Another hypoglycemia question

November 20, 2003

Ok I know this has probably been discussed to death here, but I need

some info. I have hypoglycemia since my surgery and it has been

getting so bad that I've been passing out and am on doc's orders to

not drive. They did my A1C labs and I think they were 3.4 (either

that or 3.6, don't have it right in front of me). I saw the local

doc yesterday and was sent home with this device to check my sugar

levels. Well, I was very careful last night and even woke up about

every 3 hours or so to eat something. So I checked my sugar this

morning and it was 36. Local doc wants me to see an endocrinologist

in Seattle.

Anyway, now for my questions. Does having hypoglycemia mean that I

am gonna get diabetes or in the case of " us " , is it simply an effect

of the surgery? Do I follow local docs advice to start taking in

some sugar (her suggestion was gatorade or 7 up)? Do they give you

any meds for this or is it simply a " manage by food " kind of deal?

The local doc called me this morning and I have been instructed to

eat every 60 minutes or so today.

My dad has type 2 diabetes so I asked him about it (a little). His

suggestion was to add in some " good carbs " (such as 1/2 piece of

whole grain toast, etc). Is this good advice? His opinion was that I

wasn't taking in enough carbs to keep my blood sugar up (but again,

he has high blood sugar and mine is low).

This thing has thrown me for a loop and I guess I was kinda ignorant

to think that since I skated through this surgery with no

complications, I was scott free! (LOL, kinda) Also the doc said that

she was alarmed by my blood pressure, which makes me a little

scared, cause I typically run either 80/60 or 90/70 (and she is well

aware of that)...so I can only imagine how low it is.

Thanks in advance for any advice...

~Kricket

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