almost 9 months out and in such a funk!! (long)

Yes, I'm really anxious to have another HgbA1c done.  The last two were 4.7 before surgery then 5.1 after.  Went up.   I'm just so afraid of having full blown diabetes.  One of the reasons I had VSG was to NOT have it.  Only time will tell.  ~Jennifer

I bet you are happy you did this while you are young! Good luck on all the weight loss!

Your blood glucose is fine.  Lower than the normal range, or even the low end of the normal range, isn't necessarily better.  Your body works hard to keep itself above 70 by metabolizing stored fat into glucose or utilizing glycogen stores from your muscles.  It would be concerning if you were consistently lower.

Sorry for the frustration about the slow loss.  I've lost big amounts of weight before, and those last 10 pounds seem to take forever to drop, and it seems like other people have gotten used to the thinner person, so they don't pay as much attention at the end.

Focus on the good things that you're doing and enjoy the process instead of waiting to celebrate when you reach goal.  Maybe you could make a list of all the NSVs you've had since you started your journey.  Gratitude can be a big mood changer.

Hi there, beautiful lady (love your avatar pic).  You sound like you know a thing or two about blood sugar levels.   
Yes, a positive attitude is so important.  I do need to remind myself of all the NSV over the past 9 months.
Thanks for the kind words and best of luck to you on your journey.  ~Jennifer

 Hi hon.  I understand where you are.  I was diagnosed with diabetes last Jan, which prompted me to have this surgery.  I can tell you that before this surgery by fasting glucose was over 100 while on meds.  My doctor told me that in a way it was good because it meant that my pancreas was creating a good amount of insulin.  My other levels (with meds) were pretty normal - so for me it was the fasting number that was the most abnormal.  He said that he wanted to watch my insulin closely and might put me on meds for hyperinsulemia to help this number.

I guess what I am trying to say is maybe check your insulin levels.  Perhaps getting on some meds may help alleviate the problem.   Just because your insulin is high does not necessarily mean that you will return to diabetic especially if you manage it with meds as well as the good diet and exercise you are doing.

I would venture to say that there are a lot of people out there with diabetes that would kill for the numbers that you have.  

Take care and try not to worry - you are not at a worry point yet and it is still early :)

Michelle

Thanks for the support, mleena.  The best of luck to you on your journey.  ~Jennifer

Jennifer--I am exactly in the same head-space you are.  I am 60, have been a critical care nurse for 35 years and am finally retired.  Had the surgery 7 months ago at 290 pounds.  I have lost 90 pounds and weigh 199 this morning.  My fasting sugars are over 100--usually run from 105-109.  I know the American Diabetic Association has lowered their numbers considerably and the age-old mantra of having a "good" FBS of 90-110 is now considered actually in the danger zone.  I have read a ton on the subject.  Not only are my sugars worse after surgery (I was never diagnosed with DM), but my lipid panel is worse too, and my A1C is 5.9.  I am also very depressed about all this, especially when you read testimonial after testimonial from insulin dependent diabetics that are off all meds within a few weeks.   However, I have another 70 pounds to lose, so I hang onto a whisper of hope.  Also I am getting off my last cardiac med, Atenolol, in the next 20 pounds, and am hoping maybe that might be a contributor (one never knows about meds---I just read an article linking beta blockers with the glucose receptors on cells and the connection with impaired weight loss).  I told my doctor how concerned I was and he responded his sugars are running in the low 100's too and he does not like it one bit either. (He is tall and thin).   He told me that if I have any belly fat, they will prob remain high.  Therefore, I am going to lose until I am really on the low BMI side---and plan to reduce my belly fat to the absolute minimum I am able to do.  The only thing I can suggest for you is to get your belly fat down to the absolute minimum you can.  I, like you,  also exercise like a mad woman and keep my carbs below 30 every day.    You and I may enter the bariatric surgery annals as the only 2 people whose VSG actually triggered the onset of diabetes.  Just kidding, but dang anyway.  Put your testing kit away until you hit goal, or below goal, until you are off all meds, your belly fat is completely gone, and then test again.  Good luck!
PS--here is a good link, too, Jennifer--http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16422495.php

Thank you onehappygirl, for that wonderful response.  So sorry you're going through this very thing.  However, it's nice having someone who can relate.  I do have most of my fat in the belly area as well. 
I decided today to take your advise and say the hell with checking my fasting bs.  I'm gonna lose the rest of my wt, get my blood work done, and go from there.
Let's keep in touch!  ~Jennifer

Onehappygirl, do you have that link to the article about beta blockers and impaired weight loss? I am on Inderal for BP and wonder if I should check into a different BP med...

Hi!  I did not keep that one particular article, per se, but I just googled "beta blockers, glucose, weight loss" and a bunch of similar articles came up.  One in particular really tied beta blockers into early onset diabetes.  Here is the link to that one:  http://depts.washington.edu/gim/calendar/hmcjc_abstracts/JCM ar08Article.pdf
Go to link and especially read the end part of the report titled "discussion."  I am really in a hurry to get off my beta blockers now.  The latest research on them is kinda scary.  I wonder if all our docs are up to date on all this beta blocker research.  Talk to your doc.  Good luck to you too.