Sugar and heart palp

[learningintuition 5]

So I've started low carb (hx of diabetes) and l like it. However for my bday a coworker made a homemade red velvet cake. I had a normal size piece...my heart started racing and about a half hour later I crashed and had to sleep during lunch. No caffeine that morning. Anyone had this? I think that's my body yelling at me.

[TwinsMama 483]

Could be your body's way of dumping. I have a friend who had RnY and she described similiar symptoms during a dumping episode. I dump with the sleeve but have not had the crash (sleepiness). Normally when I dump I am WIDE awake.

[Ballermom 803]

My cousin have the same symptoms then falls to sleep for hours but hers include stomach pain then diarrhea then what you described. I also can't tolerate sugar at all. I get dizziness and have to lay down or sit down for hours before I can function. I couldn't even tolerate premier shakes without having a dumping syndrome.

I talked to my physician about it and he said that sleeved don't dump. He is great and I am so pleased with him but, I do get mild dumping syndrome. My Nut did say some sleeves do have it.

I hear people saying how they can tolerate sweets like before the sleeve, I cannot.

Which the good part is that it stops me in my tracks. There goes my old sugar addiction out the door. Lol

[TwinsMama 483]

That's funny, I've heard so many things that Drs say sleevers don't do: dump, get hungry, etc. So far I have been hungry and yes I dump. I haven't even wanted to try sugary sweets because I dump with things that are naturally sweet tasting. I can't imagine with real sweets.

I can't even drink crystal light...I got so sick after trying one that I used to think was bitter. Just goes to show that everyone is different.

[Cindy Martin 77]

I am also diabetic. I eat around 30 grams of carbs a day. When I eat something high in carbs my body reacts just like yours. This happen to me before I was sleeved as well.

[Ballermom 803]

I was just wondering if this happens to others.

[kiwi63 22]

I get the sweats big time if I eat bad carbs. I stole 5 fries of my dh's plate yesterday and spent about an hour wiping sweat from everywhere. I also shake like I used to when I was hungry pre-sleeve. The sugar crash and sleepiness sounds hyperglycaemic. I used to have this happen too but I haven't eaten anything sugary in the 7 1/2 weeks since my surgery.

[Fixerupper 335]

I'm eight weeks. I do fine with fruit but bad carbs also make me sweat and really sleepy. I had my gallbladder out too so that could be part of it.

[DougNichols 124]

I'm not diabetic, and I get the same sugar/sweets reaction (sleepy, feel terrible, heart races). NO WAY your heart racing that fast is good for you. I figured if I kept eating that sugary crap, I'd end up in the hospital getting some emergency heart surgery.

So I'm off it. For good.

[learningintuition 5]

Omg! Guys, thank you for validating me! I read up and couldn't really find anything. I'm learning to listen to my body and dang it, she's saying no sweets