Diabetes in Remission

I just heard last night that someone was told that with the RNY your diabetes goes into remission. How can that be when they re-route you so your pancreas works on its own? Anybody ever hear that before? Anybody have any in site personally on the subject?

Type 2 diabetes is often well controlled with weight loss, diet and exercise, all of which are things that we do as post ops. There has also been recent research that shows something with the cutting of the stomach "fixes" type 2 diabetes. MANY people on here have gone off their meds even before leaving the hospital! Some do have to continue them and if you are type 1 it will help (again the diet and exercise along with weight loss) but it isn't a cure.

Hope that helps!

Liz

PS - it just makes it easier for your pancreas to work - there's less of you to control!

I saw it on TV that in many cases the patient goes home with no meds or cut way down in Type 2. They said they really didn`t know the mechanism because it happens so quick and even before any real weight loss. Type one it helps but not like the other.

I had RNY 11-12-09.  I am a Type II Diabetic.  I am now considered a diet-controlled diabetic.  I used to be on a laundry list of meds including insulin, byetta, metformin, glipizide (15-17 pills and 3 shot/day)...  I now take ZERO! medications.  Just my calcium citrate creamy bites and Flintstones with Iron ONLY.   The bypass of the duodenum affects diabetes.  My diabetes was resolved within 24 hours after surgery.  I know of others who have had similar outcomes.
-Sara

I too am/was Type II Diabetic.  I have been on NO meds since day 2 in the hospital.  Post surgery I was giving 1 dose of insulin because my blood sugar was at 150 but that was it.  1 1/2 years with no meds whatsoever and my AIC was 5.7.  I take all my vits and I follow the plan fairly well.  I've been the same weight for about 6 months now.

Lisa Mc

Everyone summed it up.  RNY is one of the leading "cures" for diabetes.  There have been trial runs in the UK of having bypass on people who are NOT otherwise overweight to correct their diabetes (yes, there are skinny people who have diabetes too)  I'm not quite sure of the true mechanism....but it works.

I was a "prediabetic" before surgery.  Oddly enough, apparantly one of the symptoms of having prediabetes leaving you exposed to developing diabetes is chronic LOW blood sugar.  And sure as hell, when I went for PATs prior to surgery and had nothing by mouth for well over 12 hours, my fasting blood sugar was 36.  And lemme tell you - that makes you feel like CRAP.  Ever since my fasting blood sugar has been about 70-80 which is totally in the acceptable range AND I don't feel like I'm gonna pass out at any given second!

That is true for me--I was on two different meds with no control.  Post-op my blood glucose went to 5.7 A1c and it has been there ever since. 

They call it "remission" because they can't say it is a "Cure", but whatever they want to call it, it works for me!