I’ve had cataract surgery in both eyes. It’s an outpatient procedure which means you will probably be going home the same day.. sometimes the doctors office can get you an overnight visit due to the diabetes. You will have to fast for the surgery so you will probably require less insulin for that day.. you can eat after the surgery, but you might feel sick from the anesthesia and not want to eat much. Your blood sugars may be messed up for a day or two because of fasting and less insulin, but they will straighten out rather quickly once you get back to your normal routine.. you should check with your surgeon to find out how they are going to handle your blood glucose before during and after surgery. Also talk to your endocrinologist to find out how they want you to dose for your insulin while you’re in the fasting state. And also after the surgery if you’re sick and you don’t feel like eating.. if your blood sugars are a little messed up for the day, give yourself grace and don’t worry about it. You will get it straightened out quickly once you’re back to your normal routine.. I wish you well for your surgery. Also remember how things were handled because you usually get a second surgery within a month or two.

I also had cataract surgery in both eyes and you shouldn't worry. Both your diabetes doctor and ophthalmologist ( eye doctor/surgeon) will monitor your blood sugars while in surgery and before and after surgery. You should be fine and I understand being nervous but please, you should be fine.

Thank you to everyone who responded. I've had the surgery. Everything went well. My blood sugar went into yhe 200's from the eye drops, so I've been using a temp basal to cover. One of my eyes is not healing as quickly as expected. Hoping for a good report later this week.

Thank you. I'm more concerned with the eye drops and how they will affect my sugar levels. I'll be getting a steroid eye drop, an antibiotic eye drop, and an anti-inflamatory eye drop. I know the steroid makes my blood sugar go sky-high in pill form, but I'm not sure how an eye drops will affect me. Same with the antibiotic.

I also had cataract surgery, and with about the same restrictions, process, and results listed above, except that I had my worst eye done first, followed by the second eye about 2 weeks later. The benefit is that I never had both eyes bandaged at the same time, and could always see, if only with one eye. Following full recovery with all bandages removed, I then had my eyes re-examined for a new prescription for eye glasses.