hypoglycemia

[RJ'S/beginning 5,357]

Well, I had an attack the other night that almost landed me in the hospital. I got so weak and dizzy, broke out in a sweat all over my body and my husband said i felt like I was burning up. what did it. A 1/4 cup of ice cream. Yup...

I have not been eating enough for the last little while and I have been full after a few bites and it has caused me to have this episode. In the hospital they gave me ice cream when I couldn't eat and it jump started my eating again. Well my hubby thought it might work again so he got me some ice cream and no sooner had I swallowed it then it wanted to come right back up. And it did. Then I laid down for a bit and it helped. I decided to call my sister and talk to her for a while and she said she noticed right away that something was wrong. Any way some almonds and G2 brought it around some slowly.

My husband said he would put me to bed so he helped me into the bed room where I quickly fainted dead away. Somehow he got the rest of my pills into me which I don't remember and then I woke up the next morning feeling like I was beat up badly.

My husband had looked it up on line and sure enough it is called reactive Hypoglycemia. It can happen to WLP because of the slow break down of Protein in our bodies and the fact that food does not stay in the stomachs very long. We have to balance complex carbs and Protein together for it to stay at bay.

So after talking to my dietitian I am now eating 6 times a day. 3 meals and 3 Snacks. That is what she recommended. each time a complex carb or protein. So there it is....Another thing to deal with!

[moonlitestarbrite 902]

those are also the symptoms of dumping. i wonder if this happened from ice cream (which is a liquid and therefore exits the stomach really fast), if its not hypoglycemia but dumping.

[RJ'S/beginning 5,357]

those are also the symptoms of dumping. i wonder if this happened from ice cream (which is a liquid and therefore exits the stomach really fast), if its not hypoglycemia but dumping.

I didn't dump though that is the thing. I did pass out and felt like I had the shit beat out of me for 2 days. That my nut said would happen as well.

The thing is I don't think it is talked about much on here and it is something that happens to a lot of WLS patients...Scared the shit out of me let me tell you!

[gomekast 559]

Hey RJ, are you able to tolerate the dannon greek light and fit yogurts?

The last few days each time I've had any of the fruit flavors of it I seem to have a reaction. Its clearly not dumping...feels more like this whole hypoglycemia episode. Its strange.

I do have RH, could these flavors be causing a flare up??

How are you feeling now? I've been trying to follow your posts.

[jlong007 6]

How do you know if you have hypoglycemia?

[RJ'S/beginning 5,357]

Nope @@gomekast I can't. I can eat vanilla and coconut but not the fruit ones. My blood sugar has been all over the place. My daughter has been helping me try to settle it. I had a bad attack last night and this morning. I ate white bread and cheese for lunch. No, no,

From now on it is multi-grain bread a little slice of fruit and a Protein. That seems to settle it. This morning it want from 10.1 to 2.2 and then back up to 5.3....

No more white flour or refined sugar for me. I have to attack this like someone would who has Dietetics....

Complex carbs with a bit of Protein and a little fresh fruit....

Can't depend on protein alone it does not turn to sugar fast enough. So I have to eat a combo of it....Some fun eh Bambi!

[RJ'S/beginning 5,357]

How do you know if you have hypoglycemia?

Here are a couple sites so you can look at it yourself..K

http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthyeating/reactive-hypoglycemia.html

http://chealth.canoe.ca/condition_info_details.asp?disease_id=73

[gomekast 559]

How do you know if you have hypoglycemia?

I was diagnosed with it 18 years ago. If you think you have it, talk with your pcp about it. The first step is that. They will get you set up to monitor and track everything you eat and times and then you'll test your blood with a glucose monitor to corilate with symptoms and times.

[gomekast 559]

Nope @@gomekast I can't. I can eat vanilla and coconut but not the fruit ones. My blood sugar has been all over the place. My daughter has been helping me try to settle it. I had a bad attack last night and this morning. I ate white bread and cheese for lunch. No, no,

From now on it is multi-grain bread a little slice of fruit and a Protein. That seems to settle it. This morning it want from 10.1 to 2.2 and then back up to 5.3....

No more white flour or refined sugar for me. I have to attack this like someone would who has Dietetics....

Complex carbs with a bit of Protein and a little fresh fruit....

Can't depend on protein alone it does not turn to sugar fast enough. So I have to eat a combo of it....Some fun eh Bambi!

See!!! I knew it was the fruit flavors! ! Earlier in the week, I had the orange cream flavor and got sick from that. This morning I had strawberry banana. No buenos.

I have been totally fine up until I ate those. Haven't had an episode for at least a good month or so..until I had those.

I haven't had bread or flour since before my surgery, so at least I've got that going for me. But this fruit flavored yogurt thing is really trippy.