Distal Pancreatectomy

I'm home from Mayo after a distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy on the 25th.  Doing okay.  About the same issues after have open RNY.  My roux limb is extremely grouchy and I must eat very small bits and drink small sips.  The good news is that I'm lost 9 of the 15 pounds I'd gained because of the hypoglycemia.   The hypoglcycemia seems to be gone.  Haven't had a sugar below 77, but haven't really eaten much either. My recliner is calling me. Lyn

I am glad you are posting about your hypoglycemia.....I have also developed it and it is getting worse over time. I had RNY in Oct of 05 and started having episodes a year ago. At first, I thought it was high blood sugar, but then I did some research and discovered the whole area of reactive hyypoglycemia... I started training for a marathon and switched from a high protein diet to a higher carb diet and have I just bottomed out....I start the process of testing next week.....my doctor has ordered the labs two hours after a meal.... It is getting to the point for me, too, that all I can eat is meat and vegies!  I eat some protein bars and shakes, too, but any sugar or carb product is like playing with fire....

I have also started gaining weight too and am very very prone to water weight gain/bloating...I feel tired all the time and foggy, too! I didn't know any of this when I went into the surgery.... Again thank you for your posts and I would love to talk more to you about your experiences.

 

 

Email me at [email protected] and I can send you some info that might help.  It's research by Dr. J Service at Mayo, whom I saw and didn't like, but he has it all figured out.  My pathology report did show I have nesidioblastosis - where the islet cells of the pancreas goes a little nutty or a lot nutty.

It will get to the point where it won't matter what you eat.  You may drop.  I got so I was dropping on protein.  Pretty frustrating. 

 

Lyn I am so glad that things went well. I have been thinking about you and wondering how you have been. I had a really bad epidsode today with my blook sugar. I was changing the bedding and all of a sudden I started to sweat and get real shaky and get that feeling that my sugars are dropping. I decided to take my blood sugars and it was 60. I was like WOAH. So I tried to get it to come up and after a bit I think if finally did, however, now I am just exhausted. I am going to start traking this and will also be taking a in a copy of the report to my dr and make sure that he is aware of this as well. I go and see him on the 19th for an anemia and ulcer update so I will address it with him. Have you noticed an improvement with your low sugars from the surgery? I will keep you posted on how things are progressing on this end.  If there are any other things that I should be watching for please let me know, I would really appreciate it. (((((HUGS))))) Stephanie

Blood sugars have been great.  Not a low one in the bunch.  I think the lowest was 77 and that was in the hospital with me eating nothing.  My fasting is now running in the 90's and the 2 hour in the 100's to 110's.  I can't really tell if my mental state is clearer yet since my hemoglobin is still low from surgery.  I'm still a little foggy from all the drugs etc plus I'm not eating very well.  I'm just not hungry.  It's like right after WLS.  I get full on a quarter of a sandwich.  So I'm trying to supplement with protein shakes.  They go down pretty well now.

My endo said to drink milk when I got low.  Seemed to work pretty well.  Make sure you are documenting these episodes.

 

Hugs

 

Lyn