RH strikes again

RH is no party. It IS awful. It usually takes 3 days to fully correct the yo-yo effect and fully stabilize blood sugars with such serious drops.

I have been RH since I was 20 and my daughter has been since she was 11. What makes it so hard is, it is often triggered by common foods.(an apple after lunch at school sent my daughter home ready to pass out...her initial blood sugar check was below 20, she had to have peanut btter and crackers before she got on the bus., thereafter)..

Yes, it is familial. the genetic predisposition is passed and AODM in both sides of a family set her up to be fragile. The overworking/ damage it does to the pancreas is also awful. Uncontrolled the result is AODM. (Type 2 Diabetes)

Thus far, thank God, I haven't experienced this, and hope that I never do (knocking wood!). It sounds very bad, especially so when it strikes without warning! And it's so interesting to me how you all sleuth out how to manage and counteract your RH episodes! All the best to you and your daughter.

If you're dealing with RH, I would imagine the best course of action would to NOT add carbs back into your diet, maintenance or no.

I totally agree, and will not.

If one could ONLY live on meat alone would be a good idea, but since carbs assist in the utilization of protein, it is NOT possible to completely omit carbs and remain healthy.., A diet of 90 grams of protein gets tiring really soon if not broken with something. If no carbs and no fat what would one break it with?.. air, water...

A very high protein diet does reduce appetite when one gets tired of all the options one tolerates, but energy levels plummet, Food fatigue can be an issue in it'self... been there, done that.Just sayin'

Lets see.. just think this thru... no fats or very low fats, No carbs, all protein.. what does that give one? Kidney failure! , sure everyone wants dyalisis.

That is why I have posted what has worked for me, when I used it for over30 years, for RH, both before and after my gastric surgery.... each person has a trigger point. to maintain stable sugars each meal must have a carb balance below that individual trigger. anything over will produce an unwanted reaction.

I said nothing about eating zero carbs.

I did not think you did! This post was not Meant as an atttack on you.

..It was a simple acknowledgement that some of us have extreemely low tolerances, so low, "it seems if all we have tolerance for" is protein. Everyone on a high protein diet MUST to know the dangers. We must FIND our balance. This post was meant to point those dangers out.

When I have an RH episode I eat peanuts. I have them stashed into small ziplock bags (the pill sized ones) in my various purses, glove boxes etc. I had a massive RH episode on the airplane after eating 2 grapes. But eating anything like a protein bar after that kind of thing would just make it worse for me. I need fat, salt, protein to make the shakes, sweats and mental confusion dissipate. Then I just have to lay down and sleep it off. Horrible!

ME TOO!!! Good lord -- is there anything we don't do similarly? Peanuts are my number one go-to.

I keep snack sized ziplock bags of them everywhere I frequent. This is one of the reasons that I absolutely eat as few carbs as possible.

Fats and protein -- and if I am careful to eat mainly those -- I avoid RH completely.

Peanut butter straight off a spoon is my go-to. I can get it from my work cafeteria if I am not at home... but I have been really careful lately and haven't had an episode of RH in probably almost 2 years now.

Audrey