Reactive hypoglycemia??!!??

shesha81
on 10/5/12 9:08 am - Gardner, MA

Been having some episodes of low blood sugars, was not diabetic prior to rny, with sweating, shakes, when I checked sugar was 39 tonight, has been 50 several times in past 39 scared me today!! Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening?

Alisha RNY (7/6/11) HW 284.8/SW281/CW186.2/GW175

poet_kelly
on 10/5/12 9:10 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Eating small meals frequently usually helps, as does including protein with every meal and limiting the carbs, especially starchy ones and sugar.

Kelly

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shesha81
on 10/5/12 9:19 am - Gardner, MA

RNY on 07/06/11

Thank you Kelly, I will try smaller meals more frequently and see if it helps!

Alisha RNY (7/6/11) HW 284.8/SW281/CW186.2/GW175

H.A.L.A B.
on 10/5/12 9:42 am

RNY on 05/14/08

Limit carbs. Limit or eliminate simple carbs.
eat proteins and fat first - then carbs if you still have room.
Don't have meal or snacks with just carbs or majority of calories from carbs.

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

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Citizen Kim
on 10/5/12 9:50 am - Castle Rock, CO

RNY on 07/27/04

If you simply adhere to the RNY lifestyle - protein first at EVERY meal or snack, you will probably not suffer from RH. It will not be enough to simply eat more frequently if you are eating a heavy carb/protein ratio.

Many vets have experienced this and learned the lesson!

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MyLady Heidi
on 10/5/12 11:51 am

Carbs are the culprit, always eat them with protein and limit the number you eat at once. I don't eat until dinner time and my bloodsugar is fine, if I eat half a bagel during the day I will have to eat again because I will crash.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 10/5/12 2:37 pm, edited 10/5/12 9:37 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Does this happen a little while after you eat or when you have not eaten for several hours? If it happens when it has been several hours since you have eaten it may be regular (as opposed to reactive) hypoglycemia. When I started having trouble, I thought it was RH but when I started looking at when I had eaten, what I had eaten, and when my blood sugar dropped, it became evident that the problem was not my body reacting to what I last ate, but reacting to me not having eaten in several hours. As long as I eat every 3-4 hours, I am fine.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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