Have any of you diabetics have success with your A1-C (blood sugar) since being sleeved? This is a major concern of mine and one of the biggest reasons for wanting the sleeve. My band was removed over two years ago but never came off my oral medication. Now my B/S is totally out of control

Edited April 22, 20179 yr by ebonymc

Hi Ebony, I can't say that I no longer have diabetes. But, I can say, I haven't had to take any medicine since I ve had the surgery Feb 20th. Amazing to me because I was where you are. Just remember everybody is different . Well wishes to you.

I no longer have it i actually walked out the hospital without it and then I have been checked since and everything is normal thus far

I came off Metformin since the sleeve in 2013 and my A1c is perfect. My husband is a 30+ year type 2 diabetic. His A1c is also great since 2013, his insulin has been cut in half, and all the late night calls to Rescue when he was unconscious are a thing of the past. We did the surgery because of his health. We are 70 and would do it again in a heartbeat. Kayaking is fun, btw.

Thank you all for your comments. It's so nice to know that it could be done.

I am type 2 and was able to stop taking my Metformin the day of surgery. I test my blood sugar regularly and am always in the low 80s.

The issue for most people when it comes to obesity and diabetes (talking exclusively of type 2 as a result of obesity) happens primarily hand in hand with liver function.

High carb, high cal diets damage the livers ability to synthesize sugars and regulate sugars your blood cells carry. This is why liver damage is highly associated with diabetes.

The onset of surgery provides restriction which lowers intake of carbs (generally, presuming you aren't sipping milkshakes all day), this effectively causes the liver to synthesize adipose tissue rather than get damaged by bombardment of carb synthesis. Sugar being carried by the blood is lowered as a result.. so it definitely has an effect on helping blood sugar. However, it also depends on how badly damaged the body's organs are, like liver (<- especially the liver) and kidneys.

In my case, my blood sugar has vastly improved from pre-op alone (7.9 to 5.7), but because of extensive liver damage I was only able to get off 1 of my diabetes meds (Forxiga), and am staying on Metformin likely until my next hBA1c in early June, where its pretty likely I'll be off that too. Due to the extensive damage I did to my liver (fibrosis) with crap food, the process of glycogenesis takes time to repair as the liver needs time to repair itself as well. If liver function isn't severely damaged this process of getting off diabetes meds should be quicker.

Edited April 28, 20179 yr by PatientEleventyBillion