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Not to mention the path to death is slow and not fun. Vision changes, circulation problems, and the damage it does to body organs. I don't even want to think I could one day need dialysis.

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This is my driving factor too. My diabetes is totally reversible at this point. I take Metformin 1000mg twice a day and I can't wait till the day that it goes away completely!

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Hi to all! I am on my preop diet day 2. I did not take my Metformin yesterday at all my bedtime BS was 125. This morning also 125. Please tell about your experience with diabetes meds while on the preop diet.

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Exactly why I am going for surgery I only take pills but is because I refuse doing the shots I don't want to be insulin dependent.

I'm insulin dependent, but it'd controlled and I been doing good. So I hope after my sleeve I won't need insulin

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4 days of preop now and not 1 Metformin taken. Blood sugar 99 this morning. My prescription is 500mg 2 times a day and I feel great thinking the meds and cpap can be gone with the sleeve! I have had diabetes 7 months that is enough for me to know it is worth all of this to get my sleeve.

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Hope I be like that as well. I take insulin. Had gestation diabetes 3 time and now I have type 2 for 10 month now...so I pray having the sleeve helps with my diabetes

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Sugars have been holding at 99 in AM & bedtime since starting my preop diet. I check my sugar faithly each day to be sure it doesn't get high or too low.

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I am on 2 tablets a day Metformin 500mg. I eat less than 700 cal per day on pre op. I use the fitness pal. On a full liquid diet with 2 Unjury or Jay Robb shakes per day with 4oz skim milk and a scoop of ice & add pack of splenda. Limit to 1 serving of creamy chicken Soup 1/2 a can per day and have sugar free pudding and Jello and light yogurt yoplait. It is tough but thats what I have to do. I want to be rid of diabetes and sleep apnea / cpap. I keep thinking just 7 more days and I am looking forward to puree 2 weeks post op. Good luck

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Sugars have been holding at 99 in AM & bedtime since starting my preop diet. I check my sugar faithly each day to be sure it doesn't get high or too low.

I take 4 shots a day. Novolog with each meal and then Lantus at bedtime. I started my pre-op diet this past Tuesday, July 28. So far, I am down two shots, 10 units of Lantus at Breakfast and then 10 units of Lantus at bedtime.

My pre-op diet consists of 3-5 shakes a day, beef or chicken broth, sf popsicles, sf, Jello, Water, and crystal lite. My numbers have been running between 125-170 thru out the day. I have gone high twice and have not dropped too low yet.

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Right now I am off my metformin and monitoring BSL twice a day. I had surgery on July 28th. I was told to call the doctor's office if it does above 200. My readings have been ranging from 109-154. This is because I am on clear post op liquid diet. I go to surgeon tomorrow and he will advise. Once I incorporate food, I imagine that I will have to add some Meds. Who knows???

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Maybe not though. You will be eating so little. Or you'll be switched to another med with smaller dosage.

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      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

        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.

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