Kind of freaking out about hypoglycemia attack

[akreese02 174]

Pre-surgery I was insulin resistant and frequently suffered from low blood sugar attacks (hypoglycemia). It is one of the reasons it was so hard for me to lose weight. Post surgery and now a little over two months out, I was so happy that I hadn't experienced one hypoglycemia attack....until today. I ate like I typically do, kept carbs and sugar down but I started cleaning my son's room and bam! I drank a Premier Protein shake (11 ounces went down pretty fast) and has two packs of mott's gummie Snacks (I was desperate). I'm so concerned that this is an indication of my old life coming back. Anyone else have a similar experience? Advice?

[AvaFern 3,516]

If you are 100% sure this was a hypoglycemic incident, completely ignore me. I have had this issue a few times, most recently 2-3 times while I was walking this spring. I found myself super light headed, dizzy, nauseous, and shaking. I made it home fortunately and I inhaled a bunch of granola and carbs, which fixed the situation but completely freaked me out. After that I made an appointment to have all of my blood tests done for nutrition and CBC values and everything came back normal including my glucose. Because I was a little paranoid, I also got both a BP cuff and a glucose monitor to use at home the next time the situation happened. When it did, my BP was a little low at around 100/70, but my glucose was right around 82-ish if I remember, which is normal. I started focusing on making sure I was well hydrated and I carried around granola with me while I was working out and it hasn't been an issue since.

So, it may have been a drop in sugar or it may have just been a fluke like happened to me. I can understand the frustration about having to eat when your glucose drops, but what you ate doesn't really sound all that bad for you and it resolved your issue.

Hopefully you have no more incidents!

[akreese02 174]

I definitely recovered a lot faster than pre-surgery when I would be so tired after a severe hypo attack. I think I might have been a little dehydrated too. With summer here and getting more exercise i, I need to increase my Water intake past 64 ounces.

[misszee 1]

The first time this happened to me post was a couple of days later. It was my Water intake. To low.

According to surgeon.