So, I'm supposed to have my colonoscopy in just under three hours. My blood glucose was above 140 under an hour ago. It's dropped below 80 now. No insulin taken, no meds taken, no Mounjaro in over a week, no nothing. But apple juice has only produced spikes that rapidly fall off. I've consumed
Let your doctors know. They can probably run you an IV, or just let you have a lot of sugar right before, or eat glucotabs during. I'm sure they've encountered this before.
Thanks, I did call. They said I could have a little bit of any sugared clear liquid, provided I did so no sooner than two hours before the procedure; but I'd used up all I had in the previous 24 hours. I asked about dissolving some sugar in a little bit of water, and they said that would be ok. But then after I got off the phone, I discovered we had no sugar! We had a mouse get into our kitchen a couple of days before, and it had all been thrown out. So I used a tablespoon of honey mixed into some water, just before the two hour limit. That seems to have worked with the immediate blood sugar issue, but I hope honey was ok re: the procedure, since there are such tight rules. In the surgery waiting room now.
I hope everything goes well for you
I get hypoglycemic frequently. I have multiple sugared pop, some kool aid sugar drinks on hand all the time.
Let us know how you are!
Nice suggestion, thaannks
This happened to me once as well. I let the doctors office know and they had me come in early and gave me a glucose drip through my procedure.
M doctor said anything not colored was OK. I had coconut water and the white Gatorade on hand. Also if you're on a pump, lower your basal. You can also request your doctor give you IV dextrose.
No pump -- in fact I'm not on insulin anymore. Some sources of sugar cause my blood sugar to crash as quickly as it rose. What was frustrating was that for the last ~34 hours, those are the only sources of carbs I've been allowed.
Coconut water
Next time ask for the Gatorade prep. My doc let me not skip my Monjauro. It was on a Monday and took my MJ on Thursday.
Boot and Ensure make clear protein drinks that are allowed.
What about something with staying power, protein and fat instead of plain juice? Snickers, crackers and nuts/PB/cheese, chocolate milk, yogurt with fruit, things like that? Do you have a guideline you have to stay in?
**Editing to say my bad! You can't eat before a colonoscopy or most surgery in general. Don't listen to me here obviously!
This has to be something that comes up, right? I'm sure they've seen it before.
Not before a colonoscopy
Have you never had or heard of a colonoscopy? You can’t have food.
Haha! That's my bad, I wasn't thinking.
You just wanted to go through the prep, get to doctors’ office and be sent home to prep again in the future. /s
You can drink meal shakes or protein shakes as long as they do not have red dyes in them. Vanilla is fine. You can also do chicken broth..not beef though because the coloration
And also you never said about surgery or sleeping exam
Drink orange juice or soda only 2 ounces and it will help they have emergency stuff for stand by when your insulin is to low you need to drink 2 ounces if juice ir soda or emergency stuff for low insulins and keep your pump on just disconect it until your readings are higher and conect it back in “ your punp can inject small doses of insulin 248 times and corrections keep your pump just unconnect it for a little while and put change insulin pump its not bad whats happening its showing your pump is wirking thats hapened to me in 12 days 3 times i drink juice ir soda a special treat its very rare i can have soda or juice so enjoy the moment “ orange juice apple juice just not cherry tart juice that stuff lowers your blood sugars and pancrease loves it
Can't have anything but clear liquids before the colonoscopy, no orange juice, no soda.
They told me i could have tea no sugar ask if you can have tea “
I was told nothing red or orange. Looks too much like blood when it’s in your gullywhatsits which is part of what they’re looking for when they’re in there.
Apple juice, and the gatorades that are not red or orange are fine. At least according to my doctor’s office.
And no purple gatorade either. If they have red dye in them for coloring, it's a no no.