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krissyfattofab    68

krissyfattofab
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What do you do when your sugar is too low? My hubby has been off his medicine since the day before surgery. He was sleeved 12/21 and his sugar keeps going into the low 50's. He emailed his doctor and he's out on vacation and the doctor covering for him just told him not to take his medication, which he was already doing. He's still on full liquids and will just drink undiluted juice to bring it up. It's making him feel generally crappy though. Will this subside once he's back to food?

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Teeman15    34

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I am also a diabetic. I am type 1 and during the liquid side I just drank four ounces of juice or gatorade to get it back up. I went into my endocrinologist the same day of my post op visit and we made some major adjustments on my insulin pump. That was my toughest battle after surgery. Had to do s lot of temp basal at 50% or even off. Is he type 1 or 2?

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Teeman15    34

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I stopped taking my invokana once I went on liquids. I took that with my insulin but am off it now

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Fredbear    397

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I was told not to do juice or glucose tabs because they would just make it worse (and possibly cause dumping). Try drinking a Protein Shake if your sugar is too low.

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busybeebug    415

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I went low a bunch of times during the liquid phase. I would drink a bit of Gatorade or OJ or hot tea with a tsp of sugar. I do consume small amounts of sugar through out the day post op usually in my hot tea or from fruit. If I don't I get lows and life gets miserable.

My Surgeon prefers the sugar free diet. I do not tolerate sugar substitutes. I have to learn to live. I keep the sugars under 10g per serving. I have noticed that as time keeps passing, I don't need as much to keep my bs even.

Hopefully things will even out for him as well.

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#BirdDog    604

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I'm type 2 and kept some Gatorade in the fridge just for that. I had my sugar dip a few times and just had a small amount. Brought me right out of it.

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