Low blood sugar 2 hours after a meal

hilfgirl33 · 12-21-2002, 02:36 PM

I am in the process of being worked up for several things including hypoglycemia. While having blood drawn at the docs office yesterday, I started to feel weak, shaky, cold, pounding heartbeat. I had eaten a meal of chicken fingers and pb crackers two hours earlier.

They took me into a room and I laid down on the table. They took my blood sugar and it was 63. The nurse said that was normal. However, I have had fasting blood sugars before that were 91 and 82, and everything I've read on the web says that 63 is on the low side.

What do you guys think and do you think that I could've been having symptoms of hypoglycemia at this point.

Thanks for any help.

Elaine

VitaBella · 12-21-2002, 09:00 PM

Well, I can't answer your question in relation to your fasting blood sugars, since fasting sugar levels and non-fasting ones have little in common...

BUT, 63 is on the low side to me, too! I honestly start experiencing symptoms of hypoglycemia when my BG falls under 80. I don't treat it until it's under 74, but I can tell...and the two times when I've almost passed out in public, my sugar level was only 65 and 62 - not far from where you are. Some people may not be so sensitive to low blood sugars, though.

I would say that you ARE experiencing hypoglycemic reactions and what your nurse said is incorrect. Did they give you any other information yet? Lots of women with PCOS are hypoglycemic, because we pump out extra insulin...it's definitely possible, but I hope it gets cleared up soon!