Help! Wavering With Hypoglycemia Six Days Postop

[dacer123 0]

I had my surgery this past Monday (today is Saturday) for a slipped lap band. My band had been slipped for a long time but wasn't showing very well on testing. Anyway, I'm really having a hard time with basically Protein drinks and broth. I was told to drink some milk when I get hypoglycemic and to chew a glucose tablet. As of two days ago, I feel like I'm in a constant state of hypoglycemia with weakness, sweating, and dizziness. I just finally added some Peanut Butter to my Protein Drink in the blender with milk so hopefully that will bring me out of it for the morning. As of this Monday (two days away) I get to have thinned oatmeal or maltomeal, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, pureed Soups (per nutritionist: creamed Soups pureed), and thinned corn grits. I'm seriously considering moving on to that phase today, two days early, as I know the little bit of carbs will help my hypoglycemia. Does anyone have any insights that might help me?

Six years ago when I had my original band, which was put in my another facility/doctor, I felt the exact same way and didn't pull out of it until i went on to pureed food. I specifically remember pureeing a can of campbells vegetable Soup (can't remember if it was vegetable beef though) and I immediatelly felt better with more energy. I'm also so sick of all the sweet Protein Drinks.

[Cocoabean 430]

Call your surgeon's office and speak with the nutritionist. There might be a glucose paste you can use or something.

[tym4me 206]

Just a thought it could be RHG reactive hypoglycemia. I was having problems starting out a few months ago. I was banded in Oct 2011 i also have fibro but my sugar started dropping i went through 3 weeks of checking my sugar to really see what was going on. Sometimes what happens is our sugar goes crazy post surgery (not just lap band any abdominal) what we need to do is eat regularly never eat A carb on its own always follow with a Protein. Google RHG it will give some good tips to ask your dr. HTH

[waitingpatiently 250]

After 9 days of a liquid post-op diet, I began having low sugar levels.....like 50. I called the dietian and she asked me a few questions (making sure I wasn't having any swelling ) and then allowed me to move up to the mushie stage...that did it....now everything is back to normal.....

Give your sugeons office a call first......you don't want to jump ahead and then have bigger issues.

[dacer123 0]

Yeah I'm trying really hard not to move ahead too early. I talked to the on-call physician at the hospital since the clinic doesn't actually have anyone you can talk to on the weekend. She said that I need to actually include some Peanut Butter into my smoothies to help my level. At first she said to put some sugar on my tongue when the symptoms happen but when I told her I already was using glucose tablets then she suggested the peanut butter thing. Everything I've been using has been very low sugar or sugar-free per the nutritionist, but I think I need to go get some things with a little real sugar in them. I think I'm going to at least pick up some fudgesickles or popsickles.

[judych 225]

I had my surgery this past Monday (today is Saturday) for a slipped lap band. My band had been slipped for a long time but wasn't showing very well on testing. Anyway, I'm really having a hard time with basically Protein drinks and broth. I was told to drink some milk when I get hypoglycemic and to chew a glucose tablet. As of two days ago, I feel like I'm in a constant state of hypoglycemia with weakness, sweating, and dizziness. I just finally added some Peanut Butter to my Protein Drink in the blender with milk so hopefully that will bring me out of it for the morning. As of this Monday (two days away) I get to have thinned oatmeal or maltomeal, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, pureed Soups (per nutritionist: creamed soups pureed), and thinned corn grits. I'm seriously considering moving on to that phase today, two days early, as I know the little bit of carbs will help my hypoglycemia. Does anyone have any insights that might help me?

Six years ago when I had my original band, which was put in my another facility/doctor, I felt the exact same way and didn't pull out of it until i went on to pureed food. I specifically remember pureeing a can of campbells vegetable Soup (can't remember if it was vegetable beef though) and I immediatelly felt better with more energy. I'm also so sick of all the sweet Protein Drinks.< /p>

how awful to have to go through this. im sure that you are right and its hypoglycaemia. i remember on high Protein, low carb diets years ago i was the same.

i was banded just over a week ago and ive had milk with my Protein shakes...starting from day two im glad i did. are you having greek yoghurt as well? i find that making a skim milk, greek yoghurt with protein vanilla and Decaf coffee makes a great drink. i reckon you would have already been down this road before and know about it?? im sure its helped me though, having yoghurt from the second day with skim milk. i would have been suffering the same way as well.

[dacer123 0]

Thanks Judy. I'm going to dry that tomorrow for sure. I don't know if I have any Decaf in the kitchen but maybe just a little regular coffee won't hurt things. It's been so long since I went through this that I forgot what recipes to use. Everything I've come across is so sickenlingly and artifically sweet that by now I could just cry at the thought of one more day of this day. I'm trying really hard to be strong though.

[judych 225]

Thanks Judy. I'm going to dry that tomorrow for sure. I don't know if I have any Decaf in the kitchen but maybe just a little regular coffee won't hurt things. It's been so long since I went through this that I forgot what recipes to use. Everything I've come across is so sickenlingly and artifically sweet that by now I could just cry at the thought of one more day of this day. I'm trying really hard to be strong though.

dacer123 ..well, if you like coffee this is the best way to go. the greek yoghurt is really good. i put a lot in mine. ive gone through 2/3 tub in just over a week... thats a lot.

im not finding my Protein sweet and im no sweet tooth. i think its because of the yoghurt and the coffee. good luck with it. i hope you like it.