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Topic: RE: hypooglycemic
I know some threads here have mentioned hypoglycemia as an issue several years out from surgery.
I'd get an appointment with the endocrinologist or surgery staff right away to try and get some answers.
Good luck!
I'd get an appointment with the endocrinologist or surgery staff right away to try and get some answers.
Good luck!
Topic: RE: Insulin injections and weight gain
I've been using insulin for almost 25 years and yes, it does tend to cause weight gain. Insulin promotes fat storage so, if you are a Type 2 diabetic that makes (but can't use) your own insulin and then you inject more, you tend to gain weight.
I gained about 90 pounds from the time I went on insulin until I had RNY in September. I had the surgery to improve my diabetes control, not so much for weight loss. I am a Type 1 diabetic, so insulin will always be a part of my life. I will just have to manage it.
In 5 months, I've lost abuot 50 pounds and am on MUCH less medicine and getting more out of the insulin I do inject. That's the nice thing about reducing your body weight - generally you need less medicine. If you are a type 2 diabetic, you may not need much, if any, medicine after surgery. If you are type 1, like me, you'll still need it, but you'll probably also need less.
Please remember that, if you have RNY vs. Lap band, the procedure is both restrictive (you eat less because you have less room) and malabsorptive (your body does not absorb calories in the same way), There is also something that happens in the upper part of the intestines that has a very positive effect on the way your body processes food - and many Type 2's have an immediate impact. Some leave the hospital on no medication after surgery. Mine was greatly reduced immediately, although getting the right insulin doses for me took some time.
Good luck!
I gained about 90 pounds from the time I went on insulin until I had RNY in September. I had the surgery to improve my diabetes control, not so much for weight loss. I am a Type 1 diabetic, so insulin will always be a part of my life. I will just have to manage it.
In 5 months, I've lost abuot 50 pounds and am on MUCH less medicine and getting more out of the insulin I do inject. That's the nice thing about reducing your body weight - generally you need less medicine. If you are a type 2 diabetic, you may not need much, if any, medicine after surgery. If you are type 1, like me, you'll still need it, but you'll probably also need less.
Please remember that, if you have RNY vs. Lap band, the procedure is both restrictive (you eat less because you have less room) and malabsorptive (your body does not absorb calories in the same way), There is also something that happens in the upper part of the intestines that has a very positive effect on the way your body processes food - and many Type 2's have an immediate impact. Some leave the hospital on no medication after surgery. Mine was greatly reduced immediately, although getting the right insulin doses for me took some time.
Good luck!
Topic: hypooglycemic
I have been trying to find the right place to ask if anyone might have developed a sugar problem after several years out of surgery? I have never had a problem until the last couple months.
I also am gaining weight and fast. Right now I would be slight or right at over weight and I can't beleive how fast I am gaining. I watch what I eat but something I am doing wrong ! Any one help me out here, I would appreciate it.
Blessings, Gin Gin
I also am gaining weight and fast. Right now I would be slight or right at over weight and I can't beleive how fast I am gaining. I watch what I eat but something I am doing wrong ! Any one help me out here, I would appreciate it.
Blessings, Gin Gin
Topic: Insulin injections and weight gain
Hi, everyone--
From reading all your posts. I gather insulin is almost guaranteed to put weight on. I switched from metformin when my sugar went out of control. Ever since I have gained 50 lbs on top of the 100 I was overweight from psych meds. Now I am closer to 300 than 200 lbs, and at 5'1 I am in deep trouble so am considering surgery. How hard is this? I need a reality check.
From reading all your posts. I gather insulin is almost guaranteed to put weight on. I switched from metformin when my sugar went out of control. Ever since I have gained 50 lbs on top of the 100 I was overweight from psych meds. Now I am closer to 300 than 200 lbs, and at 5'1 I am in deep trouble so am considering surgery. How hard is this? I need a reality check.
Topic: RE: New to Group looking into GB to help with diabetes
Congrats on getting this far with it and on considering ways to make things better for you! I am a Type 1.5 diabetic so I certainly understand the idea of being "wedded" to medication. I had RNY in September 2011 and things are definitely improving. Because I am the type that I am, I still need insulin at every meal, but I have significantly reduced oral meds and made some very positive headway in reducing the amount of insulin I need. It's still a little bit of a moving target, but I'm definitely moving in the right direction. I did this to improve my overall health - and not for weight loss. That was not my motivator and still isn't.
