Hi,

  I was wondering how long did you wait till you had your ds... I am one year out on the gastric sleeve but my diabetes has not gone away or slowed down... I was thinking of having the ds now and what my chances would be of remission of the diabetes... thanks for any input.. I am only down 55 lbs..

            susan...

Welcome! There's a 98% cure rate for type II diabetes with the DS. You might want to do some reading on www.dsfacts.com. It's a great resource and has a good list of vetted DS surgeons. There are a couple of DS surgeons in PA and a few in NJ / NY.

--gina
 

Thank you, I really dont want to be that 2% that it will not go away.. I did go to a Dr near phila and there psych and my psych could not get together.. so a surgeon here in the Wilkes barre area who I had loved and trusted started doing the gastric sleeve so I went for it.. I did well and I was down 60 lbs over the year but since gained 5 back..  but my main concern was the diabetes I thought I would have seen a drastic change but have not.. Now I am hoping the surgeon I went to before will take me again and do the DS not sure how that is going to work.. thanks for the input and listening..

               susan.

There aren't a lot of surgeons who know how to do the DS so don't get discouraged if the one you have doesn't do it. Shop around and use that list on DSFacts. Good luck. :)

--g
 

thanks i was afraid noone would fix another sugeons surgery.. but  i guess the ds is a two part surgery any way so i guess another surgeon could revise it .. thanks i will check out that website.

           susan

I read somewhere that there was a SIGNIFICANT improvement in the remaining percentage.  These links may be of interest:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/diabetes/3751535/If-you-ar e-Type-2-and-considering-WLS/ 
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4468495/DS-and-Type-2 -Diabetes-Predictive-Factors-in-CURE/ 

I'll be 21 months out by the time I'm switched (longer than I'd hoped, but I had to sort out finances).  I'm pre-diabetic so hope this will do the trick for me.

FWIW it's some non-obese people get the DS part of their intestines done without a sleeve purely for diabetes resolution.  See here  http://www.diabetesforums.com/forum/type-2-diabetes/53802-cu re.html 

HTH

thanks for the websites i will check them out..

       susan

 We used to live in Wilkes -Barre. Ask how many D.S.es the surgeon has done. Is he on the OH vetted list? My surgeon does revisions from other surgeons surgeries. You should choose a surgeon with lots of experience, for safety sake. Maryland has some surgeons to look into, not too far for you, and NY has several great D.S. surgeons. I would look there first.

Hi,

  Did the ds work for you?

   susan

I'm 5 years post-sleeve.  I wish I had done it sooner, though. 

Hi Susan,

I am 4.5 years out...stopped losing at 1 year out...gained about 30 from lowest...I am heading for surgery on June 25th :) couldn't be more excited.

I lost a total of 110 pounds...but with the regain...only 80 gone.

Good luck on your decision...my doctor assured me that I will get down to about 150....so looking forward to that point...

thank you hope everything goes well for you.

 susan

Hi - so you're going from VSG to DS? 

Hi,

 I am thinking about it.. Do you know anything about it?

       SUSAN

Hi,

  Just wondering what are you having done? thanks

 susan

well...I'm not 100% on anything yet....if I do, I "think" sleeve, but not exactly sure...

 Hi Aimee,
I know you will have a better chance of reaching your goal weight with the addition of the D.S. Grand Health Partners is a super place. Who is your surgeon for the revision? I love the results of my virgin  D.S., and the help from all the professionals at GHP.  ;-)