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Hi everyone!!  Hope all is well - it's been a while since I've been on here.  I've got a couple questions too that I'm hoping ya'll can help me with.  First, how can you tell if you have a hernia?  I've been experiencing a lot of nausea lately and some (not a lot) of stomach pain, and the pain comes and goes so does the nausea.  I've also been experiencing episodes where my blood sugar level drops - fast.  I have an appt. with Dr. Hundle in March, but that's still over a month away.  Anybody else had this problem (I'm almost 4 years post-op).  And lastly, this question is for Joanne Hammond....when is your support group and where??? I was going to Ginger's but bless her heat she had to discontinue it, and I need a support group.  Thanks everyone, and I look forward to hearing from you!!!! 

Cathy, My support group is now being held at The Communnity Church of Oak Orchard  on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm. My daughter Debbie and I also go up North to Victory's Support Group the 3rd Tuesday of each month. It is at 7pm. We leave Milford at 3p.m. . Do errands and get dinner before going to the group. If you are interested in going with us please feel free to email me at : [email protected] or call anytime (302)947-0417. As for the hernia, they can cause pain. Mind did not but I could feel the tear which could be pushed in. When it popped out I looked like I had 3 boobs. Debbie has a low hernia. Her's is very painful for days. She can't eat anything on them days. She vomits up everything. Other days she has no problem. She sees the surgeon on Feb 4th. See you lighter. Joanne

Thanks Joanne - where's the Community Church of Oak Orchard? 

Cathy, The Community Church of Oak Orchard is off of Rt 24 a few miles from the Rehobeth outlets .  If you want directions I can give you them. Easy to find. See you lighter. Joanne

Well . . . the blood sugar drop is called "reactive hypoglycemia" I think. It has been happening to me about once a month for the past year or so (I'm almost 5 years out) and usually occurs when I've binged on too many carbs, about an hour or so later my pancreas kicks out too much insulin in reaction and then my sugar goes low. I feel shaky and start seeing spots before my eyes. Some people keep a package of peanut butter crackers or a small juicebox handy to bring sugar levels back up quickly.

The pain and nausea you are describing could be some sort of bowel obstruction (twisted bowel, scar tissue or your intestines getting temporarily stuck in a hernia). That also happened to me (but prior to my rny surgery). With me, I could lie down for a bit and the pain would subside (for days). But then the episodes started getting worse so I had to get the hernia surgically repaired as it was literally strangling my intestines.

-BJ

Thanks BJ!  It happened again to me this morning.  I ate a package of oatmeal for breakfast w/protein powder added to it (around 7:30) and around 9:30 I could feel it starting, the shakiness and I get the spots too.  I hurried up and ate a couple TBS of peanut butter from the jar I have in my desk drawer, and that helped.  But I've had it a few other times, once at the Dover Mall before Christmas and I literally thought I was going to pass out.  It was so bad I had to drop all my belongings and rush to find a place to sit down.  I think I had a panic attack on top of it....so....needless to say, I get a little ancy when I go someplace where I'm not close to a seat.  I keep those mini candy bars on me at all times now, just in case.  Thanks for the info.  I thought I was all alone in this.  I'll have to make an appt to see Dr. Irgau if this nausea/pain continues.

I had hernia repair surgery in Oct, my first and last episode was vomiting on sept 26th, they did  a cat scan and immediately scheduled me.  Definitely not a good thing but since it's been repaired wonderful.  Hopefully you can go in and see the doc sooner than March!!  I ended up having to go to the emergency room the night I had my episode, I couldn't even keep a sip of water down and was gettin severly dehydrated.  Initially I thought I had an obstruction.

Good luck

cathy --


 little candy bars are good tobring your sugar up quick but htey also ahave a rapid and lower drop after wards. If you do eat one of them please as soon as possible get some carbs with protein into  your system.  So you dont have a wore problem later.

Amy