It's a scary scary time. Completion surgery for ovarian cancer booked for next week. They've already done BSO, this is 'everything else' - or as my darkest gallows humour calls it, the eviction of all remaining giblets.

Thing is, the pre-op instruction sheet says to have loads of carbs for tea the night before - a big portion of pasta/rice/potatoes - without actually saying why. I pointed out that to manage my T2D I have a very low carb diet. It works. I have managed to reduce my HbA1c score from 69 in Jan this year to 36 a couple of weeks back. But it's by diet alone, no meds. Honestly, they would find it so much easier if I just took ALL the meds... I queried it with my nurse and with the pre-op team. They didn't say why, they just said to do it.

I was ready to find a compromise of something with loads of pulses/beans, but no, they really want to push the simple carbs on me. If I have simple carbs in any 'normal' portion it sends my vision blurry, me very sleepy, and my mood all over the place. I can get away with TINY (50g max) portions of low-GI carbs like gluten-free pasta, bulgur wheat, sweet potato - maybe 2 or 3 times a week. I feel like I've been brushed off as if this is no big deal. It's bad enough that they can't feed me on the ward (sandwiches, biscuits, cereals... ALL on my banned list) so I'm taking my own foods, but this is pushing me into further anxiety and reluctance to go ahead. 

Please can you advise? Or clarify why they are pushing me to do this?