Hypoglcemia
No, not everyone gets Hypoglycemia OR Reactive Hypoglycemia (two different issues). If you DO develop either one, however, it is likely a permanent condition. People who are hypoglycemic after RNY were likely mildly hypoglycemic before their RNY but ate enough (and often enough!) when they were obese that they never noticed it.
Both can be managed (usually fairly easily) by eating at appropriate time intervals and by eating proper combinations of protein, carbs, and fats at each meal/snack.
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.
No. A lipid panel shows your cholesterol levels. Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is not related to your cholesterol levels.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Low cholesterol levels may contribute to H and Rh, study shows. These levels needs to be rather low.
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"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
What Kelly said.
To my knowledge (but I am not a medical professional... Perhaps someone who is can chime in), the only way to diagnose hypoglycemia or reactive hypoglycemia is to monitor your blood sugar at the time that you are symptomatic (or to purposely induce low blood sugar and then watch for symptoms). I am not aware of any other blood test that can diagnose (or predict) it.
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.
I think you are correct.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
People with low adrenal function (adrenal insufficiency) may be prone to both - hypoglycemia and RH. Also measuring insulin levels - both - fasting and as a response to carbs -sugar may predict H and RH.
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"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I have always had a touch of hypoglycemia my whole life. I have had a couple of episodes since my surgery. I have found that I need to eat more frequently post op than before. I eat 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day now. I also eat within an hour of waking up now. for a while on weekends I would wait to eat my breakfast for a few hours. I found I started having troubles getting jittery and real dizzy. So now I eat within an hour. It has helped out a lot.
