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Reactive Hypoglycemia

Hi all!

I am 18 months post gastric bypass. The experience has been great and I have not had any complications. My biggest issue is reactive hypoglycemia. When I eat too much sugar and/or carbs, my blood sugar tanks about an hour after. Does anyone else struggle with this? Any tips or tricks to better manage? I know it is completely diet related.
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  • yes. I don't think it's all that uncommon with bypassers once we're a couple years out (not common - but not UNcommon, either). I have to eat every 3-4 hours and if I eat a carb, I have to eat a pro

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    Lisa LoVuolo

    Yes I try to limit my carbs

  • Changes4Life
    Changes4Life

    I'm actually on medication for mine as I cannot control it with diet. However, they have suggested to me a very low carb/low sugar diet. I have found that I cannot eat most fruit, but I have to eat 1/

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yes. I don't think it's all that uncommon with bypassers once we're a couple years out (not common - but not UNcommon, either). I have to eat every 3-4 hours and if I eat a carb, I have to eat a protein with it. I rarely have problems with it since I started doing that. (well, and more importantly, I watch my sugar intake, too. I can eat some, but not a ton)

I'm actually on medication for mine as I cannot control it with diet. However, they have suggested to me a very low carb/low sugar diet. I have found that I cannot eat most fruit, but I have to eat 1/4 of a banana a couple of times a week for muscle cramps. I eat protein first, (non-starchy) vegetables second, and if I'm still hungry eat the carb. Small meals 6 times a day and a bedtime snack. I also have a freestyle libre which helps identify my lows and trends. Being able to visualize on the meter has really impacted what I eat and has helped very much! I love that thing!

  • 8 months later...

I am trying to control my with diet. My low yesterday was 48. Today I am running at 180 and not sure what do do about that. I ate super healthy all week and yesterday had a latte that dropped me in 2 hours after drinking it.

So...I'm 3 months post op sleeve surgery and about a month ago started having dizziness issues whenever I stand up from a seated position. Yesterday, after a boxing class at noon, I was pretty much dizzy for the rest of the day. My vision also seems to have gotten blurry to a small degree. My surgeon has been no help, she just said that's not normal. My primary care physician ran a bunch of tests (bloodwork, blood pressure, etc.), they all came back normal. Could this be hypoglycemia? I have continuous blood glucose monitors from before surgery (not because I was diabetic - I signed up for a diet service pre-surgery called nutrisensio that provided them along with an app). Maybe I should monitor my glucose levels for a while and see what happens?

It wouldn't hurt to monitor your levels!

So...I'm 3 months post op sleeve surgery and about a month ago started having dizziness issues whenever I stand up from a seated position. Yesterday, after a boxing class at noon, I was pretty much dizzy for the rest of the day. My vision also seems to have gotten blurry to a small degree. My surgeon has been no help, she just said that's not normal. My primary care physician ran a bunch of tests (bloodwork, blood pressure, etc.), they all came back normal. Could this be hypoglycemia? I have continuous blood glucose monitors from before surgery (not because I was diabetic - I signed up for a diet service pre-surgery called nutrisensio that provided them along with an app). Maybe I should monitor my glucose levels for a while and see what happens?
It is hypoglycemia

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