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travelchick    5

travelchick
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Hey everybody,

I know there are diabetics out there, so hopefully you'll check this forum!

My surgery date is in less than 2 weeks (hooray!), and I'm curious how quickly you've seen improvement in your levels after surgery, and how long until you were able to throw those pills away!

Currently, I'm on Metformin and Glipizide, as well as Lisinopril for hypertension. My surgeon's nurse says I'll be able to swallow all my pills without a problem after surgery. Has this been your experience? It seems to be contradictory to the liquids only philosophy. At least I know I can split the pills into smaller chunks.

My surgeon is located in another state from where I live, so I won't have regular follow-up appointments with him. How often do you guys think I should see my PCP to check my stats? Is 3 months post-op too late? I realize my speed in weight loss may be a factor in this.

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Norma    10

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I am on Gliperide, Lisinopril, 60 units of Novolog and 25 of Lantus insulin and byetta among others. My surgery isn't till Oct 30. I am also taking Zantac 150 mg. I don't know how my body will react to the surgery but plan on lowing my insulin as my fasting blood sugars go down. I am planning of doing lab work at three months out. Congrats on the surgery and let me know how you progress.

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kaykay    1

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My husband was on metformin and glyburide(sp?) before surgery. At his one week, post op visit, (without any sugar regulating meds)his sugar levels were already dow to 107. (pre-diabetes level) So they told him for right now just to stay off the meds and see how the blood work looks later on.

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OMG123    0

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I was on 1000mg metformin twice a day, glyburide 5mg and lisinopril 40 mg. AT 2 weeks out I am no longer taking the glyburide, lisinopril is currently down to 20 mg and metformin (which is now liquid form) is less than 500 mg a day. I am looking forward to dropping these all together soon!!!

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i1Linda    15

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I was on 1000mg metformin twice a day, glyburide 5mg and lisinopril 40 mg. AT 2 weeks out I am no longer taking the glyburide, lisinopril is currently down to 20 mg and metformin (which is now liquid form) is less than 500 mg a day. I am looking forward to dropping these all together soon!!!

Woo Hoo! That's awesome Nick!

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imagine.dream.inspire    0

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Currently, I'm on Metformin and Glipizide, as well as Lisinopril for hypertension. My surgeon's nurse says I'll be able to swallow all my pills without a problem after surgery. Has this been your experience? It seems to be contradictory to the liquids only philosophy. At least I know I can split the pills into smaller chunks.

travelchick

I was told to grind the pills. I bought a pill splitter/grinder from Walmart for $5.00. The pills do not have a pleasant taste but I add a little crystal light. I take the ground up meds on a spoon.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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