Fw: Hypoglycemia??

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Hypoglycemia??

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> > > I'm 26 months post-op and may have experienced my first

> hypoglycemic

> > > attack. Every time I would read about someone new experiencing

> this

> > > I would ask myself why that person wasn't being careful of their

> > > daily diet. Please forgive me for thinking that...this thing

> caught

> > > me completely by surprise!

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> > > I've been reading the archives, do I understand correctly that

> carbs

> > > could trigger this? I thought carbs turn into sugar in your body

> and

> > > hypo is low blood sugar.? Anyway, I have been in a kind of

> > > depressive mood lately, too many car problems, friend of my son's

> > > died in a car accident, loss of a new boyfriend, etc. About an

> hour

> > > ago I started feeling very shaky, my arms were extremely weak, I

> felt

> > > an inner feeling I can't describe. Called a friend who is hypo

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> > > she suggested a few things to eat. I could only find some saltine

> > > crackers and a can of chunk pineapple and that seems to have done

> the

> > > trick. I also read in the archives of someone having an anxiety

> > > attack and confusing it with hypo.

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> > > If I go to my PCP tomorrow or Tuesday, fasting, would they be

> able to

> > > tell, or is there a certain sugar test just for this?

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> > > I have always been the proud one to say I experienced NO health

> > > problems/complications as a result of my WLS, surely not hoping to

> > > start now...

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> > > Estela in TX

> > > 4/9/01: Started 278

> > > 10/9/02: Lowest 170

> > > Now 188 & struggling

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