Oh, Sue!! Toooooooo weird!!! My husband and coworkers were making fun of me at one time because I was always eating green olives! I liked them in the past but this was beyond like! I haven't been so olive crazy lately....and I thought perhaps it because I added fish oil (yuk, by the way!) to my daily regimen. Olives. Whodda thunkit??? Beth

Sherry, I've been diagnosed as hypoglycemic for about 4-5 months now. My endocrinologist had a 5 hour glucose intollerance test done to confirm it. My problem tends to be starches: potato, corn, peas, bread, etc. I avoid all sweets unless it's sugar-free...but it's harder for me to avoid the starches. I was never told to get in so many carbs every so many hours. Instead, I'm to get in at least 100g carbs/day...but that had to do with the WLS, not the hypoglycemia. I keep a food journal and make special note of what I ate the day I have a low sugar reaction. Usually, it is very traceable...veggie soup that had the starchy veggies in it, a tamale, a sweet potato. Sometimes, it's not so easy to figure out. There was one morning for breakfast that the only thing it could have been was a few chunks of pineapple (must have been packed in syrup instead of water..???). Once I determine a food is a problem food for me, I try to avoid it. I carry glucose tablets with me and also have a big bottle of them on the counter at home. When I have an episode, I munch on 2-3 of them and if I'm where I can, I drink a glass of skim milk. Don't bring up sugar with sugar. That does start a viscous cycle. Have a few glucose tablets to bring it up, and then some protein (ie skim milk) to maintain it. That was what I was told to do by my endocrinologist and by the dietician who is now over-seeing my food journal with 'hypoglycemic WLS post-op' in mind. I was having 3-4 episodes a week. I'm down to ~once a week. I learn new things about my body all the time! Sherri

Hi Sherry, I had a reactive hypoglycemia incident this week, but it doesnt happen to me too often. Unfortunately, i don't think i go without food long enough for it to be a problem most of the time but the other day, i ate very lightly all day, then had a coffee drink and they were sampling baked items at starbucks, so i had a couple bites of sweet, and then went shopping, and about 2hrs into the shopping, i was shaking so bad in the store that i had to rip open the only food they had which were gourmet cookies (it was a TJ Maxx) i was reallly shaky and it was a bit disturbing. I recognized what was happening because I used to take insulin for my diabetes and remember that feeling of going low. congrats again on your sweet baby, and on getting below your pre-prego weight!! talk to you soon Sue

Thanks for the reply Pam...I too have the lows after something sugary. I think they call it reactive hypogyclemia....I guess what is happening is that when we eat something high in sugar our body starts to produce insulin...be we produce too much insulin and then the blood sugar bottoms out because the high level of insulin, so to bring it back up, we eat something sugary...vicious circle....wish I could have the self control to stay away of sweets...urghhhh...I won't have them in the house now, so maybe that will help! Thanks again for your reply! Sherry

Hi Ruth...thanks for the reply. I would be interested in knowing what your test results say, that is if you feel like sharing. Boy this all sounds really scary. I will be keeping you in my thoughts....please keep me posted....Sherry