I think the most important issue is that YOU want the surgery and understand what you are getting into and then, of course, your husband too. Everyone else? It doesn't matter. They are going to judge you regardless of what you do. And, if they are saying the kinds of things now that you say they are, they are not supportive of you now either. So, are you really losing anything? When they see results, they may change their tune or they may not. Again, does it matter? I don't think so, but you need to answer that question for yourself.
My mom used to say, "if you are picking on me, you are leaving someone else alone..." I agree. I also think that it's so easy to judge, rather than turn the mirror on yourself and challenge yourself to grow and change and be better. That's a comment about your family, not you, by the way......
Best of luck to you and keep posting and moving ahead. This is a big step. Ultimately, YOU are the one who has to take it and keep investing in yourself and your success. No one else.
I think the most important issue is that YOU want the surgery and understand what you are getting into and then, of course, your husband too. Everyone else? It doesn't matter. They are going to judge you regardless of what you do. And, if they are saying the kinds of things now that you say they are, they are not supportive of you now either. So, are you really losing anything? When they see results, they may change their tune or they may not. Again, does it matter? I don't think so, but you need to answer that question for yourself.
My mom used to say, "if you are picking on me, you are leaving someone else alone..." I agree. I also think that it's so easy to judge, rather than turn the mirror on yourself and challenge yourself to grow and change and be better. That's a comment about your family, not you, by the way......
Best of luck to you and keep posting and moving ahead. This is a big step. Ultimately, YOU are the one who has to take it and keep investing in yourself and your success. No one else.
Topic: New to Group looking into GB to help with diabetes
Hi I am new to this group... I have met with a surgeon and I am a perfect low risk candidate for RXY surgery, I have all the comorbitities that go with obesity but yet I am not "that" big. My husband is supportive, and my friends, but my family is not. I am lloking for otheres who have had this issue and how you handled it. I know I am going to be successful at this but they just say what got you to this point is all your fault and why put yourself through this to fail. I cannot get them to understand that it has TONS to do with the diabetes which will resolve after surgery. They don't get it, and furthermore they have no idea what it is like to be married to medication, it runs my life!!!! From having to remember refils to shopping around to filling my pill organizer every 2 weeks! It sucks. I have to hoard extra medicine for when we go on vacation because if I am to run out while we are gone, I am screwed! Anyhow, My husband is my biggest cheerleader as he has seen me deteriorate in the last 3 years at a rapid rate. If I have his support I can be confident in my decision to have procedure done. I just wish I could get them to understand!
Topic: RE: "Proving" diabetes to the insurance company...
Good luck with your Surgeon visit tomorrow.
Topic: RE: "Proving" diabetes to the insurance company...
Thanks Jean. I think I'm just being overly paranoid/prepared. Because of working in the Endo world I fight with insurance companies every day over this stuff. But I've never had a situation like mine. Usually its just insulin dependant vs non insulin dependant. Some of these insurance companies are insane though.. like only allowing for a type one teenager to check blood sugars 3x a day. Oh, ok so they're not allowed to ever snack, get sick, go through puberty, or have a period, or exercise. I told one lady... Congrats, your company has come up with the cure for diabetes. Kill them all off. LOL.
So.. with having THAT attitude towards insurance companies I'm just sitting here like all guns drawn and ready to go! haha.
First visit with the surgeon is tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll learn more and talk to their insurance lady about all of this.
Thanks for the response though :)
So.. with having THAT attitude towards insurance companies I'm just sitting here like all guns drawn and ready to go! haha.
First visit with the surgeon is tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll learn more and talk to their insurance lady about all of this.
Thanks for the response though :)
Topic: RE: "Proving" diabetes to the insurance company...
Hi
My A1c was 5.9 when it first meeting with my Surgeon and my A1C's have been in the 6.X range for a number of years, also on a pump. Type 2.
I don't think you have to worry, you have been diagnosed and i dint think it is a negative to the insurance company that you keep the diabetes in check. it doesn't change the fact we are diabetic.
It is a Co-morbidity either way.
My A1c was 5.9 when it first meeting with my Surgeon and my A1C's have been in the 6.X range for a number of years, also on a pump. Type 2.
I don't think you have to worry, you have been diagnosed and i dint think it is a negative to the insurance company that you keep the diabetes in check. it doesn't change the fact we are diabetic.
It is a Co-morbidity either way.
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