Diabetes and Surgery

[odyssey2]

Would you be concerned about a Type 1 diabetic who wanted to go into surgery? Do you think the potential for hypoglycemic episodes during operating and the grueling residency would be potentially too much for someone like that to handle?

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[Apollyon]

I am not a surgeon, but am Type 1 DM. At my first job, one of the GenSx guys was also. I had just been diagnosed (age 37, mildly believe it or don't), and he was very encouraging to me (I'm EM). From when I saw him, he was doing well.

 

[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

Would you be concerned about a Type 1 diabetic who wanted to go into surgery? Do you think the potential for hypoglycemic episodes during operating and the grueling residency would be potentially too much for someone like that to handle?

One of my friends in a surgical subspecialty was a Type I diabetic. He used an insulin pump, and it never seemed to cause him problems.

 

[dpmd]

Would you be concerned about a Type 1 diabetic who wanted to go into surgery? Do you think the potential for hypoglycemic episodes during operating and the grueling residency would be potentially too much for someone like that to handle?

Only if it was someone who was poorly managed for whatever reason.

 

[LucidSplash]

Knew a urology res that was DM1. Had a pump. Seemed to do fine.