Bumping because some people obviously aren't reading past the first page of the diabetes forum...   :)

Lacey, I am a recently diagnosed type II, and am also going the surgery route to impact on the diabetes. From my reasearch it seems that theduodenal switch is the surgery that resolves 98% of all type 2... I am getting a VSG because my surgeon thinks it is a better ratio of risk vs benefit in my case, but overall the best success is with the DS.

Lacey - you are on the right path.  Best of luck to you.

I had a million questions prior to the surgery about how to treat my lows.  I sometimes drop down in the middle of the night and just felt that I needed to be comfortable with how I was going to help myself. 

First, I have found that I need MUCH less to treat lows that I did previously.  I think it must be because everything goes straight into your blood stream.  But, I used to need a solid 6-8 ounces of juice to get back up.  Now, I need about 1-2 ounces and I'm fine.  And I don't have the rebound blood sugars that I used to have either.  The lows are so much easier to treat now - that was a big surprise to me and alleviated a big concern.

I have not experienced dumping at all - another worry that I had.  And, even if you do have some, you'll likely need a lot less carbs to get your blood sugar back up.  I had these exact kinds of questions prior to surgery, but I couldn't find answers to them.  I am glad that you made it here. 

I applaud you for wanting to understand what you are getting into.  I was very scared too, and did a lot of years of research.  I saw three surgeons before I decided on the person to do mine.  Unfortunately, 2 out of the 3 were just all focused on the weight loss and didn't really engage with my concerns/issues about diabetic management.  The surgeon that I chose in the end was the only one that did - he got that I was more concerned about a positive impact on diabetes and helped me with my questions and concerns.  I was actually referred to him by an endocrinologist, and so I felt very good about his level of engagement on this.  That was critical to me, and continues to be.

 I have not had too many problems with it. For 2 weeks prior to surgery I was on protien shakes only and I had to adjust my settings in the pump. after the first 2 days, I dropped my basal rates by 50% then after a week, I dropped them another 25% (if I did need to correct a low I took poweraid). Even on surgery day and the week after I dropped them another 10% just in case and I ran at 180-200 bg.
Now that I'm on food, my BG's are increasing so I will have to readjust again.  As for dumping, being a type 1 diabetic you may not get dumping with sugar since your body does not produce insulin...
I did go low the first week out and I put a small piece of fudge under my tongue and it worked.. frosting under the tongue can work too so then the sugar will be absorbed directly into the blood stream.  Now that I'm on food, I just have a greek yogurt and that raises my sugars back up

 Thank you.  Have either of you  had many problems with your blood sugar dropping too low?  I was concerned because there is so much talk about staying away from carbs altogether because they will make you sick.   Others have said type 1's can have severe problems with dropping too low...I just don't want ot replace one problem with another is that is the case.
I was on a pump 5 years ago but currently I am not and take around 300 units by injection...no wonder I can't lose any weight.  Anyway, I'm sure the nutriionists will help me with it, but it is still scary to think about taking that much insulin awhile losing weight rapidly.