Question:
Diabetes?
I was just diagnosed with diabetes. I am 2 years post-op and never had a problem with my sugars before surgery. My diet hasnt changed at all. I was windering if anything like this has happened to anybody else? I am in the worst health of my life. HELP!!! — RUTH HANSON (posted on March 16, 2008)
March 15, 2008
Even skinny people get diabetes. Its a family history thing. Are you at
your goal?? do you need to lose more weight to help manage this new
condition?? Do you need to get rid of more carbs in your eating?? it isnt
a shame to have to take oral meds for diabetes. Keep on track and keep
consulting your doctor for more info and help.
— shalmar
March 16, 2008
Dear Ruth,
I had diabeties for 25 years and my doctor and sergeon warned me that RNY
surgury would help but not cure. I was told that after surgery I would see
my A1C dropp, but as I introduced carbs, it would rise and I would have to
loose all my excess weight and have my BMI under 24 to bring that A1c under
6.0 again. I am only 3 months out and off of all diabetic drugs, but I
have not started to take any complex carbs yet. My A1C is 5.6. Please do
not give up home. It just means that you need to refind your diet and
eliminate as many carbs as you can. Diebites is a devistating desease if
left to it self. I did not know I had it until problems set in. Take your
oral medications and drop the carbs, and talk to your doctor about taking
off the balance of your weight. It can be reversed, and you can do it.
Remember your RNY surgery gave you a tool and you control how you use that
tool. Best of success to you.
— William (Bill) wmil
March 16, 2008
I got rid of my type II diabetes with weight loss and exercise and keep it
completely controlled with diet. My A1C is 5.3...
If you are still obese, this could play a part in why you are having
trouble now as it mainly affects overweight people. Below is an article
about Tpye II diabetes and how it might pertain to you personally.
"Thin people can be fat on the inside"....You might be able to
link the reason to your diabetes when you read this article.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000313.htm#Causes,%20incidence,%20and%20risk%20factors
— .Anita R.
March 16, 2008
Ruth -- first and foremost, don't panic. You can fight the weight, but
when push comes to shove, you can't fight the genetics.
I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes prior to my VBG in April 2000. After
my surgery it "went away", but returned in April 2006. Liuke
yourself, I hadn't really changed my post-surgery diet or done anything
differently. BUT ... I had all kinds of GENETIC indicators to develop
diabetes: both my paternal grandmother and my father had diabetes; I had
severe gestational diabetes when pregnant with my first son (two shots of
insulin a day) but was hypoglycemic with my second, go figure -- and given
birth to two babies weighing more than ten pounds. As my family doctor
said to me, "It would have been more of a shock if you HADN'T gotten
diabetes."
Do you have any genetic factors like I've mentioned above?
"Getting" diabetes isn't your fault, any more than
"getting" cancer would be. My advice would be to 1) listen to
your doctor and your diabetes educator about how best to get a handle on
regulating your sugars; 2) self-test your blood as often as you are
directed to; 3) be active in your own care -- you can reduce your risk of
complications (blindness, kidney failure, amputation) by properly managing
your condition. And don't (although this is easier said than done) obsess
about it.
And a bonus, at least for me, in having diabetes was taking Metformin --
goodbye an additional 30 pounds!
Although it can be quite overwhelming in the beginning, you can learn to
live -- quite successfully -- with diabetes. Be well,
— Cheryl Denomy
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