Post RNY Hypoglycemia

How early did you get the RH? I am just under 7 montgs ouyt I think I had my first episode on Monday. I wasn't able to check my sugar but I know what super low sugar feels like and I had just that. I ate a protein bar and was ok in about 45 minutes.

I think that it started about 1 year out, but I didn't figure out what was happening for another 6 months. I have never been a sweet eater, but too many carbs are the problem that brought it to light. Losing too much weight had me trying to eat more, and no****ching carbs as much. It seems that my body is becoming more and more sensitive....

I began to suspect it at about a year out, but didn't really confirm it until I was at year three. It wasn't too bad, but I didn't hardly eat all that much, then the Christmas before my 3rd surgiversary we were on a cross country drive, hubby, me and dad, and one night when the temperature was below freezing outside, and our hotel room had a faulty heater, so it was cold in the room, I woke up sweating like a dog, my heart racing fit to jump out of my chest, and I was confused. I remembered that it could be RH, so I grabbed a nut bar (one of my meals for on the road the next day) and I basically crammed it down my gullet and added something else with sugar and within 10 minutes I began to feel better. Before I felt better, I timed my heart and it was literally beating 4 beats per second, 240 per minute. I thought I was going to die.


I've never had a blood sugar episode that took 45 minutes to feel better. It always works damn fast.

Please share any info you get, as I also have a hard time with hypoglycemia.  My doc's office has been very helpful, but I'm always on the lookout for any new information.

My hypoglycemia started at about 4 months out, and is not always in response to eating carbs. I need to eat small, frequent meals that also contain some (but not too many carbs).  Without any carbs, my blood sugar crashes when I exercise, and I'm not willing to give up that.

I'd glad my doc hasn't suggested steriods - those are really hard on bone density, and I already have osteopenia.

The Dr who I am seeing name is Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Patti. She has done several studies and written papers on this issue post bariatric surgery. I will keep you (and others) informed on what I learn. Google her for more info 

What's RH? Sorry, but I'm not familiar with this.

Thanks!

 Reactive Hypoglycemia = blood sugar drop from food usually containing carbs or sugars.

 how long after eating do you usually feel the effects?  

For me, 90 minutes after. 

Mine can be 30 minutes if I've been super naughty (thin slice of 7 layer chocolate cake?) or slow if it's a matter of forgetting to consume calories (I'm nearly always imbibing calories, I generally don't go more than thirty minutes without some kind of calorie -- mostly my 1.5 g of carb protein shake)

But if I forget to eat... I once had an hour long telephone conversation after breakfast, and I literally had to tell the person "my blood sugar is dropping, I better go" and I tested my blood sugar and it was 32.

Another time I was prepping for a class I was teaching (with 52 kids) and for the following class (with 52 kids) trying to get some mandated tests in order to give the kids, and the next thing I knew I was crashing bad. I had something immediately, but it wasn't really a surprise that the "test prep" for my last hour of kids was all messed up, and I hadn't put the tests in the right order after all. If I'm not drinking my protein shake pretty mucch all the time, if I stop imbibing ccalories I have issues, particularly if I've had too much carbs. But it's not as much of a problem now that I've elminated a LOT of carbs from my diet. Quiche is my staple, once or twice a day, I usually have full fat FAGE yoghurt with some low glycemic index berries at some point, and I have snap peas and cheese crumbles, and marinated artichoke hearts (unmarinaded don't have enough fat and I tank?!) as my "going to sleep pillow snack." If I don't have a pillow snack I'm more likely to get up in the night with a blood sugar crash, but I take pills that pretty much knock me out for the night, so it's dangerous to NOT eat a proper snack before bedtime.