If you can't eat Solid food then how can you keep you blood sugar up

Marriedbelle
on 2/4/07 12:59 pm - Lakeport, CA
Okay so i am three years post op this Feb 24. I had Rny Feb 24,2004 I have had some major problems still can't eat solid food but have gotten my weight back up to a safer level I was 111...my elbows were larger then my upper arms...my knees were bigger then my thighs...it was scary.. I can drink liquids but have some serious pain if i eat... anything solid. Cream of Wheat hurts....geeze My question is this since all of this i am so hypoglycemic (sp?) My blood sugar gets as low as 28 I have to test four times a day. I start to get weak feeling, sweat, and everything turns bright white...I can't see so I know a spell is coming on fast and I had better do something quick...I have rebound some wieght I am back to 150 but that is alot of milkshakes, and drinking my protein shakes 7 times a day the problems is that my sugar will come up but then plummet fast because I can't eat normal. I wish I could eat a spiniach salad....yuummm with avacado and this balsamic vingerette....oh sorry day dreaming again. Anyone out there with pain with eating...if it stays down? I have to take anti nausea pills daily, and well laxitives and stool softeners as that doesnt' happen but every 14-17 days...i drink a ton of water everyday. I have had 8 surgeris and still have found nothing..i am ready to give up...then I think what if this is all in my head because I am afraid of "eating" out my pouch? :crazy: but then I try to eat something solid and with in an hour or two I am on the floor writhing in pain in tears...for about four to six hours before it settles down to a dull ache instead of the intense stabbing pain...I know again i ramble ...part of it has to be the fatige...i swear :bed: ( that is my story and I am sticking to it) ha ha If anyone has any wisdom to depart with or know of any other test I shoudl ask for please let me know I have had my gall bladder removed, I have had a Huge ulcer caterized and completed almost ayear of protonix so it is now healed (the entire one wall of my pouch) I had a small partial blockage in where they attached the small intestine to the pouch that was fixed and that isn't it, I had two hernia repairs made the the large intestine ...so I am having a small bowel follow through this friday....but if there is something else to ask for i am all ears...I have had CT scans, MRI's Ultra sounds and a exploritory surgery (but that was on the outside of my intestine) so like I said let me know....i am willing to try anything..
diananoreika
on 2/5/07 2:28 am - Parkville, MD
Please dont take this the wrong way but this is the first thing that poped into my head and especially since they cant find anything wrong.....could it be gas pains? I know that sounds silly but I will tell you that I personally have a low threshold for pain and when I have had gas it hurts worse than anything I have ever felt. I had several trips to the ER before journalling my food and figuring out that gas could be a cause. I take gas ex regularly because I am so afraid of that pain. I do not eat any foods that normally cause gas....NONE!!! I sure hope whatever is causing you pain stops. Maybe try gas x before yu eat something...might help but certainly shouldnt hurt. Good luck Diana
cajungirl
on 2/5/07 3:17 am
Lorella, sorry I have no suggestions, I do hope that your docs can resolve your problem, I can only imagine how discouraged you are. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Dana
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