Help needed with hypoglycemia

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This summer I had 2 episodes of reactive hypoglycemia. I thought

they were gone for good.

This week I have felt the same symptoms every single day, same time

(between 8 and 8:30 a.m., weird, huh?) Monday and Tuesday it went

away. Yesterday I walked into the nurse's office to ask her to ck my

blood pressure because I thought it was low (I'm an elementary school

secretary). I had just sat down when BAM, I lost all my body

strength, I was like one big wet noodle!! I spoke like a drunk

woman. If I had been standing I surely would have fallen flat on my

face. Had about 2 oz Sunny Delight (that's all we had on hand), felt

better after about 30 mins.

Today,again, same thing. Went to my PCP, says it's classic example

of reactive hypoglycemia. He did one blood test because it had been

2 hrs since I had breakfast and my blood sugar was 95 (I think that's

what he told me). He said it was in the normal range for 2 hours

after eating. He is going to send me to a nutritionist because I

told him I sure don't want to feel like this every single day! I had

lunch at 1:30 (2 cups salad, 1 tbsp salad toppings, thousand island

dressing, 1 slice deli ham, 4 potato chips), and had a slightly shaky-

legs feeling at about 3. Am I doomed to feeling like this every

single day?

For what it's worth, I've been extra-careful with my eating habits

since Monday morning. Decided to cut all visible carbs (breads,

cookies, sugars), have had mostly good things (that I can think of),

boiled egg whites, bacon, cheese, small salads, pork rinds, s.f.

popsicles, s.f. jello. The only thing I have done different this

week (besides cutting out all the crap) is that I am having 3 meals

instead of eating almost every 2 hours! Could it be possible that

the time span from supper till breakfast the next day (from 6 pm

until 9 a.m.) is too long to go without food??

Another thing, I've had a small salad for lunch every day this week.

I hardly eat salads since my surgery 29 months ago; to me salads

is " diet " mentality, but decided to try it to help get this 23.5 lb

rebound weight back off! So far 3.5 lbs are off since Monday

morning. Could the salad have something to do with it? I'm

desperate for some answers...

Has anyone suffered on a continual basis with this? What have you

done?

Thanks!

Estela in Texas

[Guest guest]

Estela,

Keep a jar of peanut butter and a spoon handy. Every now and then,

especially if you have not eaten for a while, eat a spoonful of PB.

When you choose brands, check the label, as some add sugar (and salt)

to the peanuts.

--Steve

[Guest guest]

Estela,

I'm sorry to hear you are going through this. I've had this happen several

times, especially this summer.

My fluids were extremely low, so was my iron. The thing that helped me was

increasing my protein drinks, increasing fluids (no caffeine) and if I even

started to feel one coming on, I immediately mixed a shake and downed it.

Then I had some cheese or other protein item.

Keep us posted, I hope you are feeling better soon!

Hugs,

Lori

Help needed with hypoglycemia

> This summer I had 2 episodes of reactive hypoglycemia. I thought

> they were gone for good.

>

> This week I have felt the same symptoms every single day, same time

> (between 8 and 8:30 a.m., weird, huh?) Monday and Tuesday it went

> away. Yesterday I walked into the nurse's office to ask her to ck my

> blood pressure because I thought it was low (I'm an elementary school

> secretary). I had just sat down when BAM, I lost all my body

> strength, I was like one big wet noodle!! I spoke like a drunk

> woman. If I had been standing I surely would have fallen flat on my

> face. Had about 2 oz Sunny Delight (that's all we had on hand), felt

> better after about 30 mins.

>

> Today,again, same thing. Went to my PCP, says it's classic example

> of reactive hypoglycemia. He did one blood test because it had been

> 2 hrs since I had breakfast and my blood sugar was 95 (I think that's

> what he told me). He said it was in the normal range for 2 hours

> after eating. He is going to send me to a nutritionist because I

> told him I sure don't want to feel like this every single day! I had

> lunch at 1:30 (2 cups salad, 1 tbsp salad toppings, thousand island

> dressing, 1 slice deli ham, 4 potato chips), and had a slightly shaky-

> legs feeling at about 3. Am I doomed to feeling like this every

> single day?

