Question:
Low Blood Sugar
— blossman (posted on May 4, 2008)
May 3, 2008
I have low potassium and was told to go to my GP. My surgeon sent me to him
for follow up after my surgery. My GP has been following my potassium
levels since.
— Karen M.
May 3, 2008
I think you should make an appointment with your PCP or your GP (same
thing) immediately. It might be because your body is out of whack with so
much weight lost. Coming from a diabetic you're lucky as hell that you're
even functioning even somewhat with BSL's so low... I drop to 54 and I
feel like I'm going to pass out.... Please go see your doctor!
That's my 2 cents worth :)
— Danielle T.
May 4, 2008
I am a diabetic and when I had my surgery the 16th of April my blood sugars
were going low and I had to contact my PCP and took me off over half my
insulin. Get to your GP fast. Good Luck...
— dyates2948
May 4, 2008
This happens quick frequently...Your're probably going to have to get on an
eating schedule and eat several times a day to keep your sugar regulated,
but you'll definately need to see a doctor soon! Try to eat several times
a day...some people can no longer drive because they get so low with no
warning and cannot function...Please be careful and get in to the doc as
soon as possible!
— .Anita R.
May 4, 2008
It definitely sounds like you need to schedule your diet to coincide with
your sugar lows. Try to consume more fruit when you know your sugar is
going to be low. As a former hypoglycemic and a diabetic I can tell you
from experience that consuming man made sugar products and fruit juices CAN
cause as much trouble as they seem to help. The best way to control the
blood sugar is with NATURAL sugars from fruits and vegetables. These
sugars and starches (from whole grains and potatoes-an EXCELLENT way to
stabilize blood sugar) are more difficult for the body to metabolize and
take more time to be absorbed into the blood stream thus acting like a
timed-released capsule for blood sugar levels.
Candy and other man made sweets and starches from things like bleached
white flour are too free and speed into the blood stream too rapidly, often
causing a SPIKE in blood sugar levels which causes a response by the body
which pumps more INSULIN into the blood to pack away the sugar as FAT.
This can often result in a DROP in blood sugar levels to a lower level than
was previous to the ingestion of the sugar.
I hope this helps,
Hugh
— hubarlow
May 4, 2008
I would get some blood work done with my gp, and then take the results to
my surgeon for his opinion as well. Sometimes you need both. Patricia P.
— Patricia P
May 5, 2008
At times my sugars drop also. (not diabetic before RNY...) I was however a
BIG sugar eater for what.... 30+ years! So... *my* body expects when I
start to eat some carbs (any carbs...even whole wheat has done this to
me...) my body still thinks "oh boy, here comes the Coke and
Candy...etc..." and spits out the insulin like it used to...then
surprise! No concentrated sweets are coming but the insulin is there and
whammo...low blood sugar. I am hoping it will taper off over a couple of
years. I am about 1 year out. I do NOT eat sweets when it drops. I do eat
a small amount of a "healthy" carb like a banana or some
unsweetened applesause or some milk. Hope that helps! U R not alone!! :0D
- melanie g.
— MAG
May 5, 2008
Go see an endocrinologist. That is where I had to go when I had problems
also. I have to test 2 times a day. I also never had any problems with
diabetes before surgery. I can't drink orange juice because it is acidic.
They say the best thing to drink now is a soda, if you can stomach it. I
couldn't drink any kind of pop until I was well over a year post op. I now
drink only one soda a day since my body can't tolerate sugar and I drink it
very slowly. If not I dump. So if you can handle it do that, if not try
eating foods that slowly break down to sugar in your body. That also works
for me. Good Luck!!
— nascar_angel_3_2003
May 5, 2008
Unfortunately, it's kind of expectable, but most of us get a little longer
before it hits. Your correcting it with sugar, PROBABLY, just puts you
back on the roller coaster again. Most of us long termers are never far
from peanut butter crackers. The crackers hit fast, the PB slows it down a
bit so it sustains long enough to stablize. After many years, I finally
have nailed it down to white carbs. While they didn't make me fat, and
often I ate them with no problem, once I went all protein to drop a few #,
now I find that any bread or potato and 3 hrs later, crash. So, I have
always done around 6 protein drinks (30g each, made in water), I stick with
protein foods or a lil bit of fruit. This kind of hypo, sadly, is just
being studied. The few articles published indicate it is the patient's
problem. Of course. But they insist we are eating all carbs or all sugars
and that is not the case. There are a few cases being studied by Mayo
Clinic, but I don't know if there are reports published. Their idea is to
remove a hunk of pancreas to shut off overproduction of insulin. For me,
if I can control it by not eating my 2 fave foods <sigh>, then that
is preferable.
— vitalady
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