SerenityValley
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It's quite common now. Basically the body produces too much insulin, so you have a hypo, usually after eating something sugary or carby.
My wife has it awfully. It's controlled somewhat by acarbose (script from her endocrinologist).
It is a problem in itself but can also be caused by insulinomas in the pancreas.
For donkeys years I complained to doctors and they did bloods. Never found anything because they were looking for diabetes, which has similar symptoms but really for different reasons.
Having diagnosed my wife (I got there about 2 years before the doctors did - I'm finding gps to be incompetent nowadays for many reasons), it gave me an understanding of my own issues. I used to get these hypos and solve the, with sugar. I remember one Sunday lunch, stopping eating my chicken to go eat sugary cornflakes.
I'm finding it happens more now (I do eat some sweets sometimes but can happen when eating something carby). I think because I eat far less now. Even all these months after the op, I barely get over 1000 cals a day.
I was warned prior to the op that it is a more common occurrence in bariatric surgeries now.
Anyone else got this, or think they do? Look up the symptoms on Google (that will be better than my description - which is shakiness, feeling faint, and sweats, etc).
My wife has it awfully. It's controlled somewhat by acarbose (script from her endocrinologist).
It is a problem in itself but can also be caused by insulinomas in the pancreas.
For donkeys years I complained to doctors and they did bloods. Never found anything because they were looking for diabetes, which has similar symptoms but really for different reasons.
Having diagnosed my wife (I got there about 2 years before the doctors did - I'm finding gps to be incompetent nowadays for many reasons), it gave me an understanding of my own issues. I used to get these hypos and solve the, with sugar. I remember one Sunday lunch, stopping eating my chicken to go eat sugary cornflakes.
I'm finding it happens more now (I do eat some sweets sometimes but can happen when eating something carby). I think because I eat far less now. Even all these months after the op, I barely get over 1000 cals a day.
I was warned prior to the op that it is a more common occurrence in bariatric surgeries now.
Anyone else got this, or think they do? Look up the symptoms on Google (that will be better than my description - which is shakiness, feeling faint, and sweats, etc).
