RE: Re: heat wave yet freezing...

August 18, 2002

Dear ,

How interesting that you would post this today.. I had the same exact

reaction yesterday morning at work.. I became dizzy, had a weird flushing

sensation, and felt as if I was gonna pass out.. I took a break, went to the

break room, and sat down for a bit.. I couldnt get OJ so got a regular soda

and drank a little.. I know .. brown liquid, sugar, caffeine.. and got to

feeling a bit better, although I do stay cold all the time as I approach my

goal weight.

I began to feel this way again, so decided that maybe my blood sugar was

out of whack and ate a couple peanut butter crackers that I had in m purse..

After about 15 min, I was feeling ok again.. But, boy was that a scary

feeling.

I was told that the vitamin K oral supplement that I need to take can cause

flushing, so at first , I thought the flushing sensation was from the

vitamin k.. I am deficient in this vitamin . and I spent a couple

days emailing back and forth trying to determine why I would be deficient in

this particular vitamin .. she didnt know of any other bypass patients with

the same deficiency. However, after much research, I learned that the vitamin

k is absorbed through the ileum .. and I had three feet of intestines removed

,due to being damaged from peritonitis in 2001 , during my last revision in

Feb 2002. The part of my intestines that were damaged were the parts that

contain the ileum so that explains my deficiency to me..

I am guessing that as we near our goal weights, our bodies are trying to

normalize and we feel colder, and our blood sugars fluctuate more.. is this

correct? Yesterday, I got up as usual, had collagen protein , took my iron

and Vit C, got a shower, got dressed for work, made a protein shake.. got a

bottle of water ready with more collagen protein, made 1/2 turkey sandwich..

and left to go to work.. I ate 1/4 or better of the sandwich on the way to

work.. so my blood sugar didnt drop dramatically due to no fuel on board..

Still trying to figure this one out so it doesnt happen repeatedly at work,

anyways..

Thanks for your awesome help and information.. I rely on the longer posties

like , you , Sue to keep me in line..and correctly informed.

Hugs,

from GA

open RNY 12/12/00

Revision 04/18/01

Revision 02/07/02

St wt.... 392

Cw........198

Wt loss..-194

August 18, 2002

Jacque,

I went through about a 6 month period post reaching my goal -- while my

body was learning the " maintaining " part where I stayed seriously COLD

almost all the time -- with intermitened hot flashes -- for me, what had

happened was my body was making the " adjustments " in my blood sugar levels.

My heat and cold, then colder, then less cold and then a heat wave, dizzy,

weird feeling -- anyway... mine was related to the foods I ate / shakes /

food / and so on... I too contacted my surgeons office about it and they

were not concerned. Told me to drink a bit of orange juice when I got really

cold and to check for high carbs or fats in my foods when the heat flashes

would come.

It did pass once my body adjusted to its new life but it took time.... I

guess my body was trying to figure out exactly what it was supposed to be

doing now... I was a bit underweight too but decided the weight was fine

after a while and decided it was good to stay at the weight I was at (it

really wasn't underweight... just on the lower end of the scale of normal)

Anyway, I kept my weight " as is " and my body adjusted to this size and now

it has adjusted to what I feed it too... my body temperature will still

change slightly more than a normal persons when I eat something low-end carb

but I use that more as a reminder NOT to do that.

As the body fat that I had left moved around and got back into the places

it belonged and the longer everything had to " level out " the more normal my

body temp became.

It is good to check out anything medical that could be going on with your

body temp because it could well be a medical thing that needs medical

attention -- but, if it isn't -- just wanted you to know I went through a

phase like that too. It was worse for about 4 months and then noticeable for

the next 2 months but has been pretty stable now for well over 1/2 a year or

so....

hugz,

~denise

August 18, 2002

If I sent this before...sorry... said I sent a blank..and this may be

the one. Oops.

Regards~

Jacque

Thanks ...

I think I will check with my doc on this...never thought it was anything

important. But it seems to be getting worse rather than better. I'm nearly

27 mos post...and should have adjusted by now. I have had a couple of

moments when I have been warm enough...but that has been in the car...with

the windows rolled up...in the August heat...that isn't right. I am past hot

flashes now...being 59 years old..and blood work shows I am post menopausal.

I'll mention it to my doc at any rate.

Thanks again!

Jacque

> Jacque,

> I went through about a 6 month period post reaching my goal -- while my

> body was learning the " maintaining " part where I stayed seriously COLD

> almost all the time -- with intermitened hot flashes -- for me, what had

> happened was my body was making the " adjustments " in my blood sugar levels.

> My heat and cold, then colder, then less cold and then a heat wave, dizzy,

> weird feeling -- anyway... mine was related to the foods I ate / shakes /

> food / and so on... I too contacted my surgeons office about it and they

> were not concerned. Told me to drink a bit of orange juice when I got really

> cold and to check for high carbs or fats in my foods when the heat flashes

> would come.

> It did pass once my body adjusted to its new life but it took time.... I

> guess my body was trying to figure out exactly what it was supposed to be

> doing now... I was a bit underweight too but decided the weight was fine

> after a while and decided it was good to stay at the weight I was at (it

> really wasn't underweight... just on the lower end of the scale of normal)

> Anyway, I kept my weight " as is " and my body adjusted to this size and

> now

> it has adjusted to what I feed it too... my body temperature will still

> change slightly more than a normal persons when I eat something low-end carb

> but I use that more as a reminder NOT to do that.

> As the body fat that I had left moved around and got back into the places

> it belonged and the longer everything had to " level out " the more normal my

> body temp became.

>

> It is good to check out anything medical that could be going on with your

> body temp because it could well be a medical thing that needs medical

> attention -- but, if it isn't -- just wanted you to know I went through a

> phase like that too. It was worse for about 4 months and then noticeable for

> the next 2 months but has been pretty stable now for well over 1/2 a year or

> so....

>

> hugz,

> ~denise

>

August 18, 2002