>

> For what it's worth, I've been extra-careful with my eating habits

> since Monday morning. Decided to cut all visible carbs (breads,

> cookies, sugars), have had mostly good things (that I can think of),

> boiled egg whites, bacon, cheese, small salads, pork rinds, s.f.

> popsicles, s.f. jello. The only thing I have done different this

> week (besides cutting out all the crap) is that I am having 3 meals

> instead of eating almost every 2 hours! Could it be possible that

> the time span from supper till breakfast the next day (from 6 pm

> until 9 a.m.) is too long to go without food??

>

> Another thing, I've had a small salad for lunch every day this week.

> I hardly eat salads since my surgery 29 months ago; to me salads

> is " diet " mentality, but decided to try it to help get this 23.5 lb

> rebound weight back off! So far 3.5 lbs are off since Monday

> morning. Could the salad have something to do with it? I'm

> desperate for some answers...

>

> Has anyone suffered on a continual basis with this? What have you

> done?

>

> Thanks!

> Estela in Texas

>

>

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[Guest guest]

The thing I have noticed about reactive hypoglycemia is that eating 5 or

6 meals a day works better then 3 meals a day. It keeps the body

energized. That maybe why it starts so early in the morning. I

generally try to do some protein about 7 or 8 at night so that I don't

get that feeling in the morning.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:53:00 -0000 " Estela " writes:

> This summer I had 2 episodes of reactive hypoglycemia. I thought

> they were gone for good.

>

> This week I have felt the same symptoms every single day, same time

>

> (between 8 and 8:30 a.m., weird, huh?) Monday and Tuesday it went

>

> away. Yesterday I walked into the nurse's office to ask her to ck

> my

> blood pressure because I thought it was low (I'm an elementary

> school

> secretary). I had just sat down when BAM, I lost all my body

> strength, I was like one big wet noodle!! I spoke like a drunk

> woman. If I had been standing I surely would have fallen flat on my

>

> face. Had about 2 oz Sunny Delight (that's all we had on hand),

> felt

> better after about 30 mins.

>

> Today,again, same thing. Went to my PCP, says it's classic example

>

> of reactive hypoglycemia. He did one blood test because it had been

>

> 2 hrs since I had breakfast and my blood sugar was 95 (I think

> that's

> what he told me). He said it was in the normal range for 2 hours

> after eating. He is going to send me to a nutritionist because I

> told him I sure don't want to feel like this every single day! I

> had

> lunch at 1:30 (2 cups salad, 1 tbsp salad toppings, thousand island

>

> dressing, 1 slice deli ham, 4 potato chips), and had a slightly

> shaky-

> legs feeling at about 3. Am I doomed to feeling like this every

> single day?

>

> For what it's worth, I've been extra-careful with my eating habits

> since Monday morning. Decided to cut all visible carbs (breads,

> cookies, sugars), have had mostly good things (that I can think of),

>

> boiled egg whites, bacon, cheese, small salads, pork rinds, s.f.

> popsicles, s.f. jello. The only thing I have done different this

> week (besides cutting out all the crap) is that I am having 3 meals

>

> instead of eating almost every 2 hours! Could it be possible that

> the time span from supper till breakfast the next day (from 6 pm

> until 9 a.m.) is too long to go without food??

>

> Another thing, I've had a small salad for lunch every day this week.

>

> I hardly eat salads since my surgery 29 months ago; to me salads

> is " diet " mentality, but decided to try it to help get this 23.5 lb

>

> rebound weight back off! So far 3.5 lbs are off since Monday

> morning. Could the salad have something to do with it? I'm

> desperate for some answers...

>

> Has anyone suffered on a continual basis with this? What have you

> done?

>

> Thanks!

> Estela in Texas

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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