Question:
anyone have trouble with low blood sugars since surgery?

   — Linda B. (posted on September 21, 2001)

September 21, 2001
I know that paula buck was or is... you can probably find her under the "Find Peers" link.
   — LAK

September 21, 2001
I had trouble the first week or so after surgery and my blood sugar went really low. I got weak, shaky and very disoriented. My husband recongnized the symptoms and called my surgeon's assistant. She had similar problems after her surgery and told me to drink 2-3 ounces of orange juice. She said it had the natural sugar in it, but that was not enough to cause you to dump. Good Luck!
   — gina P.

September 21, 2001
Yes i had some pretty bad problems with it at about two or three weeks post op. Basically i ended up many times a night sipping on juice and sometimes even had to such on a hard candy. After about two weeks of struggling with it, they went back to normal again and i haven't had any problems since.
   — paula B.

September 22, 2001
I had the same problem after surgery until I started on actually eating solid foods. Since then it has been good.
   — Carol M.

September 23, 2001
YES!!! It has been crazy trying to figure out my sugar.I was a Type2 Diabetic before surgery (7-12-01) but since my surgery I have been off my meds. I have trouble keeping my sugar up now it stays at about 50 to 80 on good days but gets as low as 19 on bad days.The trick now is to eat enough to sustain a good sugar level and to eat things I was not to eat before like breads, pastas, etc..
   — Stephanie B.