Hi Melissa, NOPE!!!!! Susan has not changed.   She is very  and  and I thought she was only that way with me. I started my journey in 2004.  I went to the seminar and when I went to ask questions, she kept saying fill out the questionaire and send it back...when we call you for a consult, then you can ask questions.  But everyone else in the room got their questions answered.  I took the questionaire, left and did not go back for a year.   I thought she may have changed by then, but NOPE....so I dealt with it.  But her and I had words and she started treating me somewhat better.  Then I was scheduled for surgery Monday, July 17, 2006, and on the Friday before @445p she called me and said that my surgery was cancelled.  What!!! I jumped through every loop they could find, and passed with flying colors.  Why are they cancelling surgery?  They cancelled my surgery because I was required to use my CPAP machine for 4 hours a night for 3 months.  Month 1-used 4 hours 27 mins per night.  Month 2- used 4 hours 6 mins per night. Month 3- used 3 hours 57mins per night.  Okay that does not explain anything.  If you average the 3 months out I used it 4 hours in each month.  Well, you used your machine for less than 4 hours a night in month 3, and it is required that you have 4 hours.  You've got to be kidding me.  That's some Bulls**t.  I have waited a year to get this done and I am 2 days away, and I cant have surgery because of 3 minutes.  I can put the cpap on and take care of that now.   Per Susan: NO!!!  You are goning to have to use it again for 3 months and make sure you get the 4 hours per night in.  This B***h is .  I slammed the phone down crying.  But I must say this...Thanks to Susan, I had a beautiful baby girl on May 24, 2007 and now I have to start from SCRATCH to have WLS.  So some good came out of it for me.  I here they now offer Lap Band, but I want the real thing.  Mercy is a trip and they take you through a lot.  I just dont have the means to travel to another city, if I did, then I'd find someplace else to go.    Nissah

Blood sugars have been great.  Not a low one in the bunch.  I think the lowest was 77 and that was in the hospital with me eating nothing.  My fasting is now running in the 90's and the 2 hour in the 100's to 110's.  I can't really tell if my mental state is clearer yet since my hemoglobin is still low from surgery.  I'm still a little foggy from all the drugs etc plus I'm not eating very well.  I'm just not hungry.  It's like right after WLS.  I get full on a quarter of a sandwich.  So I'm trying to supplement with protein shakes.  They go down pretty well now.

My endo said to drink milk when I got low.  Seemed to work pretty well.  Make sure you are documenting these episodes.

 

Hugs

 

Lyn

 

Lyn I am so glad that things went well. I have been thinking about you and wondering how you have been. I had a really bad epidsode today with my blook sugar. I was changing the bedding and all of a sudden I started to sweat and get real shaky and get that feeling that my sugars are dropping. I decided to take my blood sugars and it was 60. I was like WOAH. So I tried to get it to come up and after a bit I think if finally did, however, now I am just exhausted. I am going to start traking this and will also be taking a in a copy of the report to my dr and make sure that he is aware of this as well. I go and see him on the 19th for an anemia and ulcer update so I will address it with him. Have you noticed an improvement with your low sugars from the surgery? I will keep you posted on how things are progressing on this end.  If there are any other things that I should be watching for please let me know, I would really appreciate it. (((((HUGS))))) Stephanie

Ain't it grand! Sally

Email me at [email protected] and I can send you some info that might help.  It's research by Dr. J Service at Mayo, whom I saw and didn't like, but he has it all figured out.  My pathology report did show I have nesidioblastosis - where the islet cells of the pancreas goes a little nutty or a lot nutty.

It will get to the point where it won't matter what you eat.  You may drop.  I got so I was dropping on protein.  Pretty frustrating.