Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Best for me is to use glucose tablet when my sugar is really low followed by NSA nut butter like PB or Almond. Nut butters have a great combination of fat- proteins and carbs. My body reacts wonderfully to that.

Added (Not that I suggest that you newly post op but: )

My other quick fix ..Is Lindt dark chocolate truffles. (The black wrapping) they have enough sugar and fat ...And when low B****s - I can manage to eat them. ( with low sugar I often have aversion to any food)

That sounds like great option for me when I am far enough out. I will remember that. Thank you. The NSA PB sounds like a really good choice good too!

You are a trooper, that I know. Hang in there.

I think most of us deal with RH. I just get worried when endos start talking about removing parts of the pancreas or taking down the RNY.

Most people find some sort of resolution after 3 or 4 years, and learn to ensure they don't take glucose or sugary drinks to remedy low blood sugar. Having some sort of snack with a carb/fat/protein mix - nut butters are a good solution - will not have you into a spike/dive/cycle that oj or glucose tabs cause.

I honestly think that most healthcare professionals are clueless on how to deal with this in our population, hence their stupid remedy suggestions. You'll probably get better advice here from people who have already gone through it and found a solution.

Well they can't take down a VSG cause the rest of the stomach is bye bye gone! LOL!

Thank you all for your support and stories about how you deal with it! I was talking to my surgeon last night to keep him in the loop and told him that the recommendation from the NP was to eat straight white sugar (as in open a sugar packet and suck it down) when I get really low. He was not pleased with that suggestion and said that he would be shocked if that was the recommendation from the endocrinologist. We'll see when I talk to her today.

A couple questions for those who are dealing with this issue:

1. Do you dump? I am also blessed with dumping syndrome, so many of the "remedies" the NP talked to me about yesterday will destroy me. I know I'll figure it out and your suggestions are invaluable, but until I do it seems like a horrible catch 22 -- I either combat the hypoglycemia and suffer the dumping consequences or don't dump and leave the HG untreated. Anyway, if you also dump, it would be helpful to me to know that (maybe a misery loves company type thing)
2. When you have low blood sugar at night, does it always wake you up? As I said in my first post, I spend 26% of my time with LBS, and apparently a chunk of that is between 1:30-3:30 am. The NP asked me if it wakes me up. It doesn't. She was concerned about that because my lows are really low and she said it needs to be treated. How do I treat something that I don't know is happening? Do you always know??

Thanks again for all your support and war stories. My doctors are amazing, the endo specializes in dumping and RH, and they are really working with me to find a solution, but I agree that I may get more practical support by listening to what worked for all of you, since I'm now walking a mile in your shoes . . . thanks again!

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Sounds like your doctors are working really hard to find a resolution. You've been through a lot this past year..I hope it all gets better soon! Hugs to you.