What I hate most about RH

No, it's not how crappy it feels.  And it's not how rapidly it comes on, which is very rapidly for me lately.

It's the fact that it's almost always totally my fault that it happens. 

Today I ate a bowl of corn flakes.  Why did I eat corn flakes?  Besides the fact that I wanted something crunchy and carby, it was because I had them in the house because I got them free from the food pantry.  And no, that does not mean I have to eat them.  But I have eaten them a couple times and did not have a problem.  Until today.  Bowl of corn flakes, two hours later I am shaking so badly I could hardly check my blood sugar.  It was 66, which is low but I was surprised it wasn't lower because I felt so crappy.

It took me about two minutes to figure out that it was probably happening because of the corn flakes and to decide that I am an idiot for eating them.  And I didn't even have any wine first so I can't blame my decision to eat corn flakes on that.

I just hate it full stop! I have been doing very well lately and then today I was so involved in what I was doing, and so NOT involved in my protein shake or normally scheduled snack, that all of a sudden I'm feeing woozy, heart racing, sweating, hands shaking .... and I had to get on with what I was doing. I downed a glucose tablet and proceeded ahead with what I was doing, and ten minutes later when I could test, I was still only at 57.

RH is a peculiar complication, and it's far more difficult to deal with than dumping.

 I'm sorry you're feeling so bad, and I'm not quite certain what RH is, but I do hope you feel better.

But why are you so angry with yourself? You said you've been able to eat cornflakes before without problems. What reason would you think that this time would be different and cause you troubles?

It's not like you incentively set out to make yourself feel bad. 

Its entirely likely I don't understand the issues behind your unhappiness. But I know I've made myself miserable a few times with full knowledge I was going to pay for it later; and I don't think I deserve to beat myself up when I do.  It's just one of the consequences of having a choice. This choice is just happened to have a bit more risk then others is all. I'm sure there were worse choices that could have been made.

Sorry if I Mis speak in ignorance, I don't intend to offend you.

RH is reactive hypoglycemia.  Basically an hour or two after you've eaten (most often after I've eaten too many carbs, as in corn flakes), your blood sugar crashes and you feel like crap.  I didn't know I was going to pay for it later but if I'd thought about it for a minute or two I would have known it was possible.  I don't always have RH after eating carbs without protein, but it's happened a number of times before.  I don't know why it happens sometimes and not others and I have no clue how to predict when it will and when it won't, so I'm really better off just not eating a bunch of starchy carbs.  I'm not really beating myself up but I think I did make a bad choice in eating the corn flakes and I sure paid for it.

I feel so lucky that I haven't had this problem yet.  I don't always make the best decisions and I have had times that I have gone many hours without eating, not really intentionally but because I just got busy and forgot.  Yesterday for example.  I had a new group that I will be attending on Wednesday nights.  During my initial orientation they discussed snacks and special requests.  I told them I was sugar free and gluten free, so when I went to this group I assumed there would be something I could eat.  I had eaten my lunch at 1:00 and nothing since.  I usually carry a protein bar or snack but I didn't this time.  I get there and all they had were pretzels.  They forgot the snacks.  I was there 2 hours and didn't get to eat until 7:00 pm, six hours after lunch.  You would have thought I would be sick but I wasn't even hungry.  I just know that I need to eat every few hours.  The funny thing is that pre op I would get sick if I went that long without food.

Kelly, I'm with you on this. My few but awful RH episodes were completely
my fault and I should have known better. It's also true for me that they're
not as completely predictable as one might think.  For example, I apparently
can eat chips with more fat in them and not get RH (like Fritos), but if I have
plain corn tortilla chips, RH every time.  Now, I should not be eating chips in
any form at all because they're just not an essential food, but I've done it
anyway.  I try to picture all chips with a Mr. Yuck sticker on them, but I
guess the best I can hope for is that I keep at it and try to avoid them
most of the time.  I also had cereal one day because I had not had it since
surgery and I really, really wanted some for breakfast. Well, it didn't cause
me RH but I had a gut ache for an hour. I haven't had it since, but I had a
hunch that it wouldn't be something I needed to eat but I had it anyway. 

Sigh. I guess it means we're human and fallible. 

It is a very odd thing to deal with.  I went a long period of time w/o any RH episodes when clearly I should or would have had an episode based upon past history.  I actually posted on here one day that I thought I had outgrown the issue.  Then, all of a sudden a few days after posting tha,t I had a really bad episode on practically nothing that I should not have eaten.  I even commented to my family I should have kept my mouth shut about outgrowing this...if we can actually outgrow it.  I must say I really don't have near the episodes I use to have, but when I do they come on quickly.  What I have noticed now is when I go too long w/o eating they can occur quickly.  That use to not beas much of  an issue as it seems now.

Isnt it funny when you can eat something a couple times and your fine, then BAM! That was how I ended my Kashi Go Lean Crunch and Almond milk snack.

I really hate it when I cant figure out WHAT I did to bring it on...when I get an attack from eating protein or a good balance of protein and good whole grainy carbs.

Lately Ive been feeling it during working out...AND that was after eating string cheese on the way to Zumba. Thank God I had a mint in my jacket.