Almost passed out in the shower today...

So I woke up today at 6am and had really bad diarrhea for about 2 hrs off and on.   Plus, feeling sick to my stomach and nauseated.   I started drinking some Caffeine Free Coke (which I've done before when I feel sick or have bad diarrhea from being sick and am fine and don't dump) and also some G2 Gatorade about 2 hrs after I had the diarrhea.   My MIL swears by the Coke syrup to calm a yucky tummy and/or diarrhea and I just always use that when I get sick or anyone in my family... works like a charm! 

I have had a few bouts of reactive hypoglycemia since surgery 3 yrs ago, especially when I was pg with my most recent baby (had him last April) and that's actually when I noticed something weird with my blood sugar and feeling dizzy, etc.   I'd start feeling sick to my stomach, dizzy, and just really tired and have to lie down and then I'd get a granola bar to eat.  About 15 mins later, I'd always feel better.   But see, it's gone away for the most part since I had my son a little over a year ago.  

So I hadn't eaten anything all morning, just sipping on those 2 drinks and got into the shower.   After about 5 mins in there, I started feeling really dizzy, like I was going to throw up, and also pass out and just had the feeling to lay down.  So I turned off the shower (with soap still on me), got out and layed on the rug in front of the shower for a few mins.   I noticed my heart was racing and I was breathing really fast, so I slowed down my breathing.   I finally got up and hurried and rinsed off the soap in the shower and got dressed.  I went out and got a granola bar and layed down for 15 mins... feeling better now, but man that was scary!!  I had taken some Rapid Release Tylenol (have a headace) a few mins before I got into the shower and am not sure if taking that on an empty stomach did it??

I just ate 1/2 piece of pizza and am feeling better.   My 2 older kids are with my parents today until 3pm or so and my baby was sleeping when this happened, and my hubby is at wor****il 7 pm.    So I'm glad nothing bad happened (while I was by myself) and I'm ok and I had the sense to eat a granola bar and start eating again- even though I am not hungry at all.   I guess I can't go that long w/o eating, especially with having this horrible diarrhea!   My baby woke up on Wed morning at 3 am and threw up and had diarrhea a few times that day and then was fine, so I might be getting what he had... ugh!

Does that sound like low blood sugar due to not eating and having diarrhea so bad (everything going through my system so fast)????

It DOES sound like low blood sugar. Glad you didn't pass out and had the sense to lay down for a minute and then eat something.

I'm not quite 2 1/2 years out and have been dealing with this RH stuff more and more lately. It bites. Glad you are doing okay now.

I'm not sure what it was, as I'm only a few months out, but wow, that would've scared me to death. Thank goodness you didn't pass out and hit your head in the shower while your baby was there alone! I'm so glad you are o.k. though.

I'm wondering with the sugar from both the Coke (only drank like 1/3 the can and the whole can is 40 something gms of sugar) and the G2 (like 5 gms for 1/4 bottle) did something, especially with NO food in my stomach! I've drank the coke before (not all at once, like 1/4 can at a time throughout the day) and not had this happen- probably because I hadn't eaten anything all morning (this happened at like 11:15 am).

I probably had a reactive hypoglycemia episode and the heat from the shower aggrivated it even more! It was scary!!!!