Hospital advice before endoscopy

Just wanted to see what others thought of this and whether I'm worrying unnecessarily. Having the old camera down the throat thing to check out stomach etc. The day before this, I cannot eat anything so have been advised to take Lantus as normal but obviously no Novorapid....check blood sugar every 2 hours....and they have said only correct if my blood sugar is over 15. Does this seem troo high or will it not matter so much for only one day? Also told me to take Metformin as usual, but that has to be taken with food! I suppose a day without that would be ok?

I would say 15 is an acceptable level, as theoretically you wont be that level for long as you can correct that blood sugar, you will have an empty stomach so the chances of getting to 15 should be low...

No direct experience on the metformin, but I would think it would be OK to avoid it for one day, as it has a direct effect on digestion etc......it may even cause problems with the stomach investigation if you did take it, but as I say, don't really know the ins and outs....

Hope it goes well......

Hi Novorapidboi, thanks for replying. Yes you're right, it's very unlucky that with no food I will be at 15....although the thought of the procedure might send it that high lol. As for the Metformin, I am not going to take it the day before as I find that in the past when I have forgotten to take it after a meal and taken it just like an hour later, I get horrible leg cramps in the night. Last thing I want with a camera down my throat is to get cramp lol.

That sounds unpleasant........


Good idea....

Think Metformin is normally only given to type 1s in an effort to reduce insulin resistance. As you not taking your QA it should not be a problem.
Have been through this procedure myself without any problem though I can't for the life of me remember what my BG got to as it was some time ago. Can't have been anything drastic or I'm sure I would recall it.

Regards
Garry