Colonoscopy

[Lindiloo]

I need some advice - my diabetic team will not call me even though I have asked 3 times to help me

I am due to have colonoscopy Saturday and surgeon wants to sedate me - but completely knock me out - procedure is 3 o’clock in afternoon - how do I do this ? They haven’t got a clue. Do I need to have sliding scale and do I need to still have all insulin. I can’t eat anything for 24 hrs but can have sweet drinks. Any help would be appreciated

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry the colonoscopy peeps aren’t able to give you clear guidance @Lindiloo

Are you on MDI or a pump? Do you wear a CGM or sensor?

If you can’tit it sounds like you’d only need basal coverage?

Do you know how sedated you are likely to be? Would you be able to self-treat a low BG alert?

There are other threads and posts that mention colonoscopy here, in case they help?

Search results for query: colonoscopy

forum.diabetes.org.uk

 

[Lindiloo]

Sorry the colonoscopy peeps aren’t able to give you cleas guidance @Lindiloo

Are you on MDI or a pump? Do you wear a CGM or sensor?

If you can’tit it sounds like you’d only need basal coverage?

Do you know how sedated you are likely to be? Would you be able to self-treat a low BG alert?

There are other threads and posts that mention colonoscopy here, in case they help?

Search results for query: colonoscopy

forum.diabetes.org.uk

No pump - I was suppose to be fully sedated but I do t think that can happen tbh. - I think I’ve hit a brick wall with my diabetes - I do everything that I should and I’m so conscious of being well
Maintained and I just can’t seem to control it. Now over last 4 nights my levels are rising when I wake up (I know they do but mine are going up to 15 and I’m injecting rapid and not being able to eat anything until lunch time. - Thank god I’m doing the DAFNA course next week

I’m literally completely broken by this and so bloody scared of having constant highs - I just don’t know why. Sorry to sound so childish but I’m honestly at a loss.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I’m literally completely broken by this and so bloody scared of having constant highs - I just don’t know why. Sorry to sound so childish but I’m honestly at a loss.

So sorry to hear how you are feeling @Lindiloo

Hopefully DAFNE will give you a solid framework of practical approaches that will help you to bring things back into line again

 

[Tdm]

Sounds like you need more basal if you are going up overnight. What basal are you on? Do you not feel confident in adjusting your insulin doses?

Sounds like you may be quite recently diagnosed, if you haven't done dafne yet. Dafne will probably help a lot.

 

[silver minion]

No pump - I was suppose to be fully sedated but I do t think that can happen tbh. - I think I’ve hit a brick wall with my diabetes - I do everything that I should and I’m so conscious of being well
Maintained and I just can’t seem to control it. Now over last 4 nights my levels are rising when I wake up (I know they do but mine are going up to 15 and I’m injecting rapid and not being able to eat anything until lunch time. - Thank god I’m doing the DAFNA course next week

I’m literally completely broken by this and so bloody scared of having constant highs - I just don’t know why. Sorry to sound so childish but I’m honestly at a loss.

Hi @Lindyloo21 sorry to hear you are having such a rough time. The stress of worrying about the procedure together with the lack of support from your diabetes team is probably contributing to your high BG levels.
Hopefully another knowledgeable T1 on the forum can give you some useful suggestions.
I think you will feel much better after the colonoscopy is over and done. It is a fairly common procedure. You are not at all childish. Please continue to post on the forum to vent if you need to. There is a lot of empathy and support from people in the forum as well as information.
Hope the DAFNE course helps you.
Take care x