I realize, and that's why I put the disclaimer first. I have no idea if my regular methods would help, but I do find that I have RH episodes if I raise my blood glucose too fast after a low. A lot of diabetics can take a swig of OJ but I'd be a dang yo-yo for the rest of the day

I was an insulin dependent diabetic before -- so I get what you are reading and how to handle low blood sugars as a pre-op diabetic.

IT IS NOT THE SAME THING AT ALL.

Do not confuse hypoglycemia with REACTIVE hypoglycemia after WLS.

Fruit juice = NO.

Not now, not EVER.

Additionally, I don't consider under 70 to be an emergency.

I eat less than 40 carbs in a WHOLE DAY.

I agree, 70's are normal for me after WLS. I'm not taking diabetic medications to bring my sugars down, so blood sugar in the 70's aren't really an emergency. When I was diabetic, I knew that my meds would be working to bring me down faster, so if I was at 70 I was freaking out. Now, as long as I'm not eating something to put me into RH, I'm okay with it and will eat at my regular scheduled time.

I was insulin dependent as well, and honestly, I used it as an excuse to eat things I shouldn't have been eating.

Thank you for this. If I feel normal and am at 70, I wont flip out.

Eating carbs over the past 7 days, I have managed to gain 6 lbs. 6 freaking lbs!

Like who does that!>!> Well me.

And I think everyone on this thread understands how much I do NOT want the scale to head up. I want it to go down. Safely down.

As everyone has mentioned here RH is a different animal. I too suffer from it and if I keep my protein first and low carbs I am fine but if I eat something carb heavy I am headed to a carb hole as I call it. When I start to shake, sweat and can't think clearly I check my blood sugar and it's been in the 30's..... Crackers and peanut butter gets me back on track. I once blacked out in Wal-Mart and found myself sitting in the floor of the baking isle eating chocolate chips out of the bag. I knew I was going to crash again so I bought some protein and started eating it standing in line to pay for my groceries. Scary stuff, be prepared..... Good Luck! BTW, I have reported the greater than and less than issue to our IT team...

"Carb hole" is a perfect description. There must be something about WalMart. I have an "incident" there, no less than 3 times.

Scary stuff, for sure

What gets me Gina is how many people must have walked by me and no one thought to help me? I really hate Walmart but the prices keep me going back

When you say incident do you mean RH?