This may seem weird, and the question is not for me. I have hardly ever been seriously ill and have not had an IV since I delivered my last child.

Someone was talking at our home the other day about having an IV in the hospital for surgery, and it got me to thinking------
What , if anyhting can an LC-er do to NOT get an IV containing dextrose unless it's absolutely necessary?? I am SO sensitive to sugar that I'm kind of thinking that a big dose of IV sugar would turn me into a wildwoman after all the time I've gone with NONE in my system.

Has anyone encountered this? I know(I'm a nurse, but no longer work as one) that it's usually something like D5/ 1/3NS or D5/W--these are part dextrose part normal saline. I don't know of a nurse who's encountered a patient who said "please just normal saline in my IV, if you would tell the Doc. I want no sugar in it?"
I'm sure that it depends on the situation, but I just got a picture of all of US, getting mainline sugar after being off it for so long, and then needing megadoses of sedatives to calm us down.
Seriously, does anyone think this could be harmful-especially in the case of a condition in which it could exacerbate the condition??

I don't wish to upset anyone or get them worried, just mulling over a thought......
yb