Blood Sugar Panic! Help, Please!!!

May 1, 2005

I am in a terrible panic! Just had my surgery last Wednesday, 4/26. Today is 5/1. I am a Type II diabetic and have been well under control for seven years using glyburide and actos.

Immediately after my surgery, my sugars spiked to 550. I have kept taking my meds and have not had anything sugary since then. Has anyone out there had that experience?

Will call my internist tomorrow, but this seems to fly in the face of everything that I have read or found on the web.

Help!!!

Iluvharleys · May 1, 2005

Pm Jack, he might have an answer for you. Sorry to hear you are having problems.

HarleyNana · May 1, 2005

I'm not diabetic, but probably to do with all the IV's, would be my guess...like Betty said, check with Jack.

gunn4ya · May 1, 2005

Marc

Same thing happened to me but that was because they told me to stop taking the diabetic meds 3 days before surgery and during the hospital they did not give me any of my meds. My number was high the day I left the hospital and they wanted to give me an insulin shot but I refused it and when I came home I started taking my meds again. By the third day all my numbers were back to normal. Just keep taking your meds you will be ok.

New Life · May 1, 2005

Wow, that's scary. I had the opposite experience. My sugar was normal for the first time in years following surgery. See your doctor ASAP. 550 is a dangerously high range.

Good luck with your weight loss.

May 26, 2005

I am in a terrible panic! Just had my surgery last Wednesday, 4/26. Today is 5/1. I am a Type II diabetic and have been well under control for seven years using glyburide and actos.
Immediately after my surgery, my sugars spiked to 550. I have kept taking my meds and have not had anything sugary since then. Has anyone out there had that experience?

Will call my internist tomorrow, but this seems to fly in the face of everything that I have read or found on the web.

Help!!!

Perhaps it is because you need to check your blood glucose meter for accuracy. Have you recalibrated it recently?

Best of luck! Things should improve shortly as your eating becomes more cautious.

May 26, 2005

I am a type 1 diabetic so I am not sure if this can happen type2's or not. Anyway, alot of type 1's that have had gastric bypass surgery(DS & RNY) have experienced this and it could happen w/ lapband as well I would guess. If you are still taking all your meds but are not getting any carbs or very little carbs you could actually be having DKA(diabetic Keto acidosis). What happens is the liver thinks you are starving to death and as a way of keeping the body alive it will release stored glucose from the liver. This causes 2 problems. 1. that your blood sugar will skyrocket and 2. that when your liver does this it also produces a byproduct called keatones which can be harmful to your body,kind of like a posion. I would check your carb intake and if it is deed very low that maybe you can get some carbs. in liquid form(if you are still on liquids). Please call your doctor (not to scare you, just to keep you informed) because this can be a very serious condition which can result in hospital time(even ICU if not taken care of). Again I am not sure if this is what is going on. Please call your doctor and make it a issue! God luck and take care. God bless, Donna(Punkin')