Diabetes

Robin
on 5/29/17 11:33 am - Walled Lake, MI

Happy Memorial Day,

Is anyone still Diabetic after having weight loss surgery? I am 14 years post -op and still Diabetic, having issues finding a medication I can tolerate without side effects.

Thanks...

White Dove
on 5/29/17 1:56 pm - Warren, OH

I am still diabetic. I was 59 years old and had been diabetic for 20 years before having surgery.

There is no diabetes medication I have ever been prescribed that does not have side effects.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Robin
on 5/29/17 2:20 pm - Walled Lake, MI

What are you taking?

White Dove
on 5/29/17 4:45 pm - Warren, OH

Insulin. I get low blood sugar if I don't eat on schedule.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Robin
on 5/30/17 6:31 pm - Walled Lake, MI

Thanks for your reply.

Gina 22 years out
on 5/29/17 4:24 pm - Burleson, TX

Yes. I am of the mindset we are never "cured" of Diabetes, but hopefully better "managed". It took me 10 months to completely come off insulin, post op, and another 6 months, to come off oral meds. My Diabetes is now MANAGED, with nutrition and lifestyle choices...and I know I have the power to screw that up, at any time, because I have DONE it, a few times, over the past 15 years...

What "side effects", to meds, are you speaking of?

RNY 4-22-02...

LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155

We Can Do Hard Things

Robin
on 5/30/17 6:32 pm - Walled Lake, MI

Thank you

Cathy H.
on 5/29/17 5:26 pm
VSG on 10/31/16

I was diagnosed Type 2 in July 2014. I managed it with diet for the first 18 months, but could never get my BS below 160. I went on metformin 6 months prior to surgery, and it helped bring my BS down to the 128 range. I stopped taking the metformin 2 weeks prior to surgery, and haven't taken it since.

With the weight loss and diet changes post-surgery, like Gwen, I am managing my diabetes. My BS stays between 95-105 most of the time, with only rare after-meal spikes.

Livin' La KETO Loca!!
134 lbs lost since surgery, 195 overall!! Initial goal reached 9/15/17, (10.5 months)!
5'3", SW*: 299 GW: 175 HW 3/2015: 360 PSW* 5/2016: 330 *PSW=Prog Start Wt; SW=Surgery Wt

M1 -31, M2 -10, M3 -15, M4 -16, M5 -8, M6 -6, M7 -11, M8 -8, M9 -8, M10 -4, M10.5 -7 GOAL

White Dove
on 5/29/17 8:59 pm - Warren, OH

Having surgery within the first seven years after diagnosis seems to be the point where the pancreas still produces enough insulin to manage without medications

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Gina 22 years out
on 5/30/17 5:03 am - Burleson, TX

I agree. Mine was roughly 5 years...was on injectable insulin 3 years, I think

RNY 4-22-02...

LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155

We Can Do Hard Things

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