: Thursday morning I'm scheduled to
: have an epidural injection for my
: spinal stenosis pain. This
: requires me to eat nothing for at
: least 8 hours prior to the shot
: (due to use of light sedation).
: And this means skipping breakfast
: - which leaves me kind of
: uncomfortable.

: I suppose one missed breakfast won't
: totally mess up my blood sugar.
: There's a restaurant near the
: facility where we usually stop
: after these procedures for a meal
: - which will be lunch by then!

: But this break in my new routine
: leaves me feeling "all shook
: up". Any advice or
: suggestions would be welcome.

: Marcy

Hi Marcy:

Yikes no breakfast is hard. I would try to eat a good meal as close to the 8 hour fast time as I could get it. Generally I when these types of things occur, I bring my morning shake with me and a yamcake. This way I have my breakfast as soon as the procedure is done. I figure they always bring you juice and a muffin afterwards so why not shake and yamcake.

You might still want to go eat at the restaurant afterwards. Nothing second breakfast to really make a person feel good.

Dori