Who wouda' thunk it?

Hi Family!! You think everything is going along ok... and bam!! My blood sugar has been going really low....like down to 50 (sometimes 45) I can feel myself getting shakey and sweaty. Just to check it I take the numbers and it seems to be really low. Luckely(sp) I can eat sugar and it goes up. Anyone else having this problem? ((hugs)) Judy

Sorry to hear that about your sugars. I'm not a diabetic but I know my sugar drops from lack of food at times and then I must eat something. Donna

Hi Judy, I know exactly what you mean. Mine does that as well. Keep yourself a diary and watch what you eat, and how your blood sugar does after eating that. Before surgery I was taking lots of oral diabetes meds, and haven't needed any since surgery. And I too can eat small amounts of sugar or carb type stuff without too much trouble. However, what I have noticed is that when I do eat this stuff, my bs bottoms out. This is how it was explained to me... Before surgery our bodies reacted to the high sugar/high carb foods by our pancreas working extra hard to produce it's natural insulin so our bodies could handle the sugary item we just ate. Now, with the incredible weight loss, our body still tries to do the same thing. This causes us to have a rapid sugar rush with what we eat, the pancreas kicks in, majorly producing insulin like it used to, and then we have a very quick drop in bs. I actually go thru 2 quick phases when this happens. When my bs goes high initially, I get the hot, flushed feeling, then within just a few minutes, when my bs starts to bottom out, I get very shakey and almost feel like I am gonna pass out. I think it's natures way of slapping me on the hand for eating those things I really shouldn't be eating. Hope this explanation helps you to understand what is happening. And no, I'm not a doctor/dietician/etc.... and I didn't even stay in a Holiday Inn Express either... LOL... Just how it was explained to me... Also, when you feel your bs start to drop, rather than eating something sweet (unless it is sooo low you need something immediately) try to have a high protien snack available. This will sustain your bs longer, and will not cause your bs to drop again from the sweets you just ate. In my profession, I work with alot of diabetics who take the chance of the bs dropping while I give them a hyperbaric treatment. While I always check a diabetics bs before a treatment, we routinely give them a snack of peanut butter and graham crackers and apple juice to raise their blood sugar if it is low before the treatment. The higher protien in the peanut butter will sustain the bs longer than a peice of candy or something like that. Hope this helps some. Hugs, Susan