Hi,

I was banded on 7/7. I was, and in a way still am insulin dependent with my diabetes. Prior to surgery I was taking about 40-50 units of humolog daily and 15 units of lantus at night. Since surgery I have not taken the lantus and am taking about 5 units of humolog with meals. Being diabetic was my #1 reason for doing the surgery. I also have sleep apnea and sleep with a c-pap machine because my snoring was REAL loud. I dream and goal... is to be off insulin and be able to sleep without looking like darth vader. I can't wait for the time to be able to go to bed with my 3 year old daughter and sleep with her without having to worry about the cold air coming out of the machine right on her face. I hear for some with diabetes....after the lap band surgery they no longer have diabetes. Any stories to share with me.

Thanks guys.

You will still have diabetes but it will go into remission as you lose weight. I had my band on 6/10 and have not had to use my lantus or byetta since then. My blood sugar is staying stable without them. But I had lost over 70 lbs prior to the surgery and have taken off another 15 since then. My endocrinologist stresses to me that once you are a diabetic you are always a diabetic. As for the cpap, I am on a bipap but I need to go for a sleep study to lower the pressures. It is one step at a time and sometimes they really seem like baby steps. Congratulations and hang in there.

Anne

You will still have diabetes but it will go into remission as you lose weight. I had my band on 6/10 and have not had to use my lantus or byetta since then. My blood sugar is staying stable without them. But I had lost over 70 lbs prior to the surgery and have taken off another 15 since then. My endocrinologist stresses to me that once you are a diabetic you are always a diabetic. As for the cpap, I am on a bipap but I need to go for a sleep study to lower the pressures. It is one step at a time and sometimes they really seem like baby steps. Congratulations and hang in there.

Anne

Congrats on your achievements.

Do you feel much better?

I am with you on that. My dr.told me that I WOULD HAVE MORE chance of getting off the insulin and Byetta with the Bypass, but I didn't want to go that far. I was banded on 7/1/08, I am off the Byetta already which was what I really wanted. Those side effects were just too much. I have an appointment with a diabetes dr in Oct so my goal will be to be off by then.

I was banded on June 5th 2008. Since then, my Humalog insulin is reduced from 20u at each meal to 4-5; my Lantus is down from 70u to 10u. My doctor actually wanted to take me off insulin altogether but I wanted to wait until I had been on regular food for a while.

My sleep apnea has disappeared (no more CPAP). I had a hiatal hernia repair and I think that helped a lot with the apnea.

I feel wonderful. Swelling in feet and legs is gone. Back pain is gone. Hip pain is gone. I am so grateful for the lap band!

"Better" is an understatement! I have energy and my sense of humor is back. Some people do not recognize me when they see me on the street. I still have a long way to go but when I get discouraged I just look at how far I have come. I used to have to take 14 pills a day and 3 shots - I am down to 6 pills and no shots. and I am hoping in the next couple of weeks that it will only be 2 pills a day.

Anne