Just starting to think about this seriously again

Let us know what your A1C results are.  The right PCP is so important.  I love mine, but I've been through my share of doctors that didn't listen to me.

Hello and nice to see you on the boards... just some information that I'm not sure you have.   I also had a horrible time making up my mind to have this surgery.  I wanted it but I was terrified of dying.   A friend of mine is a physician's assistant in an emergency room.  She informed me that at my age (I was 42) with diabetes and high blood pressure if I were to come into the emergency room with say chest pains or shortness of breath they would treat me as if I already had one heart attack.  That blew me away!  Now I am hard headed and not a real trusting person... well lets say more like I was in denial.   I mentioned to my doctor about what my friend had said.   My doctor finally told me that with the diabetes, high blood pressure, and granted mild sleep apnea I was more at risk of a fatal heart attack in the next 5 years than I was of not making it through the surgery.   I made my mind up.   I wanna live and I want to live longer than 5 years.   Good luck with your decision.   And one more thing.... I don't understand why with a blood sugar of 120 that was fasting your doctor wouldn't order a hemoglobin A1C.   I would want to know where your blood sugars had been for the last 3 months.    Maybe thats a little more than her being new.  If I can be of any help please don't hesitate to contact me.   Shell

 Yeah, I pretty much think she's a quack. That's why I am seeing an endocrinologist.
I am getting that test done tomorrow morning.

I'm 44. Thanks for the info. I think I am going to call Dr. Yadegar's office and talk with them here in Lancaster (CA)