Wondering if anyone else has had issues like mine. I realized reading other people’s posts that I was way behind on how much I could eat. I am still under 900 calories a day. I get horribly sick when I try to eat more. Over the last few months some of my pre existing conditions have suddenly gotten a lot worse and I have developed severe reactive hypoglycemia, with my blood sugars dropping as low as 32. After visiting several doctors and specialists a few who told me it was all in my head it was determined that I was slowly starving to death. They said my stomach pouch had not expanded like it should have and some of my organs were starting to shut down. They said it’s rare side effect but it does happen. They now have me eating every two hours even at night. Due to everything I was put out of work on STD. I feel so completely on my own with this and just wondered if anyone else has heard of anyone dealing with this.

A good tip would be to have a mix fat and carbs every couple of hours to help you steady your weight so things like dates + tahini or nuts, Avocado milkshakes, full fat chocolate milk and a couple of tbsps. of peanut butter, Full fat yogurt with nuts, full fat milk with honey, just generally nothing low carb/low fat. For me personally, protein fills me up way too quick so maybe try high fat, high carb moderate or lower protein until you stabilize. Sorry you are going through this, please make sure to see your healthcare provider ASAP.

Edited November 3, 20241 yr by Lilia_90

Try to research if you have patient advocates available to you. If you are feeling unwell and can’t advocate for yourself they are there to help you with that. It’s sounds like the people you are seeing are letting you slip through the cracks. It isn’t that people are not believing you, but having a hard time believing the situation because this should not be happening to anyone. Emergency rooms cannot deny you life saving medical care regardless of whether you have any insurance at all. An advocate should be able to do the research, legwork and arguing that you are not feeling up to in order to get you the care you need. Also, what about a feeding tube. I think that can be out patient.

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by ShoppGirl