during my pre-op liquid diet but my surgeon allowed things like cottage cheese and yogurt to help maintain my sugars.
Once I had my surgery, (10 weeks ago), when I would have a low sugar, I would take a Glucose tab to bring it up. I was following the instructions per my surgeon & PCP. I do have some low sugars once in a while but pretty much they're staying around 113. My last A1c, which was April 2nd, was 5.5. That's down from 10.8 so I'm definitely doing better.
Speak with your primary care and your surgeon about your concerns. They should be more than happy to help you. Good luck!!
Laurie