Question:
Help!! I'm living in dif. country and having Weak spells, dizzyness, tingling...
Help! I have to diagnose myself, I had my gastric bypass in may of 2005, and moved here at the end of 2005. My doctors here don't know much about gastric bypass, and I am having some strange symptoms. I'm experiencing dizzy spells, just general weakness, and tingling, or numbness in my tongue, tips of my fingers, toes and lips. What is going on?? What vit. dif. could I have? I also had a baby (oops) 6 months ago and am wondering if that sucked the stores of vitamins dry. If you know anything that I could be taking, please help! — orsuela (posted on February 23, 2007)
February 23, 2007
You should check your blood sugar. You could be hypoglycemic.
— katyO
February 23, 2007
HI congratulations on your baby. You need to call your primar physician
and ask for vit b12 to be checked. If you are deficient you can have a
major problem especially since you are having numbness and tingling.
Please get checked out quickly.
Best wishes to you.
Cira
— Cira S.
February 23, 2007
you definantely need to do something, go to the doctor and have them check
ALL your vitamin levels to see if someting is off, because it could be one
of many things or a combo. i would also do some research about the area
you live and find a specialist that is familiar with GBS and see them asap.
check your sugar levels often, because as the other post said it could be
low blood sugar. have your blood pressure checked too, it could be high
causing those symptoms. please see someone asap because your life is not
something you want to play around with. hope this helps, holly
— RNlvnCARSON
February 23, 2007
Congrats on your new baby.
The doctors really don't need to know anything about gastric bypass in
order to determine why you are experiencing the symptoms you are
experiencing. See a doctor and they should at least be able to perform
blood work to see what's going on. You should not have to self diagnose.
Also it might be a good idea to go back to taking the vitamins prior to
your having a baby.
— the7thdean
February 23, 2007
The symptoms you described sounds like someone who isn't taking their
vitmains anymore. This is highly dangerous and can cause nerve damage so I
recommend getting back on a prenantal vitamin to build those levels back
up. You wouldn't want to live with the dizziness, weakness and what could
potentially be much worse forever. It also sounds like low Iron possibly.
You need blood work. Take Care!
— Katrina B.
February 23, 2007
Ursula, you don't have to diagnose yourself at all. You need to see a
doctor. If they do not know what to do, they can pick up a phone and call
your surgeon, you can find another surgeon in your nearest city maybe and
drive there. You had the surgery, so get advice or go to one that can
follow you up. Don't deny yourself proper care. You need to see a doctor
that can help a wls patient. Patricia P
— Patricia P
February 24, 2007
Aloha! As a nurse I was used to diagnosing myself. But I wasn't always
correct. I have since given up self-diagnosing. I advise the same for you.
As for your symptoms...It sounds like maybe a combination of low blood
sugar and a vitamin B (complex) deficiency. Make some phone calls to find
someone knowledgable about bypass. By the way, where are you? If you
cannot find someone locally, please feel free to contact the coordinator at
my program Anna Peters ([email protected]). She knows a lot about wls and
can help you find help. God bless and best of luck.
— gtali1954
February 24, 2007
I agree with the earlier post... B12 deficiency. Get yourself checked out
soon and good luck!
Sue
— lovey063
February 25, 2007
Tell us a little about your vitamin regimen. Bariatric beri beri is sadly
way too common among us. That's thiamin (b-1) deficiency and it can
cripple! As several have said, B-12 can show up that way, as well. If you
have not been taking iron, I'd also look to that. You didn't say what
country you are in. There are WLS docs around the world who are pioneers
in our field that might be able to test you. If you email me privately,
perhaps I can help you get together some info to take to your local doc.
I've noticed that docs not from USA are much less arrogant about using
whatever resources they can get, so there's a possiblity you can teach your
doc what he needs to know to help you. [email protected]
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March 1, 2007
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