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Thank you that would be a welcomed miracle.

Thank you that would be a welcomed miracle.

I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving to you all and are all doing well

Just keep doing what you're doing onmyway. The effectiveness of RNY on diabetes can be a little misleading because it causes folks to expect immediate resolution which often doesn't happen. You've had positive results already but I would not be surprised at all to see your diabetes eliminated before all is said and done! Congratulations!!

They called me an inbetweener type 1 & 2. My hbga1c is better but I haven't been able to get off insulin. I use 1/3 the insulin I use to. But when I eat flour carbs it shoots my blood sugar up. I was praying for a miracle :/

Remission - you know we can not eliminate diabetes but we can put it in remission.
An a1c is THREE months of sugars.

Going back to salvation army got a bag & filling up the next. I didn't want to keep buying pants but if I wear the bigger size makes me feel like a sack of potatoes.

Guys, use eBay plus size clothes sell really well, and leave the money in your Paypal account until you reach your target then draw it out and treat yourselves to a shopping spree for lots of gorgeous new tiny clothes! Xxx:-)

Good job on finding ways to spread the love through clothes.
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The Bariatric Center in Maine does a clothing exchange. Just bring old clothes in, they organize by size and if u want clothes, grab them. All of u thag donated, awesome! Good karma.comes back to good ppl.

We have a group of almost 50 people that had surgery in September . We are located in the post op RNY area and our name is SEPTEMBER MEMBERS. You are welcome to join us. We also have a Facebook page.

I had surgery on September 10,2012
Started my journey at 305
Surgery weight 295
Current weight 261
I am so glad to feel just like normal. But less of me. I am down 43 inches and loving it. I can tell I'm really weak in my legs and have started to do some extra exercise to help build some muscle. I just took family pics with my kids and I see the loss but I still hate my picture. Hopefully by Christmas I will be down another 20 lbs and will be able to see more of a change.
How is the everyone else doing with September anniversaries ?

RNY sure worked for my diabetes - off the meds and A1c was 5.6 at two weeks post-op. Amazing!!

I donated 2 bags of size 18 pants & xl shirts. Plus 18months kids clothes it all went to the salvation army. In less then 1 week. I really need size 13 pants I'm still wearing size 16 which was my smallest size until I lose at extra 24lbs so I cam shop if i have extra money by then.

I just went through my closet tonight for the first time. I am 3 months out and down 65 pounds. I have no clothes!!! I am shopping at the local thrift shop this week. Can't imagine spending a lot of money on clothes I will be getting rid of in another month or two. Pants are now an 18 from 24. Shirt is size XL from 3x.

We have a local support group that does an exchange program and I plan on using this. I think it is great that whomever needs them benefit from them.

I had some family members that could use my too big clothes. My cousin said it felt like Christmas. I was glad I could help her. When I decided to go through my clothes I was trying on everything and basically everything was too big. I had to go shopping. I didn't buy much because I'm only four months post op, but the clothes I had were so big it didn't look flattering anymore. Luckily I had some clothes in my attic that I haven't worn in years because they were too small.

I put 10 giant trash bags full of cloths in donation bins for Africa. Wasnt even thinking that they won't fit anyone over there. Maybe they'll make stuff with the material. The sizes were 24 to 16 and 4x to 1x even shoes. I was so excited to get rid of them it just didn't set in I guess. I did keep two fav jeans as memory of how big I got.

Over and over, scientific studies consistently tell us that gastric bypass surgery helps reduce diabetes. Most recently, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health found the same thing. Researchers divided patients into different groups. All individuals in the study were obese and had uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. One group received no weight loss surgery, another group had roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and the thåird group had sleeve gastrectomy.
The study lasted for a year. During this time, all of the study groups had medical counseling and treatment for diabetes. After one year, individuals who had weight loss surgery had better insulin control than the individuals without weight loss surgery. Also, their glycated hemoglobin, or A1c, went way down compared to the A1c of the group without surgery. Only 12 percent of the group without weight loss surgery had A1c of less than 6%, which is a healthy goal. 37% of the roux-en-Y patients achieved A1c of less than 6%, and 42% of the gastric sleeve patients got to their goal A1c numbers!
Study Link
Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes
BACKGROUND
Observational studies have shown improvement in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus after bariatric surgery.
METHODS
In this randomized, nonblinded, single-center trial, we evaluated the efficacy of intensive medical therapy alone versus medical therapy plus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy in 150 obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. The mean (±SD) age of the patients was 49±8 years, and 66% were women. The average glycated hemoglobin level was 9.2±1.5%. The primary end point was the proportion of patients with a glycated hemoglobin level of 6.0% or less 12 months after treatment.
RESULTS
Of the 150 patients, 93% completed 12 months of follow-up. The proportion of patients with the primary end point was 12% (5 of 41 patients) in the medical-therapy group versus 42% (21 of 50 patients) in the gastric-bypass group (P=0.002) and 37% (18 of 49 patients) in the sleeve-gastrectomy group (P=0.008). Glycemic control improved in all three groups, with a mean glycated hemoglobin level of 7.5±1.8% in the medical-therapy group, 6.4±0.9% in the gastric-bypass group (P<0.001), and 6.6±1.0% in the sleeve-gastrectomy group (P=0.003). Weight loss was greater in the gastric-bypass group and sleeve-gastrectomy group (−29.4±9.0 kg and −25.1±8.5 kg, respectively) than in the medical-therapy group (−5.4±8.0 kg) (P<0.001 for both comparisons). The use of drugs to lower glucose, lipid, and blood-pressure levels decreased significantly after both surgical procedures but increased in patients receiving medical therapy only. The index for homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) improved significantly after bariatric surgery. Four patients underwent reoperation. There were no deaths or life-threatening complications.
CONCLUSIONS
In obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, 12 months of medical therapy plus bariatric surgery achieved glycemic control in significantly more patients than medical therapy alone. Further study will be necessary to assess the durability of these results.