I have been doing some research and I made the decision that I would go and get sleeved this December. I went to the hospital to get looked at(basically I needed my height and weight for my sleeve application) when I was at the hospital though, the nurse pricked my finger and told me that I had diabetes. I do not know much about diabetes and will be going back to the hospital in the morning for blood work and to meet with another doctor.

I am just wondering if this discovery would put an end to my possible sleeve in Tijuana this December.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Hi Mick,

Actually, just the opposite; if anything the sleeve will help your situation. You can potentially get rid of your diabetic symptoms with the sleeve and a proper high Protein / low carbohydrate diet. And if you have only been diabetic for a short period of time -- less than a year or two -- the odds of this reversal are very very good.

The news that you are diabetic should probably strengthen your resolve to have a weight loss surgery. And the surgeons deal with diabetic sleevers all the time. In fact, most insurance companies need to see that you have one or more "co-morbidities" in order to approve the procedure. (The usual co-morbidity list includes Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, a high Body Mass Index number, sleep Apnea, High Cholesterol / Triglycerides...)

I would say that you are in the right place at the right time. You had already come to the decision that you want to have this procedure for a better quality of life and you can also reverse a terrible disease.

You said that you don't know much about diabetes but I have seen it in my family all of my life. My sister is a blind amputee who has no feeling in her feet; she has 8 stints in the arteries around her heart. My brother died at age 47 from heart disease cause by diabetes. My grandmother had alzheimer's which is now clinically linked to diabetes. My great uncle was an amputee from this disease. I found last year that I have Type 2 diabetes. My surgery was 9/23/11. I have already been taken off of all of my diabetes medication.

I hope this helps. I wish you all the best.

Ms.C.

Ditto what MsC just said. Being overweight and diabetic is a very good reason for having wls.