Re: Hydration


"Susan" <susan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6pfsboF7ree4U3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Claude Hopper wrote:
Are diabetics treated with a different formula if they are rescued by
ambulance or at the hospital. They normally start an IV of D5W to give
you energy and hydration. Would a diabetic have a problem with D5W? I
understand it's a carbohydrate to sugar to energy process.


My MedicAlert record specifies Ringer's lactate, no dextrose or sugar of any kind.

Susan

Good luck with that! <sarcasm directed at the medical system, not at you> I was hospitalized for two days in January. I had my gall bladder removed and also had a kidney stone "pulverized." I was on a liquid diet, and *everything* I received was the type of food that I have completely avoided since being diagnosed. And, yes, diabetes was on my chart. The only items that were offered that did not conflict were tea and boullion. Other than that, they brought a horrible and very sweet concoction of fake fruit juices, jello (full-sugar), and similar items. I requested sugar-free jello, and the dietition told me that the hospital does not stock *any* sugar-free items. I asked my doctor about it, and he said he "couldn't do anything" because food was under the control of the hospital. If I had been there for more than two days, I would have had friends bring in some contraband food. It should come as no surprise to learn that my BG was higher during that time than it had been for the previous four years (and immediately declined as soon as I got home and prepared my own food). I had learned previously that I could not eat in the hospital cafeteria when I visited friends. The only thing they offered that I could eat was a green salad (to which I would add a hard boiled egg, also available). Everything else was fried, breaded, "chock full" of carbs.

MaryL

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