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Update again- nearing my 1 yr anniversary. This has been a year from Hell for me. I was recently diagnosed with Dysautonomia, which is a very complicated condition and had drastically come to full bore due to the surgery. My RNYGB has helped my diabetes in some ways but not in others. My overall A1c is much lower now- 7.9 down from 16.6 a year ago and I am OFF insulin (was on 400 units a day, still on 2500 mg Metformin) BUT I have very brittle diabetes developing now- get crazy highs and Lows within an hr sometimes! All over the map. The biggest problem for me is that I had a RNYGB and should have insisted on just the intestinal portion of it, should have left the stomach alone I think. I cannot eat or drink enough to keep myself stabilized now- I thought I was going to get a larger stomach pouch than a normal RNY but the surgeon did not do that. And a result, I have great difficulty getting enough nutrition in now. If you are underweight diabetic going into this surgery make sure they leave more pouch OR get a different surgery done! Anyone with a BMI under 30 really got too have a good handle on what they are doing! I weigh 130lbs now and still losing. Was happy with weight loss for awhile but now its too much and I am not a healthy 130lbs! Please do lots of research and know exactly what you are up against!
Hi J2 O !!
I am type 1 with a BMI of 31, I take insulin shots ( nph, and humalog) I do not have a cgm or a pump, pcos and hypothyroidism
and I am considering the gastric sleeve, but not a 100% convinced , I know your post is from 08 , I would like to know after all these years how are you doing?,any regrets or advises?
I have been successfully losing weight since August 2014 (26 lbs so far) but my blood sugar has gone crazy after years of being stable on 500 mg of Metformin even though my weight was slowly increasing. I am now at 2000mg of Metformin and my fasting blood sugar is still too high and I have glucose spilling in my urine. What the heck!?! Anyone have this experience? Any suggestions?
Thanks so much for your honest reply. My A1c is going up every 3-4 months. It was at 6 but has elevated to 9.5 and I'm getting worried. I think I'm hesitating on this surgery because of all the negative talk that I hear about it. I know a lot has changed w/complications, but I still worry about which ones I my have. I also worry about losing too much and body image. I am much smaller in the leg and thigh area and know that plastics will be needed for my tummy. I am now 60 and wonder if it's worth it. My daughter told my husband "why don't I just go ahead and live my life as is". fortunately for me, I AM doing this so that I can continue to live my life. You know, since writing out these words, I never realized that by having the surgery could actually do that for me. Even though I've heard it many times before.
Post gastric bypass 4 months prior to admission presented with 2 weeks of numbness and weakness in lower extremities requiring me to use a walker at home to ambulate. Also noted vomiting 2-3 times per day since bypass.
There are couple of good websites available namely farmaline.in, drugstore.com, mercurydrug.com, healthkartplus.com, canadadrugs.com and so on. I wish your son to be in good health soon
Hi,
This has been a rough journey for me, saying that, would I do it again, I would relunctantly say... YES. I have been diagnosed with Dysautonomia with postural hypotentsion since having the surgery in Jan 2014- it was brought on by the surgery they think. I have had a bit of a trade off. My diabetes continues to improve- I am no longer on insulin/just on Metformin still and my sugars fluctuate more than before but overall are much better. I have lows now (3-4's) and some high bg still (up to 15 once in awhile and the odd spike into the 20's) but overall I am much more stabilized- my HgA1C was 7.4- down from 16.6 a year ago! My diet has slowly improved too- can eat some small amounts of solids now BUT be prepared to have a totally different way of eating after the RNY. I eat 10-12 times a day- a grazer now, never eat an actual meal at one setting! If I eat too much or something that doesn't agree with me- I am in the can vomiting and it triggers my dysautonomia symptoms, which are NO fun! You life revolves around food, I have to be constantly trying to eat or drink something- which is the opposite almost of what I used to do before the surgery. My diabetes was so bad before that I hardly ate or drank anything! I have lost weight- now weigh around 130lbs. Life is good though, as I still am alive. I likely wouldn't be if I hadn't had the RNY, no easy answers for me though. Best of luck to you!
My A1C is a 9 so I'm ready to do this. After 5 yrs with the band, my diabetes was out of control and remains out of control even though it was removed 5 months ago. I am a light weight going into this but I need help with my blood sugars. I've had too many family members to struggle with this before the end and I will try hard not to back out. Pray for me!
How has everyone been doing since these last posts? I am anticipating RNY soon and would love to hear from you and everyone whose going through this. My diabetes is out of control and I will be doing it for that reason also. Please keep in touch!
