If your a1c is too high?

[karpouzian 94]

Do they delay your surgery? Ys, every surgeon is different, etc., but did anyone experience this?

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

If your a1c is too high? delay in WLS?

karpouzian

i have seen others with this concern

you are right all docs are different

in my case, i know my levels weren't great day of WLS

but having high blood sugar/diabetes/insulin is one of the main health reasons many sleevers get WLS

shortly after surgery - most peoples situations improve

in my case - awhile after WLS, all my meds/insulin were gradually taken away

good thoughts you won't have prob with doc - and your diabetes will also improve/go away!!!!

good luck

kathy

[johnlatte 1,232]

I would really doubt that they would delay it. You might be on a more restrictive pre-op to get down as much weight as possible. The A1C is a composite of weeks/months of glucose levels. So you current glucose level would be a more determining factor of your surgery risk. My A1C was 7.0 at the time of my surgery it is now 5.5. They did check my glucose about ever 4 hours when I was in the hospital and it was pretty high like 285, but it came down over time and now runs in the 85-90 range.

[JustSayMoe 163]

Do they delay your surgery? Ys, every surgeon is different, etc., but did anyone experience this?

Super high blood sugars day of surgery, maybe. High A1C, doubtful. The A1C is just an average for the last 3 months. If you hit the OR with a 400 blood sugar, there is a serious risk of ketoacidosis. You don't want to start at 400 and then have your surgery cause it to climb 600+. I saw a significant spike in blood sugar post op for a few weeks.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I have Kaiser and in order to have the surgery, they wanted my A1c done to 5.99. Well, it wasn't down but with some diet changes, my A1C did drop some and I had the surgery. It is normal for our blood sugar to spike after the trauma of surgery and that was the first time I've ever had insulin injections. After day 3, no more insulin was needed and my blood sugar was normal. Yayyyyyyyy! That was my first NSV.