Low blood sugars in the morning

i had a low blood sugar this morning of 68. Not horrible low but I still felt it.

I was put on metformin about 10 days before surgery and I stopped taking it two days before surgery. Yesterday my bs was 70. I know lows can happen with RNY so i'm curious as to what some of y'all might use to pick it up a bit at this early stage?

I just want to have something handy handy if I need it!

thanks!

I have that issue. My PCP suggested eating something every 3-4 hours (either a protein or, if a carb, then a protein paired with it -- although you're not far enough out for this yet...so maybe just part of a protein shake??). It's helped for sure. I thought it was so weird when I had my last plastic surgery (in March) they gave me glucose beforehand because my blood sugar was too low. Who knew??

I keep glucose tablets handy for this type of emergency. Four ounces of orange juice or a glass of real soda will also overcome that for me in about 15 minutes. I treat if under 60 and I am sweating.

Since you are early out, and you are saying it is low in the morning, you might try drinking a casein protein powder before bed. It is slower digesting than whey and might keep you from waking as low.

I use the six star brand I buy at Walmart. It actually makes a really good hot chocolate. I just add water and stir well to make a paste first. Casein does better with heat than whey.

I agree with the other posters as well. Eating on a schedule helps, and I carry glucose tabs.

I may feel low for you, but 68 us actually a wonderful morning BS. If you start getting some symptoms, you may try to raise it just a little bit, but not too high.

When I had morning Hypoglycemia, I discovered that natural, No Sugar Added (NSA) peanut butter or natural NSA almond butter worked the best. The natural nut butter had enough carbs, fat, and proteins to not only slowly raise my blood sugar but also to keep it stable. Only when my blood sugar got extremely low, I may risk a glucose tablet followed by nut butter. Or nuts.

How low is BS low?App in years 1-2-3 post op, I used to get morning Hypoglycemia of anything in 30's or 40's. It was happening so often that my body would react only when my BS was in mid to low 40's or 30's. During those years I would eat 1 Tbs of nut butter just before bed, I would keep nut butter and a spoon on my night stand, just in case.

For when I was out - I found individual packets of peanut or almond butter. They are sealed, and they can't oxidize, and virtually keep long time. They are very small and light. Almost always I have at least 2 in my purse. Even evening going out, a fancy small purse would have to hold 2 of them. Or when I travel, or when I really don't have time to eat. They are really small. They saved me more than one time when we stayed out longer that planned, and I needed a quick, good choice snack. 1 packet of almond butter, natural, has just ground almonds as ingredients, and has 200 calories, and carbs, proteins and fat. Even now, 11 years post op, one of the packets would not make me full, but I know that it has enough nutrition to keep me going for 2 or even 3 hours if needed.