Talk To Your Surgeon About Your Diabetes
- Who will manage my diabetes during my hospital stay, the surgeon, my endocrinologist, my family physician?
- Who will manage my diabetes during the surgery? ("It isn’t necessary" truly is not an acceptable answer unless your surgery will be VERY fast. During surgery the anesthesia provider can give you insulin or glucose as needed to keep your blood glucose level within the acceptable range, at the request of the surgeon.)
- Should I take my insulin the morning of the surgery?
- Should I take my nighttime does of insulin?
- What would you like me to do if I have an episode of low or high blood glucose the morning of surgery?
- When should I have my last meal/fluid prior to surgery?
