Re: low blood sugar issues......HELP!!!!

[Guest guest]

Sue, I am not a medical professional so I would

consult with the nurse/doctors. I can tell you that I

am almost 6 months post op and I have only had one

episode with my sugar levels dropping.

Before surgery, I took glucophage for diabetes,

lysonipril and hydrochlorothiazie for high blood

pressure, Lovastatin for high blood pressure, three

asthma medications. The day before surgery was the

last day I took meds and I have not taken anything

since then. What I did post surgery (this just

happened a week or two ago by the way and not right

after surgery) was to eat a few crackers and that

seemed to have done the trick for me. I have not

noticed anything since them and neither have I been

checking my levels either (I know I should). I just

did my six month lab work and everything was great.

My fasting level was 94 which was great as the results

states anything 96-120 is pre diabetic and anything

above 120 is diabetic. I would love to say that I

don't have it anymore and based on my results which

were normal range even makes me want to say it even

more but I was told that once you have it, you always

have it that it is just under control.

Nonetheless, I am happy. I hope that you will get the

information you will need so that you will be

comfortable with everything now and post surgery.

Keep us posted. Best of luck to you.

Pam Marsh

--- Randy Mendez mendez6@...> wrote:

>

> Okay, now I'm becoming a pain....sorry.

> Randy has had low blood sugar happen four nights

> this month. It's that whole losing 10% and preparing

> for Tuesday's upcoming surgery. I've had to call

> nurse advice in Panorama City twice because I

> couldn't get it to come up fast enough to not scare

> me. Tonight it dipped and we had just tossed out

> most of the food to make room for his clear liquid

> stuff post surgery. Now comes the question.... Most

> of you have said sugar made you dump, feel freaky,

> and like that.... did any of you have this low blood

> sugar thing going on? His diabetic doctor only

> stopped the Prandin and insulin. He is still on a

> truck load of other meds, glucophage, actos, and

> others, but the doc said not to stop those yet. His

> A1C was 5.7 so things are well under control. But

> after surgery, while he is on clear liquids, what in

> the world should I do? Buy sugary Popsicles? sugary

> Jello? in addition to the sugar free stuff? I hate

> when this happens he scares me to death..... soaking

> wet, lethargic, just scary. Please

> let me know what you think, I will be asking UCLA

> and Kaiser on Monday!!!!!!

> Thanks! Sue in Palmdale

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