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Re: In a bad situationFrom: anonymous@obgyn.netMon, 03 Mar 2003 14:56:35 +0000
It sounds like you are having "reactive hypoglycemia", where your body pulls out too much insulin after you eat. It then gets too much sugar out of your blood stream and wham! You are left with lower than normal blood sugars. As you well know, a rapid drop in your blood sugar can make you feel like you are dying or having a panic attack. You may want to ask your endo or your doctor to test your insulin levels (not your blood sugar levels) to see if they are high. Even if they refuse to do that, there is a lot you can do yourself to help this. If you read "Schwarzbein II: The Transition", Dr. Diana Schwarzbein explains what reactive hypoglycemia is and how what you eat can help fix the problem. As far as your abdominal pain goes, you may be having pain from scar tissue (adhesions) from your surgery. Cysts can also be painful. Was your c-peptide level high or low? By the way, here's something I found on the net re: c-peptide: Thanks to Andrew Torres <andym(AT)ku.edu> for this section. C-peptide blood levels can indicate whether or not a person is producing insulin and roughly how much. Insulin is initially synthesized in the form of proinsulin. In this form the alpha and beta chains of active insulin are linked by a third polypeptide chain called the connecting peptide, or c-peptide, for short. Because both insulin and c-peptide molecules are secreted, for every molecule of insulin in the blood, there is one of c-peptide. Therefore, levels of c-peptide in the blood can be measured and used as an indicator of insulin production in those cases where exogenous insulin (from injection) is present and mixed with endogenous insulin (that produced by the body) a situation that would make meaningless a measurement of insulin itself. The c-peptide test can also be used to help assess if high blood glucose is due to reduced insulin production or to reduced glucose intake by the cells. There is little or no c-peptide in blood of type 1 diabetics, and c-peptide levels in type 2 diabetics can be reduced or normal. The concentrations of c-peptide in non-diabetics are on the order of 0.5-3.0 ng/ml. If you are eating a lot of refined carbs and sugar, that may cause the symptoms you are experiencing. Best wishes to you in finding the help that you need. Feel free to email me directly at: dmirabile@att.net Thanks. Donna in Utah
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