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I haven't been sleeved yet, but I wanna know if anyone has had to cope with low blood sugar? How did you deal with it?

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I was hypoglycemic pre op. I had very random and very severe lows. Since the day I had my sleeve (leak and all) I've only had 2 lows and those were both times I was sick with the flu. When I had a low with the stomach flu, I ate a regular (not sugar free) Popsicle and a few sips of full sugar Gatorade and it went back to normal fairly quickly. The swings time I had 2 tablespoons of honey and was just fine.

My mom had type 2 diabetes. HAD. She had a DS just a few weeks after my surgery. And a week after her surgery she was off all medicines for her blood sugar.

The sleeve actually helps me keep my sugar regulated. I have no idea how, and I don't care to know. I just want to enjoy not feeling like I'm going to faint out of the clear blue :)

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Unless you have dumping, I think protocol for a low is about the same as it was pre op. I used to have to get an immediate sugar source to initially get it back up (honey, sugar, piece of candy, etc) and then eat something with more complex carbs (fruit, muffin, etc) to keep it up. The only difference now would be choosing a healthier complex sugar. If you have a drop, a spoonful of sugar certainly won't ruin your diet or sleeve, but it does wake up the part carb craving part of your brain. My mom would often do honey and a banana and it worked well for her. I'm allergic to latex so bananas are a no go for me, but I've met lots of people in support group and just in life that eat Peanut Butter then a banana. It's healthy, peanut butter has some Iron and lots of protein!

Unfortunately my drops/dropped fast so I need a quickly absorbed sugar. Either way, it's not a huge deal post op. My number of occurances has dropped tremendously. But I do keep glucotabs and glucopacks just in case :)

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