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[leonS]

I waited in the day surgery unit for a minor eye op. and was offered a packet of two digestive biscuits. I was told that these would not affect my my BG. At an estimated 5gm each I said that they bloody well would (actually 4 point something that looks like 8).

I was told that these are given freely to all type 2 as they do not affect the BG.

Comments please.

 

[Robin]

I waited in the day surgery unit for a minor eye op. and was offered a packet of two digestive biscuits. I was told that these would not affect my my BG. At an estimated 5gm each I said that they bloody well would (actually 4 point something that looks like 8).

I was told that these are given freely to all type 2 as they do not affect the BG.

Comments please.

So presumably they then come along and test your blood glucose just before the surgery, and find it’s too high for them to proceed. Good way of getting rid of half the list for the day!

 

[helli]

The advice I was given when on the MDI regime was that i could eat up to 15g carbs between meals without an additional bolus so at 5g each, they should be ok unless you have an insulin pump.

Maybe they are concerned about avoiding hypos during the procedure.

 

[trophywench]

As a T1 having had a few ops necessitating GA and several others with locals - I'd never aim to be less than c. 6.5 immediately pre-op.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

I waited in the day surgery unit for a minor eye op. and was offered a packet of two digestive biscuits. I was told that these would not affect my my BG. At an estimated 5gm each I said that they bloody well would (actually 4 point something that looks like 8).

I was told that these are given freely to all type 2 as they do not affect the BG.

Comments please.

Digestive biscuits are about 10 carbs each if the normal sized ones. The reason they give them to type2's is because of the lower fat content same with rich tea biscuits (pass the bucket) The thinking is very old school as it's been around for generations.

 

[khskel]

Two regular digestive biscuits woild raise my BG levels by about 6. Obviously everyone is different.

 

[rebrascora]

I wouldn't eat one let alone 2 as it would rocket my levels and I would be very surprised if their carb count was accurate unless that were very small . I really can't understand this mentality. Especially that they are routinely given to Type 2 diabetics. That said, we all know how shocking hospital food is as regards lack of any low carb option.

 

[Sally71]

Diabetes is a bit of a specialist subject unfortunately and general hospital staff usually aren’t very clued up on it. They do seem to think that being high is far preferable to being low. My mum fell over and broke her hip last year, was rushed to hospital, but because of Covid they wouldn’t allow my Dad in to bring her her own injection pens, wouldn’t issue her with an emergency prescription because the pharmacy had closed for the day, she kept telling them she needed long acting insulin at bedtime but to no avail and then they wondered why her blood sugars were off the scale in the morning and they had to hastily get her on IV insulin

 

[trophywench]

OMG Sally! - that could happen to anyone and TG your mum is still here to tell the tale. After the trauma of the hip anyway her BG would have shot up so having been told she had D, she should surely have had more frequent Obs done anyway as a matter of course!

 

[leonS]

I wouldn't eat one let alone 2 as it would rocket my levels and I would be very surprised if their carb count was accurate unless that were very small . I really can't understand this mentality. Especially that they are routinely given to Type 2 diabetics. That said, we all know how shocking hospital food is as regards lack of any low carb option.

The carb count I gave was from the packet. They were in packs of two from a well known manufacturer. The reason that the count is low (between 4 and 5), is that they are oatmeal not the more usual sweatmeal. I can not read the decimal even after the eye op.
It would have made my BG go up too. I did not take them.