I had my first fasting labs drawn today. Everything looked OK except my cholesterol which was 220 and my insulin, which was 31 uIU/mL. I read that a typical fasting insulin should be around 8 uIU/mL. This is indicative of metabolic syndrome. Do you think this could hold up my surgery?

I'm not sure what those numbers mean but some full on diabetic people have bariatric surgery to correct their diabetes. My surgeon has performed a BPD/DS (Billialpancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch) on patients that were of a normal BMI but were completely out of control of their diabetes. You should be fine to have your surgery with those numbers.

Edited August 31, 201610 yr by Evenya