type 2 diabetic

wash53
on 10/14/14 8:42 pm

Has any one who has diabetes had the sleeve and what is your results after surgery ?Are you still on meds...

Julia HasHerLifeNow
on 10/14/14 10:13 pm
VSG on 10/09/12

I was diagnosed about a year before surgery and was on metformin (1000 mg a day) and stopped taking that a week before surgery and have had normal blood sugar readings ever since then. My last A1C was 5.4 So for now full remission. 

View more of my photos at ObesityHelp.com 5ft0; highest weight 222; surgery weight 208; current weight 120

     

    

TheNewT
on 10/14/14 10:42 pm
VSG on 08/04/14

I was diagnosed 2 months before surgery (around June) and prescribed Metformin. My VSG was Aug 4. Before leaving the hospital I was told not to take it anymore. Pre-surgery my A1C was 6.0. My test Monday showed it was 5.3!

        

SATXVSG
on 10/14/14 11:27 pm - Selma(San Antonio), TX
VSG on 04/22/14

I was taking 1000mg of metformin a day and my blood sugar was still a little high.  Stopped taking it 1 day before surgery and have not taken it since and my numbers are great.

Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.

Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.

5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)

10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16

wash53
on 10/15/14 12:00 am

thank you all so much

Tracy D.
on 10/15/14 12:24 am, edited 10/15/14 7:54 am - Papillion, NE
VSG on 05/24/13

I am a Type 2 and was on 2000mg of Metformin and 10mcg of Byetta daily for several years prior to surgery.  I went home from the hospital off all my meds.  Keep in mind that the surgery can help you get into remission from diabetes but it does NOT cure it!  You can easily spike your blood sugars and make yourself really sick by eating sugar, rice, pasta and white flour carbs.  There's a long list of people who have had surgery, started eating crappy again and had to go back on medication.  

Some Type 2 diabetics can't get off the meds if they have become insulin dependent and have been on it for a very long time.  

ETA:  My last A1c three months ago was 5.4

 Tracy  5'3"     HW: 235  SW: 218  CW: 132    M1: -22  M2: -13  M3: -12  M4: -9  M5: -8   M6: -10   M7: -4

 Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week

 Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15

   

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Lisa167
on 10/15/14 2:10 am
VSG on 08/14/14

I was type II for over 10 years.  It was well controlled with 500mg of metformin 2x a day.  This kept my A1C in the mid 6's.

I've been off of it since the day of surgery and my latest A1C was 6.1.  I got the OK to officially "dr. approved" discontinue the metformin.

Also, my cholesterol and triglycerides has worked themselves out.  So I'm off my statin too.

If it weren't for the PPI and gallbladder meds from surgery, I'd be off of everything.  To me that's just amazing in such a short time.

    

mickeymantle
on 10/15/14 3:00 am - Eugene/Springfield, OR
VSG on 07/22/13

I was taking metiformin insulin and byetta pre op since surgery I am only on 1000 metiformin   with a a1c of 5.8   I was told when I lose more I may not need any meds I was diabetic for more than 10 years

    

   175 lb  lost,412 hw 336sw,241 cw surgery July 22 2013,surgeon Dr Colin MacColl,

 

  

                                                                                                             

 

 

 

KatWildflower
on 10/15/14 3:06 am

I have been off my Metformin since surgery (8-28-14) and my A1C level is great.  I hope you have the same results!

 

wash53
on 10/15/14 4:39 am

Thank you all so much ..really needed to hear these words of encouragement....

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