judyblue
07-07-2006, 08:22 PM
I am new to this forum and am looking forward to reading and learning so much.
I have had blood sugar issues as long as I can remember. As a teenager I had these "attacks" where I started shaking, trembling, sweating while I got weaker and weaker until I finally found some candy. I learned to keep food in my purse. As a young adult, the attacks became so bad I finally went to a doctor. I guess because I am so thin, he just nodded and wrote a prescription. I got it filled and found out it was a tranquilizer! I just kept eating the candy and kept my mouth shut after that.
During my second pregnancy, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and came to realize I had developed it in my first pregnancy in the last 2 months (hence sugar in my urine during each of those doctor visits). My second child was over 9 pounds. After the pregnancy the sugar "attacks" raged and I lost 9 pounds while I was pigging out on Big Macs and Krispy Kremes. So I got sent to an endo for the first time. Some of my 5 hour scores were positive for pre-diabetes and some weren't, so he diagnosed me as hypoglycemic since I had an incredible drop after 2 hours (at last I knew why I was hungry every 2 hours!)
Fast forward 14 years, and I went to the hospital for a procedure on my bladder. I casually mention that they may want to check my sugars since I am hypoglycemic and had been fasting for 12 hours. I was glad they checked before putting me under anesthesia because I was at 36. They gave me sugar water in my IV for 10 minutes and I went straight up to 260. I was told I was "out of control". I went to the endo the next day. Everything he got was consistent with pre-diabetes and I am on Metformin.
Sorry for the long story....all that to say it has been a crazy ride and I am looking forward to the support here!
judy
I have had blood sugar issues as long as I can remember. As a teenager I had these "attacks" where I started shaking, trembling, sweating while I got weaker and weaker until I finally found some candy. I learned to keep food in my purse. As a young adult, the attacks became so bad I finally went to a doctor. I guess because I am so thin, he just nodded and wrote a prescription. I got it filled and found out it was a tranquilizer! I just kept eating the candy and kept my mouth shut after that.
During my second pregnancy, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and came to realize I had developed it in my first pregnancy in the last 2 months (hence sugar in my urine during each of those doctor visits). My second child was over 9 pounds. After the pregnancy the sugar "attacks" raged and I lost 9 pounds while I was pigging out on Big Macs and Krispy Kremes. So I got sent to an endo for the first time. Some of my 5 hour scores were positive for pre-diabetes and some weren't, so he diagnosed me as hypoglycemic since I had an incredible drop after 2 hours (at last I knew why I was hungry every 2 hours!)
Fast forward 14 years, and I went to the hospital for a procedure on my bladder. I casually mention that they may want to check my sugars since I am hypoglycemic and had been fasting for 12 hours. I was glad they checked before putting me under anesthesia because I was at 36. They gave me sugar water in my IV for 10 minutes and I went straight up to 260. I was told I was "out of control". I went to the endo the next day. Everything he got was consistent with pre-diabetes and I am on Metformin.
Sorry for the long story....all that to say it has been a crazy ride and I am looking forward to the support here!
judy