DS and Diabetes- 10+ years out
hey everybody,
if your diabetes hasn't returned in close to 10 years or more, please share your experience.
- Were you insulin dependent pre DS?
- How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS?
- How long after your DS did your sugars normalize?
- Your common channel length?
- What's your carb intake like? Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently?
For anyone whose numbers might be starting to rise a bit, do you find the DS makes it easier to control your blood sugar?
thanks in advance.
- Were you insulin dependent pre DS?
No
- How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS?
3 years. (I am 13.5 years out from surgery)
- How long after your DS did your sugars normalize?
day after surgery
- Your common channel length?
100 cm
- What's your carb intake like?
Small amount (2-3 tablespoons) of bread/rice/potatoes usually at every meal. Pasta almost never. Dessert less than once a wee**** cream twice a week.
- Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently?
My A1c is checked twice a year and it's usually around 5-5.5. Once it was 4.5 and they did 24 hour glucose monitoring. Always low BG, but very low at 2am. Since I tend toward hypoglycemia now, I eat every few hours.
if your diabetes hasn't returned in close to 10 years or more, please share your experience. 11.5 yrs out
- Were you insulin dependent pre DS? YES
- How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS? 1 yr from my first insulin shot
- How long after your DS did your sugars normalize? Next day
- Your common channel length? 100cm
- What's your carb intake like? I generally eat what I want. Save bread and pasta until dinner. Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently? No, latest A1C was 5.2
For anyone whose numbers might be starting to rise a bit, do you find the DS makes it easier to control your blood sugar?
Chris
HW/225 - 5'1" ~ SW/205/after surgery 215 ~ CW/145~ BMI-25.8~Normal BMI 132 ~DS Dr Rabkin 4/17/08
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As it relates to my wife:
- Were you insulin dependent pre DS? No, though just short of it and on as many meds as they had
- How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS?
- How long after your DS did your sugars normalize?
- Your common channel length?
- What's your carb intake like? Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently?
1st support group/seminar - 8/03 (has it been that long?)
Wife's DS - 5/05 w Dr. Robert Rabkin VSG on 5/9/11 by Dr. John Rabkin
Trying to finish this!
- How long after your diagnosis did you have the DS? about 20 years.
- How long after your DS did your sugars normalize? the better part of a year.
- Your common channel length? 100cm
- What's your carb intake like? Have you checked your blood sugar after a carby meal/dessert recently? carb intake is not a consideration, though she is gluten intolerant these days. A1c is consistently normal.
1st support group/seminar - 8/03 (has it been that long?)
Wife's DS - 5/05 w Dr. Robert Rabkin VSG on 5/9/11 by Dr. John Rabkin