low blood sugar

 

I am two years post op. I was a gestational diabetic fifteen years ago but with my sugar swaying from a little high to low.  I tested it with a glucometer for many years and there were no problems.  Recently I started feeling the way I did when I had low blood sugar.  I recently bought a new glucometer and have been testing and I tend to have a fasting sugar  lower than I used to.  Not terribly but down from 90 to anywhere between 75-87.

I don't know if this new glucometer is faulty or if my overall sugar is lower than it used to be.  I checked low blood sugar on line and it stated that could happen when a stomach has been removed.  In this case, we have around 85% of our stomaches left.

Has anyone else run into this?

You only have 15% of your stomach left.

 

I was thinking that it might be relative that even though the stomache isn't gone, that there is very little there thus creating such a situation.  I was just a bit nervous and wondering ig others have run into similar problems (if it even is one)

 

Thanks

Cheryl

you are eating much less carbs , but best to talk to your pcp about it

I recently developed reactive hypoglycemia, and I'm 18 months out. My lowest reading has been 64, after I ate a little cake and ice cream at a birthday party. I need to get a glucometer to start doing regular checks.

Former diabetic 2  VSG here ... post op my finger sticks were ALWAYS way way lower than they used to be too ,-) 

I dunno when your testing...it does make a diff. ..even tho your bs 75-87. that's NORMAL RANGE for fastin am stick. .. given the 20% -/+  accuracy of glucose monitoring. Finger sticks are not accurate...NEVER WERE!! their just GUIDELINES. Like everything.. guidelines not etched in stone!  Ive seen some NORMAL guidelines posted fastin am stick.. 60-120,  70-120,.80-100, 

Since your having symptoms of hypoglycemia ...maybe eat more frequently  5 times a day..smaller amounts. "mini meals"...lean protein + complex carbs, healthy fats......eatin more frequently may help stabilze your bs throughout the day. Eat good protein/complex carb snack before bed. Always avoid processed/refined simple carbs if ya can before bed.  If you continue to see swings/tanks..in your baseline monitoring , after adjusting your eating schedule, given the 20% +/- inaccuracy of glucose monitoring ..maybe you'd just feel better talkin to your doc about this! Call em!  

Have your annual labs yet?  Bring it up! 

Yeah I was also going to say the numbers you posted are in the perfectly normal person range