Low blood sugar

I am not quite a year out (10.5 months), but I have made my goal, but in the last week or two I have started to have low blood sugar episodes again (hadn't had any since before the surgery.) I had the traditional roux-n-y lap. Any suggestions or comments? Rebecca

This is a pretty common side-effect of the surgery. I experience it as well. You should probably see your surgeon or PCP. What works for me is limiting carbs, focus on protein, and regular, small meals every few hours. XOXOXO, Sharyn

My doc has me eating 6 small meals a day. See your doc and do what he/she tells you. Good Luck Darlene

I have been dealing with this since the beginning too. Some days I'm fine and other times I'm not. My dr also put me on several small meals throughout the day and I have to carry around those tubes of peanut butter in case I have an episode while I'm out. Definitely let your dr know what's going on. Congratulations on making goal! Tracy B 328/150 5'9"

I've had several episodes of late that the dietitian said could either be hypoglycemia or dumping, she wasn't sure which. I'm not diabetic, never had difficulties before surgery. My symptoms were light-headedness, heart pounding, hands shaking, eyes having trouble focusing, headaches. The worst episodes occured around an hour after eating. The meals I consumed beforehand were not high in sugar or carbs. I bought a glucometer and started testing my blood sugar levels when I was having the symptoms. This has shown me that I do not have hypoglycemia -- the lowest my blood sugars ever went were 82. The highest I ever measured my sugars at was 137 right after a meal. So, definitely not hypoglycemia. I also checked before and after exercise. I usually take a 1-2 mile walk before lunch, if my work schedule allows, and wanted to know if the bad episodes occurred after my walks (they didn't). I've not had a repeated episode for a couple of months. I've been eating smaller meals and eating much slowly, trying to concentrate again on really chewing things to death (a habit I'd gotten out of), trying to let that food hit my intestines very slowly to avoid the dumping episodes. I'm not sure I've got it figured out as yet. I know if I consume a meal high in carbs that I will be just about comatose very shortly thereafter, but the rare times I've done that I've never had the shaky hands and all that other stuff afterwards (unless I was still asleep when all that went on..???). good luck in figuring out your problems, Sue O.