Hypoglycemia...help!

My surgery was 2 1/2 years ago and I was doing fine til 6 months ago then BAM, got this raging case of hypoglycemia! Food consumption is the same, no sugar etc. The only answer I can get is "Oh that happens sometimes" Not good enough. I, in no way am unhappy about getting this due to the surgery because if I didn't have the surgery, by now, 2 yrs later I would have had a raging case of "dead". I just need some guidance on how to manage this. I eat right, carry glucose tablets and deal with it when it happens. Been to 2 doctors who deal with it and all they say is HHHMMM yup you got it. They both told me to see a nutritionist. If there's anyone who DOESN't need a nutritionist it's me. I eat right, I know how to eat right. I was a fat person on a diet all my life. I know good carbs, bad carbs, good fats, bad fats etc. Anyone have any words of wisdom?

Hi, I have the occassional hypoglycemia attack and they happen at the most odd times. I do find, however, that if I space my meals a little bit closer together, I do better...If I go way too long between eating anything, I get the shakes, beating heart, weakness, etc. I know Dorota (another person on here) suffers from it and she's had to add more carbs to her diet to conquer it...Maybe you can write her. Short of getting to the nutritionist or doing a google search on the subject and what I've told you, I really have no other answers. Good luck, paula

Well? my friend? While you may know how to eat post op as a bariatric patient, You may need help with this specific issue. I strongly suggest you DO see a nutritionist. One that is well versed in "sugar" issues. And hypoglycemia is a sugar issue. Call Nancy Murphy. If you need her info email me. She is a Diabetes specialist. She will know how to help you adjust your eating patterns to possibly help you not have any "episodes". Have you seen an endocrinologist? In the meantime... did a search. Check out these sites. Hope something there helps. http://www.hypoglycemia.org/ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypoglycemia/DS00198 http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hypoglycemia/index.htm S.

T, You're SO smart! p

You're not alone-- many of us have the same sort of issue. If you're not doing it already, you should use a blood sugar meter in conjunction with keeping a food journal so you can correlate your low blood sugar episodes with potential eating issues. At the Norwalk Hospital general post-op meeting the other night, many of us who have experienced these episodes were recounting how differently we seem to approach them. For me, when I do get a low-blood sugar episode it is always on a morning when I am very active, and when I have not had breakfast-- typically, I have had more carbs than usual the night before. It's never that I've eaten anything crazy, never any sweets at all, but for some reason, as my body processes the carbs, it produces a little too much insulin, so by the next morning as soon as I get active, with nothing else getting in my system, my blood sugar is taking a nose-dive. Others explained that when they measured their blood sugar levels they had very precipitous drops and could feel the change in their bodies. However, some endocrinologists don't consider our hypersensitivity to blood sugar changes as necessarily being hypoglycemia. But regardless of what it is called, the fact remains that when our blood sugar dips we tend to get lightheaded. I find that drinking milk tends to work best (good combination of natural carbs with some protein that is easily broken down). Because of my sweet issues, I just can't let myself use glucose tabs. If you are going to involve a professional in your investigation of this issue (and it is important to get a handle on it as if your episodes come on without warning, you can hurt yourself if driving), I'd suggest an endocrinologist.