Maybe some crackers with carbs instead of just straight sugar, I have no idea just thinking out loud.
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Rhonda

have you tried glucose tablets?

nvm..just re-read what you wrote about the tablets.. Milk works too

I have found that if I don't get enough protein at each meal--15+ grams, my blood sugar may drop. This happened to be before surgery as well. Rather than resorting to the carbs, try upping your meal-time protein and fiber. That may make the problem go away.

I had a low blood sugar hit while in Canada visiting an hour after eating. I thought it was related to a sugar dump -I usually don't drink 2%milk, but that is what my husband's niece had for us to put on our cereal that we brought with us.I try to have some Kashi granola bars as emergency food with nuts,cranberries in it also contains honey and I can tolerate it. My husband doesn't do well either with low blood sugar -he was told to eat something of a protein nature. But I know what that low feels like and I was really close to fainting this time.

My sugar was doing that for a while after my surgey my nut told me not to use glucose tabs and not to eat sugar or drink juice to controll it my nut told me to try small pieces of fruit like strawberrys or pears or something like that.

Beeg : )

If your blood sugar dropped as low as 49, you need to talk to a doctor and come up with a plan of attack. That is a very low number.

Hope you are feeling better soon!

Amanda :)

I had a lot of low blood sugar problems pre-surgery. A spoonful of peanut butter and a little bit of orange juice would bring me back up. Treating low blood sugar with sugar alone is only for diabetics who took too much insulin. In those of us with a hyperactive pancreas, low blood sugar needs to be treated with a protein/carb combo or you get into a bad cycle. Your body is producing too much insulin, so it eats what your body needsyou dump more sugar in and it responds with even more insulin. You need protein and fats to stabilize things.

If you cant keep your blood sugar stable by eating several protein-rich meals a day, you need to talk to your surgeon about it. Some people develop reactive hypoglycemia after GBS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia

JJ

Thanks for all of the advice. I find that it usually happens on the weekends when I'm not eating regularly like I do during the week. Just gotta adjust my eating schedules, I think.

Krista

does this happen to everyone after surgery? sorry to hear about everyone's battles with this :(

I never really had a problem with it until after surgery. I'm 18 months out and find that if I don't eat regularly I get really shaky.

Krista

you probably need to increase your protein intake which digests slower than carbs and sugar.

In the event of low blood sugar, eating white refined sugar is not the best choice. While you check your glucose levels, we use dextrose to treat low results. The tablets are your best choice, liquid is next (like the cake decorating icing).

I havent had the problem post-surgery, but I had it a lot pre-surgery (caused by years of starvation dieting and a family pre-disposition for it). After reading it can be a real problem for some people with GBS, I was very concerned it might be a deal-breaker for me and talked to my surgeon. She said they didnt see this problem a lot in their practice, but when they did, it could almost always be traced back to not enough protein and/or too many simple carbs. 16 months out and so far, so good!

Krista, yes, eating regularly (and always making sure you have protein before carbs) should keep your levels steady. Good luck!! You've done great!!

JJ

I too, have the problems of low-sugars. However, it only happens when I skip meals. 1/2 banana or protein bar, brings me back.

This happens to me when I eat simple carbs. I call it my "carb dumping" - I also dump from sugar, but the 2 are completely different episodes. When I "carb dump" the only thing that helps me is to eat protein. Even if it is a piece of cheese, or some milk, it helps the quickest. I cannot imagine eating sugar to cure it....then I would dump from the sugar! :) I often think I need to get a glucose monitor...I just don't want to buy one for my experiment. I need to find a used one. Good luck!