So the reactive hypoglycemia thing is getting on my nerves. Seriously. It's acting up and it's not making any logical sense. I crashed this evening with a blood glucose count of 46. And what brought it on? A protein shake. Very few carbs, practically all protein, no sugar at all. What gives?
This is the 3rd time it's happened after a high protein meal or snack. And yes, I'm annoyed by it. But mostly I'm pretty damned worried and a whole lot anxious. I can deal with predictable. I can NOT deal with random. If I can't predict when my sugar is going to crash, how can I function normally and go about my life? I drive a lot (3 hours a day on average) and I really can't have unpredictable blood sugar crashes happening without warning or reason.
Guess it's a good thing I've got that endocrinologist appointment coming up, huh?
~Pam
Since my surgery somedays I have to force myself to eat and when I don't sometimes I get dizzy. It almost feels like I am going low (used to be diabetic). I quit drinking the shakes within six months and food seems to be better in keeping my levels in check. Have you talked to your nutrionalist?
ReplyDelete@Nancy -- I also get dizzy and shaky if I go too long between meals, but testing my blood shows that my levels are still within normal range at those times. So it's more of a hunger thing, I'm sure. My program does not discourage shakes for people further out - which is fine because I enjoy the shakes. I have my Protein Chai Tea every morning on my drive to work. Yes, I've talked to my Nut - she, like I, believes that everything can be controlled with diet. There's not really any other way to control hypoglycemia, unfortunately.
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