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this happened to a friend who had the sleeve and now I'm worried it will happen to me after bypass surgery.

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1 minute ago, summerset said:

What were the circumstances?

Passing out is never normal.

She just passed out for no reason, out of the blue during work hours

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How long after surgery?

Did a doctor say the passing out was directly related to weight loss surgery? Was your friend drinking enough fluids? Eating sufficient calories for the post op stage she was at?

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1 hour ago, Hop_Scotch said:

How long after surgery?

Did a doctor say the passing out was directly related to weight loss surgery? Was your friend drinking enough fluids? Eating sufficient calories for the post op stage she was at?

It happened around 8 months post-op. I don't remember much else really

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I think that would be pretty rare. Some people develop reactive hypoglycemia (I emphasize SOME people - certainly nowhere near everyone!!), but you usually just get dizzy with that, and you can prevent that by eating something every 3-4 hours and really limiting (or avoiding) sugar. But totally passing out would be very unusual. Plus I'm not even sure her passing out is related to weight loss surgery in the first place. And like the above person said, it could be that she was dehydrated and eating way too few calories, too. Hard to say without a lot more info.

edited to add that in answer to your question, no, it is not normal. If it were, we'd hear about that all the time on here. I don't even remember if I've ever heard that at all in the four (??) years I've been on this forum.

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That far out it might not have anything to do with her surgery.

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Seems completely unrelated . Don't allow a non event to sway a decision based on good science .

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This honestly happens to me about 3 times a week but I went to my doctor and it was because I wasn’t hydrated and my blood sugar was super low. Now I’m not saying this happens to everyone but before the surgery I used to skip meals and then eat everything in one meal which wasn’t healthy and my mind set is still at the “oh I’ll eat later or drink something later” and It has some hard consequences. Your friend probably has the same thing low blood sugar just if you get it done make sure to follow the meal guidelines 3-4 meals a day and stay hydrated at all times You should be fine.

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