blood sugar dropped!!

I can sympathize with you. I was coming hame on a 400 mile trip and I made it 87 miles from her and my sugar levels dropped down to 32. Now we, my dd 7 at the time, and we stopped and went into a bookstore to find her some books to read. I completely dropped down to my knees and passed out then I turned around and passed out a second time. My vision was blurry, I was very hot. I don't know where the bottles of water were coming from but they kept me drinking and then they poured it over my head.

Talk to you Dr. about it. I would not go to a PCP as it will do no good.

Yep it is fairly common. I was diagnosed at 2 years out. Unfortunately my doctor made me take the glucose test which made me pass out!  If you can skip the test, do so!  LOL!

You'll find that you can get the hang of things quite well.  Usually my sugars will spike after an hour to an hour and a half, so I find if I have a little something (an hour say after eating watermelon), my blood sugar stays pretty stable after that point.  I also do food combining.

Simple sugars are usually what does it for me. Some things I avoid totally. But it's manageable.

Dawn

Welcome to hypoglycemia!

Totally "normal" --  and it's not dumping -- it's reactive hypoglycemia -- sometimes called "late dumping."

Get some of these --

http://www.relion.com/diabetes/glucose-products/glucose-tablets

I really thought my dinner was a good, balanced meal with plenty of protein and a few complex carbs, but maybe it was just the watermelon that did it.  I had:
one stuffed pepper (hamburger, a little rice mixed in, 1/2 green pepper, a little tomato sauce)
small bowl butter beans
small bowl field peas
Then I waited a little while before I had the watermelon.  It seems to me that even with the carbs in that meal, it shouldn't be enough to send me into reactive hypoglycemia.  I've had watermelon before without a problem.  Could it be that this watermelon was extra sweet and I just had too much of it? 

I'm going out today to get some glucose tabs and some protein bars to keep on hand.  I keep nuts and cheese handy all the time.  I'm afraid to ea****ermelon now!!

Butter beans: 20 carbs per serving/GI per serving 36
Field Peas: 16 carbs per serving/GI per serving 30
Depending on which rice: Brown Rice is 43 carbs per serving/GI varies between 66 & 88
Green pepper: 5.5 for a whole one/GI is 20
Tomato Sauce: 18.1 carbs in a cup/GI is 49

Watermelon: 11.5 carbs for 1 cup but on the GI it is a 72
The closer to 0 you are the better.

No wonder you crashed.

Liz

Yes, those things may have a lot of carbs, but I probably had HALF a serving of the field peas and butter beans.  I was under the impression that beans were not only a good complex carb, they're also a good source of protein.  Right?  There was maybe a tablespoon of rice in the stuffed pepper.  It was mostly hamburger.  I had maybe two tablespoons tomato sauce on the stuffed pepper.   Now, the watermelon?  I had more of that I should have had.  And it DOES have a high GI. 

 If you go read Dr Richard Bernstein's chapter on what is good for keeping your blood sugars on an even keel, it will help. You can find it online here. You need to especially look for page four of that chapter. 

Since it seems you are reactive hypo, get a meter and test at 30, 60, 90, 120, and 180 mins out after a meal such as one you just had and see what happens. 

I can't touch rice but potato's don't bother me as long as I keep the portion size small and don't load them down.  Rice may as well be straight sugar to my body. 

Liz

I havent had the surgery yet but I keep glucose-tablets with me at all times..I am type 2 diabetic, mu levels always run very high, my fault cause I dont eat right, but when I do get it in my head to eat right, then they go low. relion works for me..

Hi Meredith!
I also have these reactive hypoglycemic episodes. I am diabetic but it has been resloved since surgery 14 months ago. I take no meds and rarely have to check my blood sugar anymore. A couple of days ago, I had steak, a tiny piece of sweet potato (1/3 a med. potato) and a couple of brussel sprouts. An hour and a half later, I was on the computer and started having trouble thinking and moving. I felt kinda floaty and weird. I checked my blood sugar and it was 35! Wow, that was really low. I have had it happen several times since surgery but usually after popcorn. I really don't know what did it this time...that tiny bit of potato? Maybe but I ate a protein bar and a couple of bites of banana and after a bout of shaking and sweating, I was fine. I don't like it either but I know if I eat carbs, I better have a bigger portion of protein to go with it.       Connie

I have reactive hypoglycemia as well.  I have not had any surgery yet am still trying to lock down a Dr.  However, for me I have found the closer to natural foods I eat the better I am, like whole grains, and very small amounts of high sugar fruits and you are all right you need to make sure you have your protein first. Of course several small meals a day to keep it going. If you can stay calm when it starts happening and have a piece of cheese or protein bar and a small amount of carbohydrate then you will stablize a lot quicker.  Getting stressed gives me that flight or fight feeling and burns blood sugar faster.  I don't know if after surgery you can have whole grains at all, but for me they work the best.  Good luck and your body will teach you how to control this.