Pumpers and Sleeve Surgery

[shelleyrox 1]

Hello, all! I am new to this site and was wondering if there were any Diabetics out there with Insulin Pumps, who have had the Sleeve done?

I am going to be the first patient to do so in my region, which is exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time! i want to be a great patient

and success story, so that i may inspire other Diabetics who have lost all hope. I am Type II with Type I tendencies so I am very excited to

see how this surgery will affect my illness! I am not sure how much improvement to expect, so any comments would be appreciated!

[DawnOfANewMe 3]

Hi, I am also a Diabetic on an Insulin Pump that just had my surgery last Thursday, July 7. My basal rate was originally set at 4 units/hour and he had me change that to 3 units per hour the day before surgery and then the morning of surgery had me change it to 1 unit/hour. My surgeon allowed me to wear my pump as long as I placed it on my thigh. He couldn't have anything on the abdomen area. He gave me strict instructions that I was not to give myself a correction unless my sugar went over 226. The anasthesiologist placed my pump into a rubber glove and taped it to my leg so nothing would get on it and he told me not to worry as he would be monitoring my sugar throughout the surgery.

The techs came in 4-6 times per day to take my blood sugar readings which I input into my pump. The 1st day of surgery, I was pleasantly surprised I never went over 140 - no corrections needed. By Sunday I was averaging around 126 for the day and by Tuesday I am running 96 - 112 - no corrections needed. I am still on 1 unit per hour and that's it. I go back to visit my endocronologist in a few weeks and he is very optimistic that I will be able to come off all of my diabetic medications and insulin.

Dawn

[shelleyrox 1]

Hi, I am also a Diabetic on an Insulin Pump that just had my surgery last Thursday, July 7. My basal rate was originally set at 4 units/hour and he had me change that to 3 units per hour the day before surgery and then the morning of surgery had me change it to 1 unit/hour. My surgeon allowed me to wear my pump as long as I placed it on my thigh. He couldn't have anything on the abdomen area. He gave me strict instructions that I was not to give myself a correction unless my sugar went over 226. The anasthesiologist placed my pump into a rubber glove and taped it to my leg so nothing would get on it and he told me not to worry as he would be monitoring my sugar throughout the surgery.

The techs came in 4-6 times per day to take my blood sugar readings which I input into my pump. The 1st day of surgery, I was pleasantly surprised I never went over 140 - no corrections needed. By Sunday I was averaging around 126 for the day and by Tuesday I am running 96 - 112 - no corrections needed. I am still on 1 unit per hour and that's it. I go back to visit my endocronologist in a few weeks and he is very optimistic that I will be able to come off all of my diabetic medications and insulin.

Dawn

You have given me sooooo much hope! I am soooo happy for you! Let me know how you do....and thank you! Shelley

[penman53 492]

I had my surgery on 24 July and I to am on an insulin pump (medtronic). I was having some weird things happening with me. I would have a Protein shake with one cup of milk and would bolus for 20 grams of carbs but my BG would zoom up to 180 or so. Then the rest of the day I would do ok on my basal only but at about 5:00 pm my BG would crash to the low 50's. I had to start suspending my pump at night and would wake up the next morning to start over with the same thing. My endo finally told me to simply disconnect the pump all together for a week and see how it went.

My BG is now not less than 156 and goes up to around 220 and stays there most of the time. I think I will be getting off the pump but I do think that at least for a while I may need either some insulin or or an oral drug to hold me over while my weight decreases. I have lost about 30 pounds in 3 weeks and I am sure that my weight loss will continue. I just don't know what my diabetes will do to cooperate. I am 60 years old and have been diabetic since my mid 30's. So to be totally honest I don't think that I will be completely "cured". Perhaps if I had gotten the surgery 30 years ago it would have been different. But you will never know till you try. I have gotten pretty tired of pumping insulin.