I was banded in 10/2011 been doing well slow weight loss but steady . Now my pcp has me checking my sugar daily an says im hypoglycemic. I had a few occurences where my bs dropped an she thinks its because of the band she says its malabsorbtion sp? But i thought with the band there really was no problem like that only with the bypass. Any ideas im totally confused. Oh an my pcp wasnt very happy with my decision of the band in the first place and now is saying well i hope its not going to give me other complications too!!! I did the band so i wouldnt have sugar problems an such yugh!!! Thanks all

I am that way, but I take care of it by eating every couple of hours and making sure I am getting plenty of protein. I have never heard of bandsters having issues with nutrients that is with GB

The band doesn't cause malabsorption. I would think that it is just to do with the reduced quantity of food. Make sure that you are eating regularly(nutritious/healthy foods) and plan a healthy snack in between meals. I would make sure I carried something in my bag to eat to make sure my BS didn't drop.

My diet post band has really helped with my low blood sugar. How long after eating do you start to have a problem. If it's after 6 hours you are hungry. Eat something. My worst event post surgery was just recently. For food that day I had a protein shake, chicken breast with salsa and low fat cheese and sweet pepper. I'd done an hour at the gym in the morning and had gone back in the evening for water aerobics. I had not eaten dinner so I almost fainted in the pool. Not good. If I'd had a protein shake before the class that would'nt have happened. Lesson learned.

I am having low BS episodes now too. I get really shaky in the evenings. I just had my band filled last week, so I am hoping it will level out. The biggest problem is no matter how hard I try, I don't seem to get more than about 600 calories in a day by following the eating guidelines. The problem with that is I am just NOT hungry for more! 1/2 to 3/4 cup of food total is all I can handle and it keeps my stomach satisfied, but not my BS. I don't want to have my band loosened, but I hope that I will figure out a way to get more calories in (healthy calories, that is) and still maintain the weight loss!

If you can not eat 3 oz solid protein 3 times a day you are too tight.