Patience; the new endurance sport.

Good luck with that Luz. Let us know what you find out.

I'm glad you found an endocrinologist. I really really hope he/she can help you find the answers. I've seen how you struggled on long runs with zero energy and total depletion. I also know you are a smart girl and know how to take care of yourself. It had to be scary and frustrating!!! Keeping you in my thoughts! :)

Thanks Maurine, I will. It's new news to me.

Smooth -- I talked to Jeannie I. and she was the one who told me to see an endocrinologist (after telling her brother about what I've been through with the doctors). Anyway, there are 3 kinds of hypoglycemia and all of them are caused by diffent things and treated differently. Also, I need more scans of my pancreas in case there is an insulin emitting tumor there...It's oversized, but they were scanning my liver at the time and didn't pay very much attention to it. I really thought hypoglycemia was a fake thing made up by women who don't eat right. I am the queen of whole wheat, oats, and barley (9 grain cereals and whole wheat black licorice are my favorite treats). I've always downplayed your comments about how I don't eat on long runs and being glycogen depleated. But the problem has always been that I'm never hungry before I run, and once I'm running, it upsets my stomach too much to eat (especially the gels, or gatorades or oranges). So once I've lost the blood sugar, I'm down for the count for at least 30 minutes after I've ingested something--if it doesn't go right through me. Now, I'm way out of shape since taking up "jogging". But once I get back to running longer distances I need to try eating real food like a granola bar, milk, or black molassas licorice (even mint candies for emergency cases) every 30 or so minutes or so to see if it helps. That's just the food part of it. It still needs to be determined if it's the overproduction of insulin that's causing the low blood sugar or what. Anyway, it sucks and it's pretty much ruined my life this past year. I've missed running with Catherine, and withmy friends this summer. I hate being left out, but my crash at Utah Valley after a horrible winter of training was so bad I had to pull back and reassess what was going on. My husband literally thought I was killing myself and blamed the running. It's just taken so long, and so many tests later I am just getting to the bottom of it. Anyway--thanks for your ongoing advice, as always.

That was my initial thought that you need to see an endocrinologist and perhaps something is out of wack with the pancreas. I just don't know enough to make any suggestion or any good doctor. I didn't have Dwight's number so I called Jeannie (not your Jeannie, but her sis-in-law, both married the Inouye brothers). Anyhow I'm glad you got a referral.

Hypoglycemia can be life-threatening and needs to be monitored, like you say according to the cause. You are stronger and tougher than you give yourself credit. You have been thru the wringer this past 12-18 months. Keeping my fingers crossed that you will finally find answers and solutions so you can claim your health back and able to do the things you love. I have missed running with you terribly! Hang in there! Hugs and love!