I did not know about the sleeve.  All I knew about was the RNY and Lap Band.  My daughter had the RNY 2 years before me and did very well so I just decided to go with RNY.  I did not know about this board before surgery so you have a huge advantage over me to be able to do some research on the different weight loss surgeries.     debbie

I just saw your post.  I am on the Insulin Pump and I had the RNY April 17th, 2012.  I have been a diabetic for 20 years and I knew going into the RNY Surgery that my chances of remission were slim.  My A1C before surgery was 12.4 and I had to have it down to 8.5 before they would do surgery.  I have lost 100 pounds and my A1C is around 7.5   I use to be on 100 to 120 units a day, I am now on 25 units a day.  Feel good and not on as much medication.  I was on Insulin, Symlin, and Metformin.  I am only on Insulin.  I did not go into remission but I am a lot better off today than I was.  I would do this all over again!!  I didn't hesitate to have the RNY and in fact I was a self pay my insurance would not cover.  I also had Sleep Apnea and that is gone with the weight loss.  I know this is a difficult decision and not one to take lightly but if you are asking me if I would do again - YES YES YES!!!          debbie

Greetings! I am a long term T2D taking 5 injections a day consisting of lantus, novolog & victoza. I have been a T2D 13 years, insulin dependent for 10. My surgeon is really pushing RNY, but I am hesitant that at the end of the day....I'll be taking insulin and having malabsorption issues. I know that my quality of life (less insulin with weight loss) will improve with either choice, but future issues concern me.  I am very interested in choices people made w/ similar cir****tances and their outcomes post-op. My final decision date is 12/13/13. Thank you in advance for sharing!

Hello Deactivated or Edward...

I thought I had fully explained myself in my earlier thread....My Medicare health insurance covered everything and not only that continues to follow me even 10 yrs post txp.  I don't know what that website is about you referred me to.  I, personally wouldn't use them.

If you need a kidney txp, you are automatically placed on Medicare and SS.  There was a time limit if you do not have health insurance currently....I think even Medicaid kicks in but not certain on that one.

Identify yourself and if I can answer any questions you have I would certainly try.  

Again good luck to you and if you are having any kidney problems be sure to see a specialist kidney doc or nephrologist.

alese inFL

I posted here several months ago that I had been told by my doctor in January of this year that he was going to put me on insulin.  As of today, 11/22/13 my blood sugar is perfectly normal.  My fasting sugar is between 80 and 90 and checked two hours after meals it is never over 125.  Since I started this journey in January I have lost 80 pounds and I have not weighed what I now weigh since I was 25.  I'm not there yet though I still have about 65 pounds to go to meet my goal.  I feel fantastic, I have energy I haven't had since I was 22 and running marathons and lifting weights daily.  My last A1C about 3 months ago was 6.8 and because I have kept very close track of my blood sugar I know it will be around 5.5 this next time.  I started exercising an hour a day 5 days a week but discovered that I do better and lose more weight doing cardio for 30 minutes a day and adding resistance training along with the cardio.  I also do high intensity interval training two times a week.  The feeling in my numb feet is coming back and they feel almost normal again.

The one thing that surprised me about the diabetes was that bad fats like trans fat and hydrogenated oils are the real culprits more than sugar for causing diabetes.  The bad fats go into your body and your body absorbs them as it would good fats because it can't tell the difference.  The problem is that those fats go into your cells and make the cell walls rigid when they are supposed to be pliable and it causes the insulin receptors on the cell walls not to function properly.  So when you eat sugar and your body releases insulin that insulin attaches to the glucose in your blood and tries to attach to the cell wall receptors to be absorbed and used as fuel but because the cell walls are now rigid from the bad fats the insulin loaded with glucose just bounces off the cell walls and just keeps floating around in your blood.  Eventually the insulin releases the glucose and your blood becomes overloaded with glucose.  That is what causes type 2 diabetes and why it is so hard for someone with diabetes to cure it.  Unless you stop eating the bad fats and start eating good healthy omega 3 fats like flaxseed oil your body never repairs its cells and you just become more and more insulin resistant.  Your body needs more and more insulin to handle all the glucose floating around in your blood but your body is never really able to utilize the glucose as it should.  That's why you feel tired and lethargic with no energy with type 2 diabetes.  Anyway, I am living proof that type 2 diabetes can be cured naturally.  Don't lose hope you can do it too!!!