Diabetes Remission

selhard
on 11/16/15 8:25 am, edited 11/16/15 8:29 am - MN

RNY on 11/26/12

Recently, a healthcare professional suggested taking the drug, Metformin, as a way to extend the diabetes remission time period in addition to diet, exercise, and stable weight. Is anyone doing this? Why or why not? Suggestions and/or advice appreciated.

iloveravens
on 11/16/15 8:49 am

RNY on 08/13/14

My endo put me on metformin the year before my WLS. I was never diagnosed as Diabetic but pre-diabetic. I know that some people think pre-diabetic isn't a thing. All I know is that I was headed for the needle if I didn't lose weight and get myself in control. I stopped taking it immediately after surgery and now have normal blood sugar readings and A1C.

Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;

Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)

M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4

5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)

Deanna798
on 11/16/15 9:00 am, edited 11/16/15 2:31 pm

RNY on 08/04/15

Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20

lking
on 11/16/15 9:45 am - Indianapolis, IN

RNY on 12/04/15

I saw my PCP last week for my regular diabetes check up. He said that my surgeon will take me off Metformin right after surgery. My RNY will be on 12/4...so looking forward to getting off all my meds!

67 yrs old, 4'10", BMI 31.8 (51.8 at start), HW 256.4 (8/4/15), SW 217.4, CW 152.8 (4/30/18), GW 125.0, RNY 12/4/15 Dr. RoseMarie Jones, Breast Cancer DX 2/16, Bi-lateral mastectomy 8/9/16.

Grim_Traveller
on 11/16/15 10:20 am

RNY on 08/21/12

I've never heard of someone taking it prophylactically, but what do I know.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

SkinnyScientist
on 11/18/15 5:13 am

You know me and I do

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !

White Dove
on 11/16/15 11:38 am - Warren, OH

RNY on 10/16/07

Personally I would refuse. Metformin can cause nasty diarrhea and now is blamed for kidney damage.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

T Hagalicious Rebel
Brown
on 11/16/15 3:07 pm - Brooklyn

VSG on 04/25/14

I never heard of that. I used to be on metformin since it is a diabetes medication, it didn't really agree with me so I switched to a different medication. For me, part of the reason to have surgery was to get off the medication, not stay on it for an indefinite period of time. I rather keep up with the dietary changes & keep up with my bloodwork & then see if I had to go back on the drugs, rather than the other way around.

No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel

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Citizen Kim
on 11/16/15 4:18 pm, edited 11/16/15 8:17 am - Castle Rock, CO

RNY on 07/27/04

My diabetes remission ended about 5 years ago and I keep my HbA1c in check with Metformin, good diet and exercise. It works really well for me, and you would have to pry it out of my cold dead hands ...

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jackietex
on 11/16/15 5:36 pm

On November 17, 2015 at 12:18 AM Pacific Time, Citizen Hag (USA & Brit) Kim wrote:

Me too. My remission ended about a year and a half after surgery, but I had been a diagnosed diabetic for eight to ten years and have a very strong family history (from grandparents and parent who were not overweight). I take Metformin now and have great numbers. I've never heard of it being preventative, but I would have been willing to take it before remission ended.

Lap RNY February 15, 2012
Starting weight 195 (ht. 4'10)
Surgery weight 178.5
Current weight 113