Blood Sugar Prob

I received a call after my pre-op appt that my blood sugar was too high and that Dr. Kemmerling can't/won't perform my surgery if it's not down by the 23rd. My PCP refused to give me anything to lower it, she says I've been off the pills for over a year now and I KNOW how to get my blood sugar down with diet and exercise. I thought I was pretty careful yesterday at the birthday party we had early for me, but this a.m. my fasting BS was 200. There's 1/2 a cake left, and tomorrow I start liquids.

Ditch the cake and start your liquids today. Your sugars will come down with the decreased intake. Good luck to you! Kathy

Don't forget exercise. Walk, walk, walk!

Be careful with breads and milk. Both raised my blood sugar. The nutritionist told me to switch from white to wheat bread and 2% to 1% milk. Both helped, but really limiting these helped more. As someone else said, ditch the cake! Lots of sugar! Drinking lots of water will help! Good luck!!

I find that if it's not around, I don't want it as much. Definitely get rid of the cake. On the milk issue: I have switched soymilk, which does not spike my blood sugar like regular milk. It has 7 g of soy protein, and only 6 g of sugar/8 g of total carbs. This way, I can enjoy cereal and milk once in a while (one that has lots of fiber to counter the carbs). Cheri G.