DS and Diabetes- 10+ years out

hey everybody,

if your diabetes hasn't returned in close to 10 years or more, please share your experience.

• Were you insulin dependent pre DS?
• How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS?
• How long after your DS did your sugars normalize?
• Your common channel length?
• What's your carb intake like? Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently?

For anyone whose numbers might be starting to rise a bit, do you find the DS makes it easier to control your blood sugar?

thanks in advance.

Unusual for it to come back at all!!!

• Were you insulin dependent pre DS?

No

• How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS?

3 years. (I am 13.5 years out from surgery)

• How long after your DS did your sugars normalize?

day after surgery

• Your common channel length?

100 cm

• What's your carb intake like?

Small amount (2-3 tablespoons) of bread/rice/potatoes usually at every meal. Pasta almost never. Dessert less than once a wee**** cream twice a week.

• Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently?

My A1c is checked twice a year and it's usually around 5-5.5. Once it was 4.5 and they did 24 hour glucose monitoring. Always low BG, but very low at 2am. Since I tend toward hypoglycemia now, I eat every few hours.

if your diabetes hasn't returned in close to 10 years or more, please share your experience. 11.5 yrs out

• Were you insulin dependent pre DS? YES
• How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS? 1 yr from my first insulin shot
• How long after your DS did your sugars normalize? Next day
• Your common channel length? 100cm
• What's your carb intake like? I generally eat what I want. Save bread and pasta until dinner. Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently? No, latest A1C was 5.2

For anyone whose numbers might be starting to rise a bit, do you find the DS makes it easier to control your blood sugar?

As it relates to my wife:

• Were you insulin dependent pre DS? No, though just short of it and on as many meds as they had
• How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS?
• How long after your DS did your sugars normalize?
• Your common channel length?
• What's your carb intake like? Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently?

Trying to finish this!

• How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS? about 20 years.

• How long after your DS did your sugars normalize? the better part of a year.

• Your common channel length? 100cm

• What's your carb intake like? Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently? carb intake is not a consideration, though she is gluten intolerant these days. A1c is consistently normal.

Thank you guys for responding. Three more questions if it's okay.

• What was your age at diagnosis?
• Do you believe you had impaired glucose tolerance for a while before diagnosis?
• If you recall your hba1c and fasting numbers at diagnosis, please share.

Last stats I saw many years ago had the DS as a 98% "cure" rate for type 2 -- meaning it never comes back for 98% of the patients that get it.