Diabetes Improvement

[lbmckee25 2]

Interested to find out how everyone’s diabetes and blood sugar levels have been since they’ve had surgery. I’m still early in the process and hoping to have VSG in May or June of 2019. Improvement in my overall health, especially with my diabetes is my main reason for pursuing surgery. Thank you!!

[Hrsnjs 267]

I was lucky to completely correct in the first two weeks. I had taken metformin for two years and victoza for one year. I stopped all meds for diabetes within a week of surgery. My blood sugar has been within normal levels both fasting and after eating. It's the best benefit of the surgery as far as I'm concerned!!

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[FlyAwayFree 58]

Interested to find out how everyone’s diabetes and blood sugar levels have been since they’ve had surgery. I’m still early in the process and hoping to have VSG in May or June of 2019. Improvement in my overall health, especially with my diabetes is my main reason for pursuing surgery. Thank you!!

My blood sugar dropped to 70s in hospital so surgeon took me off metformin for good when I was released. It's amazing to no longer be diabetic.

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[ummyasmin 1,603]

Same. I have been on metformin for years and victoza for a couple. In the hospital my BG dropped to normal levels,so no need for meds. Then by coincidence I had my annual checkup with my diabetes endo doc scheduled for a couple of weeks post surgery, so they did a full panel and my Hb1ac was normal (can't remember the number). They told me they wanted to have one last look at me in a year and then they'll drop me as a patient altogether! Yay!! (the official way of saying it is "discharge me back to the care of my GP").

I don't even bother taking my bloods anymore cause everytime I do, they're in like 4.6 or sommit. (UK measurements are different to US but that is bang on normal).

I'm bloomin' thrilled!!

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[abefroman329 704]

I’d been on Janumet and Invokana for several years prior to surgery. It was well-controlled with those, but my doctor warned me that they wouldn’t work forever and, when they stopped working, I’d have to use insulin injections to control it. I stopped the Invokana when I started the pre-surgery liquid diet and dropped to one Janumet pill the day before the surgery. I did get insulin injections a few times in the hospital, which I’d never had before. The first A1C test that completely covered the post-surgery period was 5.2, down from 6.3, so they took me off the other Janumet pill and my A1C has stayed there since then.

The figure they gave us at the support group was 80% of patients who have been diabetic for less than 5 years prior to the surgery see their diabetes go into remission, so YMMV.

[bratcad 12]

My primary reason for having VSG was to alleviate my diabetes symptoms. I stopped taking my Metformin and Glimepiride a few days before surgery; my sugars were in the low 100s the last days of the liquid diet, a huge difference. After surgery, while in the hospital, my sugars were high and my dr. ordered insulin for the three days I was admitted. I chalk this up to my body going into shock. When discharged, my dr. instructed me to not take my diabetic meds unless I see continual high numbers. It's been 11 days since my surgery and my numbers are in the normal range, for the most part. It has been like a rollercoaster. For example, one night I went to bed at 110 and woke up at 192.

But for the last three days, I have not had numbers higher than 132. I'm cautiously optimistic.