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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2019572" data-attributes="member: 196898">Yup I had a similar event.  Still there waiting triple bypass surgery.  My meds were all stopped too, and I was force fed Hospital food by the nurses for a while.  My BGL in A&E was through the roof because I was in panic.  The adrenelin  was full on, and this stopped my insulin from storing any away, meanwhile my insulin resistance also stopped me using the glucose for flight or fight, so I had to calm down and practice yoga to start things off.  Then I had an angiogram and the dye stopped my kidneys from working, so I could not even pee the glucose out.  To cut to the quick, my body has recovered, but I need re-plumbing.They purt me on a diuretic, and I lost a lot of weight.   I was trying to be a good boy and eating boring salads, and they still witheld my meds (Metformin , Gliclazide).  My bgl dropped onto the 10-30 mmol/l range, so still too high, so they restarted the Glic first.  With this I was able to get some very good morning fasting levels, so they stopped the Glic.  However, even on standard hospital fare my bgl continued to fall into line, and even when I started eating potato, rice, and pasta and puddings they did not go above 13.  Then they started the Metformin again, and I had a birthday party with loads of forbidden goodies, such as danish pastries etc.  Again I was surprised at the bgl results after which were not bad at all.Then when I asked for my Glic to be started again it was refused on the grounds that it was "contraindicated with Heart Failure"  I googled this and found nothing, my ward doctor googled it and came up with the same reports I did and we both queried the consultant.  I met him in the hospital cafe and buttonholed him.  Seems the reason he refused was because I do not need it.  It was not contraindicated at all, and is in fact mildly protective so he was happy for me to go ask GP in future if I ever feel I need it again.So for me my MI event has a silver lining.  I am now classed by doc as bein in remission and only using Metformin for the cardiovascular protection.  The main glucose test I am interested in while in hospital is the morning fasting one, which is now usually around 5.6 and repeatable.  My evening ones are higher than I would like at home, but acceptable at less than 12 even on naughty boy days when I have a pudding.  What are your morning readings?Hospital food is making me fat again - up 2 kilo this week, and constipated to boot.  Obviously recharging my liver with the reduced IR allowing more muscle storage too.  Will start restricting myself again, but hospital asks me to avoid losing weight before my op, so bit of a dilemma there.  However, if I can stabilise at 64kg then it should suit all of us.My waiting time is approx 2-3 months, and I am not being discharged since outpatient appts are almost a year in our area.  Just annoyed that my son gets married this month. and I am unable to attend.  I also lose all my disability allowances and will have to reapply when discharged.I was unable to claim remission while on LCHF type diet since I was using Glic to control. But stopping my meds, and the weight loss, has shown me I can claim that subtitle and I can now agree.  I am not cured, and I suspect if I put on the weight again, it will make me carb intolerant again.</blockquote>

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