If I had diabetes, and was choosing a surgery now, I would want a DS. diabetes is resolved, and long term weight loss is great.
Good luck either way.

 i am 6 mos out and i am so unsure about how many carbs we are to have....i track my food log and it always come out to 50-80gms per day...i had the sleeve done and i feel this amount is high. Now that i excercise more my sugars drop and i have to take snacks to bring it back up. This is what causes my carb count to be high......any suggestions?????

Best of luck with the appeal.  I think it's important to keep advocating for yourself as calmly and professionally as you can, and to utilize your medical team to do the same. 

I read the same thread as you so tell me how I missed any poster "surgery bashing." I see a confused OP asking for help and several other helpful members offering their knowledge & experience. They actively replied and offered up valuable info for OP clarifying facts and clear away misguided myths regarding the DS, VSG and RNY based on verifiable stats, studies. Regardless of which surgery they had I still kept an open mind and found it honest & very informative. I will be discussing some of it further with my surgeon. Anyway aren't we all swayed in one direction or the other that's why we have chosen the surgery we feel is best for us. I see you are an upcoming RNY I guess that's why you are so sensitive about your RNY choice and throwing out the bashing accusation. Perhaps with an open mind you will reread the thread and see it differently but All CAPS wasn't really needed IMO. Try to remember we are all here for information and support. We do try to use nicer ways to express a difference in opinion than typing in ALL CAPS. I wish all the best in your upcoming surgery and a speedy recovery.      


** I agree that for any surgery, you need to put in the work it requires in order to have the best results as it is the same for anything one must do in life. We go forth with our best foot forward to succeed.  

I can relate. I've had type 1 for 23 years now. My A1C hovered around 10 for years. I even seizure with extreme lows. I wasn't living--I was dying slowly. I finally agreed to the insulin pump about 7 years ago. It truly saved my life!! I was so tired of being sick. I had to try something different. Please, please consider the pump. Its scary, I know, but can life-saving. I was not a good compliant diabetic patient so I got lots of lectures from doctors, but nowadays I think they are listening to their patients more. We are not perfect. We all eat differently and some of us have issues with food. Thats the reality. Before I had my gastric bypass last June, I had to work on getting my A1C down to 8. It took about 9 months of working closely with the diabetes nurses, but I wanted to lose weight so bad that I did it. I couldn't lose weight on my own and in fact gained 30 pounds without doing anything. Please look at your options in life and not give-up!! With my surgery, I've lost over 100 pounds within 9 months!! I still eat whatever I want, just smaller portions. If you need to talk more, my e-mail is [email protected]. Please take care-there is hope!!