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Apr 02 2010

why is it not allowed for diabetic patients to take their diabetic pills before a cataract surgery?

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why is it not allowed for diabetic patients to take their diabetic pills before a cataract surgery? what is the reason behind that?
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One Response to “why is it not allowed for diabetic patients to take their diabetic pills before a cataract surgery?”

wmponygirl says:

April 2nd, 2010 at 6:07 pm
They are guarding against anything that might cause an unsafe drop in blood sugar. I was allowed to take everything except for my insulin the morning of my vitrectomy surgeries. Even so, my sugar still dropped during one of my surgeries and they had to give me something.