Gastric By Pass and Diabetes

I am considering gastric by pass surgery.  I have diabetes among other health issues.  Is is true that your diabetes "disappears" after surgery?  I am afraid of having a low sugar episode and then not being able to eat sweets due to that "dumping" syndrome I heard about...

I was a diabetic and about 3 months after surgery I was off all medicine for it and I have not had any issues since.

Thanks for your reply.  I really appreciate it. 

diabetes gets under control which means normal sugars in 88% of people that have gastric bypass it never goes away you are still diabetic it is just that your sugars are normal but if u fall off the wagon your BS will go out of control again.if u eat the way u r suppossed you wont get low BS

I had WLS because of my diabetes. I have lost 105 lbs and I still have high BS and am stil taking metformin. many factors include family history of diabetes wether obese or not. I have had diabetes for 22 years. I was upset at first but I m dealing with it .My BS before WLS fasting was around 300 on a lot of medication now it is about 115 so it has improved my A1c was 10.9 or higher now it is 6.7 and now I m only taking metformin before I tool metformin, glyburide & actos. they wanted to put me on insulin but I refuses so I had WLS instead.
would I do it agin  - yes best thing I ever did for myself

I figured diabetes would never really go away for good...just that you have to control it...with or without surgery...I guess you have to follow a strict diet then after surgery???  I am on insulin now and have been for the past two years.  I also take metformin and my doctor had me on Byetta as well, even though informaiton out there says you should not take the two together...she said it was still okay..I wonder though, as I have had many a low blood sugar episodes while taking Byetta.  How are you living with your new found weight loss life?  Do you miss eating certain things?  And I do hear that a lot, from many people who have that surgery, that it was the best thing they ever did for themselves...how so?  Besides the obvious, of course.  I have to lose about 80 lbs. in total.

I left the hospital on none of my diabetic meds.  It has been three months and am doing great.  At two months out the blood work that my pcp took, my A1C was 6.3, which was a great improvement for me.

My A1C is pretty much controlled now through my meds...I was on weigh****chers but getting tired of counting points now...so now my A1C may be getting worse...after having the surgery, how do you eat now?  Do you have to weigh and measure food, or is it just what you can eat food wise and portion wise?

It's not the same for everyone, but reading about the disappearance of Type 2 diabetes in so many people is what persuaded me to have gastric bypass.

Before surgery, I was taking two kinds of pills and two kinds of insulin each day.  They gave me insulin the day of surgery and the morning after...and that was the last medication I needed for diabetes.  It was like some bloody miracle.  Just gone.  And I didn't have low blood sugar episodes afterward - it was just normal.

Lisa

I had been on diabetes meds for 10 years when I had my RNY.  They gave me one dose after surgery and then nothing since.  I follow my RNY diet very faithfully and my A1C was 5.7 last check although my morning blood sugar is usually around 110-120.  I eat protein and complex carbs and good fats.  about 40% protein, and 30% carbs and 30% fat.  For me that means about 80-100 gr of protein, 75 gr of carb and 40-50 gr of fat.  That keeps me between 1200-1400 calories a day. 

I am 18 months out have lost of my weight and maintaining for last 6-8 months.  I don't miss much of anything.  I really have changed my eating habits.  I don't say I never will have something because now that I am maintaining I can have things I would never have imagined the first 12 months.  I just have them in a very controlled manner and never eat high carb without balancing with a protein. 

This is a process for the rest of our lives.  Things may change along the way but you need to follow the RNY rules the rest of your life to be successful long term. 

I am a type 2 diabetic for about 15 years before WLS. I was on 4 different meds and still had a1cs in the 7 to 8 range. My endocrinologist wanted to put me on insulin at night or look into WLS. I had surgery on Jan 5 2010 and have not had a bit of diabetes meds since the day of surgery. I had blood work done 30 days post surgery and my a1c was at 6.4 and morning BS is in the 80 to 90 range. Pre surgery AM BS was 135 to 145.

Everyone is different. I am down 60 lbs since the holidays and feel great. Good luck whatever direction you decide. I have no regrets, it is the best decision I have ever made.