Blood Sugar Dropped, Now Eyesight is Haywire!

I had a gastric sleeve last Thursday, 5/07. My blood sugar dropped from the 300s to 116, and now everything's a blur....none of my glasses help. I understand that it was caused by the swelling of my lenses by the high blood sugar and it'll take time for the swelling to go down, but it may take a few weeks.

Has anyone else experienced this?

~April

I did not experience it, but I HAVE heard of diabetics who get their sugar under control who need to go get new glasses with a WEAKER prescription. Maybe your glasses are too strong for your improved eyesight, which can cause things to look blurry or distorted.

Hi April.

I have had that very thing happen to me.  It passes in a few weeks.  Just rest and relax.  You will be better than new shortly.

I had the exact same episode happen in 2005.  I went into the hospital with extroidinary high blood sugar and walked out at 120.... and vision that caused me to think I was going blind. 

I hope this helps!

Katie

Thank you for the reassurance, Katie. I go back to school on June 1st and need my eyes...

You should be fine by then.  I remember coming home from the hospital scared out of my wits then because I had just come out of a coma, got on insulin and heard all of the scarey information about diabetes(only upside was I dropped 87 lbs!).  I got home and started to read something my brother gave me.  I couldn't see!  Dear Lord!  I am already going blind!  It was so scary!.  I was able to read just fine within a week.  Don't force it though and you may have eye strain or headaches if you do- so prevent the pain!

Katie

Hi I did experience that but not with the WLS - after I was diagnosed and started the meds - all of sudden everything was blurry - I was like does everyone else see that hazyness ? It did take a couple of weeks - was kind of scary ! - but got better ! Good luck !

Well, it's been 2 weeks and I'm still waiting for my eyesight to come back. I go back to school on June 1st, so I'll have to get new glasses the weekend before if my sight doesn't improve...:(((

It's been awhile since it happened to me but I think it was about 4 weeks before it went back to normal - good luck to you !!