mama0297

My one year sleeve-sary, is next week, wait don't congratulate me yet! Yup...I've lost about 91#s initially...then the holidays...now I'm up 13#s. Not too bad you say?! Well I am panicing because of health issues, specifically, diabetes. It did not take much weight for it to develop for me. Seen pcp today and discussed Byetta and even to bring up revision to surgeon next week, that is if it gets to that point. Now I feel as if I should've weighed myself more often...maybe monthly atleast?! Please understand that even though I am panicked, I will excerise (no pun intended) every avenue that brought me to my 91# loss. I still haven't even reached goal...what a naughty lady!

I have so many pills to take 3 times a day! Ugh...it was disgusting crushing them! I used a stronger flavored Crystal Light or tea w/ lemon and splenda, but honestly, it did not help much. I had to look forward to taking whole pills, way easier. Sorry, I wish I could be of more help! Try to hang in there!

i would talk to my endocrinologist about my insulin levels and not rely on the bariactric team. your endo is the expert and i would take their advice over the bariatric's advice...
good luck

Yes, things usually improve over time. When my wife went through this ten years ago, it took her the better part of her first year to be free of her diabetes meds. The doc's experience is that generally, the longer one has been under treatment for diabetes, the longer it takes to get off the insulin and/or meds. My wife had been under treatment for about twenty years at that time and her case had degraded about as far as it could go and still be under control by meds - she was just short of being insulin dependent. This is a generalization, and as usual, there will be variations and some outliers who will be walk out of the hospital free off insulin and/or meds. But, she has been free of her diabetes since then (though she had the DS which is a more powerful tool against diabetes than the sleeve or bypass.)
On your other concern about drainage, that may or may not be related. I had a bit of lingering drainage from one site which kept my out of the pool an additional week beyond their usual three week limitation for everything to be sealed up, and I am not diabetic; on the other hand, my wife had no problem in this area even though she was. It's a big YMMV thing.

I'm type 1 and my blood sugars (bs) were ridiculous when I was at the hospital and I got off my pump and they couldn't control it. I had to get back on it like the 2nd day out of surgery and had to adjust it myself. My endocrinologist kinda gave me a guideline to cut everything in half and that helped. Right after surgery since it was liquids only, I didn't need insulin and stopped taking Glucophage and Victoza.
The bs do get better and I take half of the insulin I take. Not sure if I'm much help, but feel free to message me if you have any other questions or need someone to talk to

My a1C is 5.5 Woohoo..This is so worth it!

Had my surgery 2/25. So far my readings have all been below 150 and dropping. I read 133 today, so I took a half dose. I think it takes a few weeks for your body to adjust. Hang in there

I had my sleeve 2/17/14, After 2 a1c of 6.2 I finally got off insulin in November, Doing great now. Just eat the Protein and very few carbs and it will happen for you too!!

My husband is a type 1 diabetic and whenever he is sick, his numbers shoot way up. It could just be your liver kicking out more glucose in response to the surgery.

Listen, I am on three antidepressants as well. I take trazodone, viibryd, and Effexor XR. I was told by my psychiatrist I will be taking the regular Effexor probably four times a day crushed (I take a very large dose in all meds). Hopefully he will not be giving me any new meds as I am teetering on some other issues. I take a large amount of meds altogether and I was worried also. I guess this is not new to them and they know what to do. I was scared because just one dose of missing my Effexor XR and I was on my way to the hospital for electroconvulsive therapy. I hope all will go well for you. Any questions....feel free to contact me!

Done and done! At least my part....now it is up to them!

Done and done! At least my part....now it is up to them!

Hello! I am 37 y/o, a wife and mother of 3 (17, 12, 7). Also, a mother to three fur babies: a cat and two St. Bernards.
I am almost at the end of my pre-op requirements, just some labs and a drug test to go, oh and one last visit with the nutritionist/doctor.
I have not been this big my whole life. I believe that with my second to last pregnancy, my weight started to pick up and with my last pregnancy I had gestational diabetes...which never went away, so now I am a type II diabetic. Along with the weight my health headed south, now I have a lovely myriad of health concerns, I will list them just incase anyone can relate on theses boards: diabetes type II (duh, just said that), high blood pressure, hypercholesterolemia (especially triglycerides), pulmonary hypertension, asthma (my whole life), sleep apnea, depression/anxiety (had that for a while too), GERD, my kidney function is declining (my doc told me the very beginning stages of CKD-chronic kidney disease),fatty liver, and finally, degenerative disk disease in my neck, which is pinching a nerve b/c it is arthritic (this one I can blame on my nursing career) Never would I have thought gaining weight could do some of these things! I have tried to lose weight so many times just to gain even more back....ugh! I have become much more sedentary in my thirties too! No excuses, just got lazier, I guess.
As far as family goes, my husband is very supportive of my decision and my oldest child as well, the other two are as supportive as their age allows them to be.
I am going to the Bariatric Center at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, with Dr. Chandra Hassan.
Well, that is all for now.... Good Luck to Everyone and Wishing You All the Best of Health!