Overview
This guidance is provided to assist with your preparation for your endoscopic procedure. If you feel unclear about how to proceed after reading this information, please contact the Endoscopy Booking Assessment Nurse or your Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Practice Nurse or General Practitioner for personalised diabetes advice.
We do aim to give a morning appointment to patients with insulin treated diabetes and an early afternoon appointment to patients with non-insulin treated diabetes. If you are on insulin therapy and your appointment time is not prior to 10am, please contact the Endoscopy Booking Team via the phone number on the back of this leaflet.
The necessary change in your diet may upset your diabetes. You may, on days leading up to your procedure be at risk of having a ‘hypo’ (too low blood sugar). When on the diet of clear fluids, you should take sweet drinks every 2-3 hours to avoid hypoglycaemia. You are also advised to carry glucose tablets in case this happens.
We don’t routinely admit patients with diabetes to hospital before their procedure, unless their diabetes is particularly unstable.
You will need to monitor your diabetes control carefully, particularly on the day before and the day of the procedure. The low residue diet can be combined with your usual medication. We would recommend that you check your pre-meal blood sugar levels regularly and that you seek medical advice if your diabetes control is unsatisfactory.
Please be aware we are a Teaching Hospital and may have trainees in any areas of your pathway. They will always be supervised and they will always be working at an appropriate level for their training stage. If you would rather not have a trainee involved in your care
please let the staff know your wishes. This will not affect your care.
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