I'm falling apart! And a money making SV :) (long)

Hi All! 

It has been a while since I posted on here.  I have been so busy at work (which is good).  Tomorrow, I will be 14 months post op and I still can not get rid of the last 2 BLEEPING pounds.  I bounce around between 137 and 139.  I am fine with that.  I feel good in my clothes and 2 pounds isn't going to make me drop a size or anything so I'm good with it. 

Prior to surgery, I didn't have any health issues except for sleep apnea.  Now I am having issues with my health.  It all started when I passed out in my kitchen and bashed my head in my nice HARD ceramic tile floor.  I have been having head rushes everytime I got up my they usually pass pretty quickly.  This one did not and the next thing I remember was my husband picking me up off of the floor (the good thing is, he actually could pick me up lol).  I went to Urgent Care and they ran a bunch of tests (cat scan, ekg) and came up with nothing except Vertigo from bashing my head.  Fast forward a week,  I noticed I was having loss of feeling in my right leg.  The next day, I tripped over my own foot because it wasn't moving as quickly as my other one and I fell (at work, in front of everyone - so embarrassing).  I immediately called my General Doc and got an appointment the next day.  After much head scratching and 6 vials of blood (which I almost passed out again), they sent me for an MRI to make sure I didn't have a stroke and they sent me for an ultrasound of my leg to check for clots.  Both were negative. Yay!  My blood work came back though and they said I am hypoglycemic.  This is why I passed out.  Normal blood sugar is 80-120 with no food.  My blood sugar was 61 after eating breakfast.  Every morning when I check it before eating, it has been in the 60's and 70's.  They also found that I am borderline anemic and that my B12 was low.  My doc told me that low B12 can cause paralysis.  She said you become symptomatic at around 40 and mine was 42.  She gave me the squirt up the nose once a week stuff and we are going to try that.  I have only done it one time and I can already tell a difference in my foot.  I now have to check my blood sugar every morning and keep a log of what it is for when I go back to her in a month.  I have to eat 6 times a day to keep my blood sugar up.  I know this is my health but I also don't want to gain my weight back.  She told me to eat more complex carbs, that I wasn't getting enough.  Any suggestions on some good complex carbs that won't make me gain weight?  Is anyone else having any issues since surgery?  Other than the last 2 weeks, I have felt awesome!  Hopefully if someone else is having some of the similar issues, this will help them in some way.  Any suggestions? 

Now on to my money making SV,  my employer is doing a health incentive.  They are checking BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol.  You get $50.00 for just agreeing to have it checked then for every one that you pass, you get $50.00. Potentially $250.00 total.  I'm so excited because for the first time in my life, I should be able to pass every one of them.  I can't wait!  Moolah in my pocket for Christmas!  Awesome! 

Thanks to all of y'all for listening. 

quinoa might be a good complex carb option. Trader Joe's makes a great mix of quinoa, red quinoa, baby garbonzo beans, israeli cous cous and some others. It's super delicious! I make a swedish meatball-type mix and put it over the grains instead of pasta/rice.

I hope you can get your numbers under control! I'm scared of that happening to me in the future.

Ermm.. I should note that I did the above recipe PRE-op -- I haven't done it post-op yet. I believe it's too early for such things with my still-new sleeve :)

Great!  Thanks for the advice.

Geez Candy! Do whatever it takes to get your health back in line. Eating the small meals could be nothing more than keeping something in your body at all times to keep the sugar levels even. Don't fret over the two pounds, they are just numbers, but do fret over the blood sugar levels if they are out of whack.

How about some lowfat cheese on a Wasa Rye Cracker for a mini snack? I wish I knew more about the B-12 levels, but my Nut is recommending it for all WLS patients now. My levels are fine as of last week but now I'm having different issues like sciatic nerve problems which I've never really had before. This is all an adjustment and could be much worse I suppose.

You are my inspiration so take good care of yourself. And spend the $$ on you too. You earned.