My Day In Bathurst !
First of all I seen the diabetic nurse , she asks a lot of questuions about yoiur health & pills you take & talks about your diabetes. When she is done , she then took me in to see the dietician. She explains all about the band & how is it accociated with water& food , like how it works. She talks about everything that is detremental to the band like soda pop...no more pop ever ~ so she said to start today & get off the pop. She also gave me a diet , to follow & told me to go on it right away. To try to do stop this after the band is a shock to the body , do work these things into your life now.
Then the two of them ....go in to see the Dr. . When they are done talking , they call me in .
He is the same & said he had some governmental issues to start with & got really waylaid. Now everything was up & running & he was happy about that .
Now ....he told me that my sugars were TOO high to have surgery , it would be a health risk for healing & for infection. So he wants me to see Dr Dornan ,in Saint John , he has the req in his hand .making it out & getting his nurse to send it in right away. I know that if I start to eat on this diet , my sugars will go down to normal .
SO......he said I am not cancelling your surgery , just want to get those sugars under control . There is no other reason that I shouldn't have the surgery. He showed me the band again & How it works. He said that I will need a fill 6 weeks after surgery.
He gave me a date to come back to see him ......AUGUST ...the end or middle of !!! One of the gals will call me.
He said when you come & see me in August & the sugars are down where they should be ...YOU WILL BE HAVING THE SURGERY IN TWO WEEKS.
So that was my day , I was not surprised , my own GP said that I should have them down before I went , I didn't listen .....I also got a diet to follow ..not much on that let me tell you . If I follow that I will certainly be down.... All in all , I think I had a good day & my info is only fair so it all goes smoothly.
on 6/15/09 10:54 am, edited 6/15/09 10:54 am - Fredericton, Canada
I had all these plans for working on the yard today and after the call, I was too hyper to do anything! And yes, I see everyone on that visit. To be honest, I was in a daze when she called but I don't think I missed anything she said. I just wrote and wrote and repeated everything back to her. My mind was off in space so my ears took over. I even forgot to ask if she had received my test results by fax! Oh well....I'll take copies just in case. I wonder who will be next for their call!!!
Off to the races......
Casey_B , my sugars are running & have been running in the 20's . 
It is because of what I am eating . If I decide to behave myself & eat properly they come down to normal . So I have no qualms that they will be down in August . I take 35 units of Nova Rapid 3 times a day , I take 160 units of Lantus at bedtime & 2 Metformin during the day . I am hopeing that when I get the surgery , that I will be able to stop the injections.
Casey , try if you arn't already , go on a diet if some sort to get them down . High GI Index is really good . I wish you luck with what ever you do . I know its so hard to stop eating when we are still hungry. 
If so GOOD FOR YOU !! I am happy for you , I wish you good luck !
Hi Fiddle,
Glad to hear you made it safely. Yeah soda is a killer. I stopped 3 weeks ago. Thankfully I was never a big drinker to begin with; I switched to Diet Lemon Iced tea and I LOVE it, No calories, No Sugar, no Aspartame! I drink water mostly because I don’t like Juice and Ice Tea is mostly for special occasions.
Sorry to hear your sugars are not in control and are too high for surgery. Now you know what you need to do. I seen the diet and I’m sure this it keep you in control.
I’m still working on the no drinking/eating thing. Some days I do great, while others not so much. I guess I’m in this grieving period right now where I think “I may as well do it now, because I won’t be able too after". I know it’s not the right way to see things, but I’m just getting accustomed so I’m one day on, one day off. Plus I think I’ve hit my grieving period, which does not mean I’m overdoing it by any means, but I will eat a piece of bread happily thinking it may the one of the last times I can enjoy it without sliming and getting stuck.
I guess it’s normal. Anyway sorry for all the blah blah! Happy to hear you made it safely and got some good news!
YOU CAN DO IT !
