UPDATE ON MY 5 MONTH DOC VISIT

Soooo, I had my 5 month post-op visit with Dr. Fang. I am almost officially not a diabetic anymore. Here are the latest statistics. a1c-9.6 / NOW 4.2 blood sugar-298-502 / NOW 89-137 blood pressure-226/120 NOW / 117/75 dress size-24/26 / NOW 12/14 shoe size-9 1/2-10 / NOW 7 1/2-8 energy -none / NOW too much, too hyper cholesterol-330 / NOW 199 214/148/114 oh, by the way, my husband said that I am beautiful and I have sexy legs!!!!!!!

WOW is all I can say! Great work, keep it up.

thank you, this is truly the hardest thing that I have ever done.

Sally, How happy you sound! I can't wait till I am 5 months out. It is great that your hubby is loving the new you. Keep us posted, Mary

Mary, you will do great too. Just remember that now it is time to put you first.

wow, thats great how much weight have you lost? Danielle Congratulations

Wow, 100 lobs in 5 months! what all did you do? I bet you are so happy to almost be free of diabetes. I can't believe even your shoe size went down! Your not trying to loose any more I hope. I don't know how tall you are, but 114 lbs is pretty small. Congratulations on everything. CaroleM

you will always be diabetic...WLS does not cure diabetes. Getting the weight off, moving more controls diabetes. Diabetes can come back and rear its head at anytime. Sorry, WLS is not cure for diabetes. Wjat WLS surgery does is give diabetics hope for a bettr life without insulin or meds. I am very diabetic blood sugars in the 300 post op...now sugars in control, but still diabetic. I still take metformin 1000 mg 2x daily....a lot people are off their meds....I have 200 lbs off and still on meds---walk or hike 7-8 miles 2-3 times a week, now. I eat bread-rice potatoes, I feel the blood sugars move up---fast. If you do not believe me ask your endocrin dr. Sandy Dr. Fang 11/04/04 347/147/140

Thank you Sandy, but at no time did I say that I believe I was cured of the disease. I simply stated that the doc. was commenting on how I was no longer a diabetic. I reasearched the surgery for 3 years and was well aware that there are ups and downs. I also took Metformin prior to surgery. I took 2500 mg. a day. And immediately after my surgery I was taken off of them because my sugars had stabilized. I have been on nothing since. I am also very active and follow the program to a tee. I think the surgery was the jump start that I needed. Thank you for the comment. Have a good day.

Good for you Sally. The fact that you no longer have to take your meds is great. You are on the road to a much healthier life. I can't wait to have my surgery (Dec.27th) so I too can write a success story.