Re: Listening & Figuring

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So what is the answer to controlling hypoglycemia? How is it normally handled

in non-WLS people?

Betty

Listening & Figuring

I have gotten some really great pieces of information about hypoglycemia from

many of y'all. Let me elaborate:

I just started the Ensure crap not even 4 days ago, but I hear everyone...

dump it (gonna take it back to the store).

I decided to go to a PCP this morning and beg for an endocrinologist

appointment (we have Kaiser) and what I got was a very knowledgable woman who

called and talked to an endo on the phone for a few (with me there) and together

they ordered a buttload o

f blood tests (including liver panel, HgbA1C, thyroid panel, CBC, and more)

and are bringing me back next week to see my regualr PCP and they will, in the

meantime, research and see what they can come up with after seeing my labs.

They will also consul

t with my surgeon.

The preliminary thought, however, is that because of my previous severe

history of insulin resistance and my bouts of hypoglycemia throughout the entire

WLS experience and its severity now, that my pancreas just continues pumping out

copious amounts of

insulin thinking I am still fat... therefore, eating my fat. The docs

suggested I go to my surgeon's office and weigh on the Tanita scale they have

(that measures body composition)... something I already had in mind. So, after

my blood letting, I went

to my surgeon's office and discovered that, in the last 3 months, I have lost

3% body fat. I am now 22% fat. Doing absolutely zero formal exercise. Eating

2500 calories a day (sometimes more!).

Now, I am REALLY scared. In fact, I was probably the only person I found that

never regretted their WLS... not even for a second... yet, last night, as I sat

recovering from my horrific day, I wondered if I might die from this... and

today, to see that

I am being eaten alive (dramatic, sure... but this is ME we are talking

about!)... I have a small place inside wondering if I did the right thing (my

sensible mind knows I did, but my scared self isn't so sure).

So, I am allowed to do what I can... am not permitted to take a responsible

role at a birth right now... must eat before driving (or eat while driving if

going to a birth)... NO exercise beyond daily activities... and eat, Eat, EAT.

Watch the high glyc

emic carbs, concentrate on protein... all the things we all know and I have

been doing.

Funny how in one day I have had 3 people say they wished they had this

problem... eating like a pigaletta and still losing fat. I promise! It is NOT

fun in the least... and one *can* die from hypoglycemia. I want to eat my 2-3

small meals a day, work

-out my butt off, and have a life of catching babies.

I hope that my wishes are answered soon.

Barbara Herrera

San Diego, CA - 41 years old

Open RNY April 5, 2001

Dr. Ellner, Alvarado Hospital, San Diego, CA

04/05/01: 344# / BMI: 63/ Body Fat%: 75%

04/05/02: 172# / BMI: 31.6/ Body Fat%: 28%

07/27/02: 160#/ BMI: 29.3/ Body Fat%: 25%

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