Low Blood Sugar day 4 of Pre op

I went for my anesthesia pre-op yesterday and got a call that my blood glucose was 43!!! I have to go for a fasting blood glucose in the morning. Has any one else had this during their pre-op liquid diet? I have been making my protien shakes with unsweetened almond milk and the nutritionist told me i made to make them with regular milk. I just do not want this to delay my surgery!!! I've already been pushed back 2 days due to my surgeon being out of town.

I would suggest drinking apple juice during the day, but ask your doctor. I would not feel safe driving a car at 43.

mine was really low the last day of my clear liquids. They ended up giving me glucose in my IV the day of surgery.

I was an insulin dependent diabetic before surgery -- also on Metformin -- and my blood sugar dropped in that range in the 2-week pre-op. My medications had to be adjusted, and I was taken off insulin for the 6 days before surgery.

I have been off of all medications for diabetes since my surgery, however, I still run low to this day (58 to 80 are my average readings)

I would take the nutritionist's advice and use milk rather than almond milk right now to increase your calories. Also, can you take your blood sugar more often with your glucometer?

I'm not diabetic. I had gestational diabetes with my last child and took oral meds but nothing since then. I had to do another fasting test this am and they are faxing the results to my surgeon. I have borrowed a test kit from my boss and have been checking it pretty often. This morning about 7:20 it was 107 Lab opened at 7:30 so got done there drove to work and rechecked at 8:30ish and it was 88. Made my shake and will check it again after i fini****

I also had gestational diabetes. It was a long time afterwards that I was "normal" -- I am now currently "normal."

The correct way to test is fasting (that's the waking blood sugar) -- and 107 is slightly elevated. Then post-prandial (2 hours from the START of a meal) -- it should run from 85 to 120. If you were diabetic, then it should be under 140.

88 is a normal blood sugar.

Wishing you the best.

Protein shakes can cause RH - reactive hypoglycemia 30-90 min after drinking a shake. Many people don't know that consuming relatively large qty of easy absorb-able proteins (whey, soy, egg, etc) can cause significant insulin release by the body. If the "meal" (protein shake) does not have any carbs - the BS may drop rapidly.

Most proteins - specially the "predigested" - heavily processed - will stimulate insulin response.

Even now - I can't just eat 2 eggs, or a very lean chicken, or drink water based protein shake. I have to have some fat and a "few bites of carbs". Not a lot - just enough to balance my BS. Also - eating slowly - prevents the fast absorption - so the body can catch up..

Thanks HALAB