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If your diabetes "goes away" after surgery, you are not a LADA/Type 1.5.
I'm jealous of all you straight Type 2's - gotta say! :-) But, still very happy with my surgery and the improvements I'm saying
You are absolutely incorrect. The articles below show that the Duodenal Switch cures Diabeties as well or BETTER than the RNY. Just read the conclusions and you'll see.
1. " Bileopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch Lowers Both Early and Late Phases of Glucose, Insulin and Proinsulin Responses After Meal."
http://www.dsfacts.com/Type-2-Diabetes-Cure.html
2. Duodenal switch provides superior resolution of metabolic comorbidities independent of weight loss in the super-obese (BMI > or = 50 kg/m2) compared with gastric bypass.
Prachand et al. Feb 2010
PubMed Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Increased body mass index is associated with greater incidence and severity of obesity-related comorbidities and inadequate postbariatric surgery weight loss. Accordingly, comorbidity resolution is an important measure of surgical outcome in super-obese individuals. We previously reported superior weight loss in super-obese patients following duodenal switch (DS) compared to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in a large single institution series. We now report follow-up comparison of comorbidity resolution and correlation with weight loss.
METHODS: Data from patients undergoing DS and RYGB between August 2002 and October 2005 were prospectively collected and used to identify super-obese patients with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Ali-Wolfe scoring was used to describe comorbidity severity. Chi-square analysis was used to compare resolution and two-sample t tests used to compare weight loss between patients whose comorbidities resolved and persisted.
RESULTS: Three hundred fifty super-obese patients [DS (n=198), RYGB (n=152)] were identified. Incidence and severity of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and GERD was comparable in both groups while diabetes was less common but more severe in the DS group (24.2% vs. 35.5%, Ali-Wolfe 3.27 vs. 2.94, p
Reconstructive surgery, under construction!
Lower Body Lift - 12/14/2011 - Atlanta VA Medical Center
Brachioplasty & Mastopexy w/Augmentation - 03/14/2012 - Dr Marisa Lawrence
on 1/4/12 1:14 am - Woodbridge, VA
on 1/4/12 1:12 am - Woodbridge, VA
Just a point of clarification/correction - the RNY is not a proven type 2 diabetes cure in that it does not work 100% of the time and is not always a PERMANENT cure. It's also not the "only" proven cure. The DS has a higher success rate at resolving type 2 diabetes than the RNY plus has better long-term statistics for keeping the diabetes in remission (or cured or whatever word you want to use).
More info available in my profile and right here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/diabetes/3751535/If-you-ar e-Type-2-and-considering-WLS/
