Have I stopped too much, too soon ?

[Patrick66]

I'm so thankful to you for posting. Your thread reminds me that if my pre-op hba1c isn't good that my op will be cancelled too.
I havent been strict with my insulin taking so mine is in the 9s on average.
Maybe we can do this together as I've waited nearly 3yrs for my op.
Seeing bariatric team in February so I have time to improve my 9s.
What helped me was logging my fbgs on the appropriate thread.
Should we make a new thread for pre-op diabetics? To encourage each other.
Let me know and I'll encourage a few others who may benefit.
You are not alone.
However this is possible. Don't think it won't be because it is.
I too have op worries but I'm going to focus on its benefits and for me I'm hoping my op will improve my hba1c even more.
You can do this. Defo.

Thank you.
I haven't been waiting long for mine, merely a matter of months but I am an NHS patient in a private hospital and knowing they would charge people for their incompetence (letters with incorrect information on, administrative ****-ups etc) is rather galling.

I think a new Pre-op thread would be very good, and probably quite interesting to read. I will be tested again on the 22nd January and get the result a week later. If its not below 7.0 then we start the 6 week cycle again.

Only good thing so far is that my weight has dropped 13lb in five weeks..

 

[Bluetit1802]

Never known a hospital to cancel op for bloods in 7’s. My orthopaedic surgeons I worked for said they never had any T2’s less than 9 when they operated..

If you look back in the thread you will see Patrick clarified that the 7.8 was an HbA1c, not a blood glucose test. That could be the difference.

 

[DCUKMod]

Never known a hospital to cancel op for bloods in 7’s. My orthopaedic surgeons I worked for said they never had any T2’s less than 9 when they operated..

DD - In my locale, an elective op would definitely have been cancelled, unless the issue was life threatening.

There is work going on because of the numbers of instances where this happens. My feedback was surely the time to start messaging any of these criteria is at the time an op becomes highly likely, and certainly as an item on the checklist for a patient going onto a waiting list for an op, so that there are none of these surprises.

Let's face it, pre-op we have lost of "stuff" checked, but reporting back in usually on an exception basis only. If all's well, no need for feedback. Only feedback where there is an issue.

 

[ickihun]

Thank you.
I haven't been waiting long for mine, merely a matter of months but I am an NHS patient in a private hospital and knowing they would charge people for their incompetence (letters with incorrect information on, administrative ****-ups etc) is rather galling.

I think a new Pre-op thread would be very good, and probably quite interesting to read. I will be tested again on the 22nd January and get the result a week later. If its not below 7.0 then we start the 6 week cycle again.

Only good thing so far is that my weight has dropped 13lb in five weeks..

Your weight loss welcomed or a concern for you?
Mine is welcomed as my op is a weight loss one.

In past I've had to have good hba1cs and on op day I was advised to skip my insulin. They like it more than 7s on my metre or I'm given glucose.
Only day ops though.

 

[Patrick66]

Your weight loss welcomed or a concern for you?
Mine is welcomed as my op is a weight loss one.

In past I've had to have good hba1cs and on op day I was advised to skip my insulin. They like it more than 7s on my metre or I'm given glucose.
Only day ops though.

I’m ambivalent about the weight loss.

It wasn’t a requirement and it’s left me feeling quite strange because usually my weight just fluctuates by a few pounds.