Which surgery would be best for my diabetes?

My BC/BS is paying for the DS!

 I HAD THE RNY PROCEDURE DONE AS MY DOCTOR SAID IT WAS MORE EFFECTIVE  ELIMINATING DIABETES.  SURE ENOUGH I HAD IT DONE AND ALMOST INSUIN FREE.
I HAVE WENT FROM 3X 30 UNITS A DAY TO SOME DAYS NONE AT ALL OR A SMALL SLIDING SCALE.
IM GLAD I OPTED FOR THE RNY.
MY LIFE HAS CHANGED!!! 

I know  I am just a few days post op but I have to chime in here. DS is a great surgery and has awesome effects on type 2 diabetes. However you all seem to be neglecting that with RNY one significant crteria is location of the "Y" and resulting amount of the small intestine that is bypassed. When you take this into account you can see that those Docs that bypass the greatest amout  are having the largest success with diabetes control/remission.  I only found this information through my own DOC and his team. This type of RNY has amazing success numbers and much lower failure rate unless the patient does not do his part.  As for me on the 3rd of June I was maxed out on meformin and 8 a.m I underwent RNY and have not taken another diabetes med. Fingers are crossed that it is done forever.

So, you have an extended or distal RNY as opposed to proximal? I absolutely believe a distal RNY would have higher success rates than a proximal RNY, but then you're living with both a pouch AND extensive malabsorption (some call it the worst of both worlds). I would think this would be a great idea if you also suffer from severe reflux or GERD pre-op, as the pouch is better than a sleeved stomach at improving or resolving those types of issues. I am so glad to hear that your T2DM is doing well so far, and I absolutely hope it stays away, but with a distal RNY, please be extra on top of your labs and supplements. heh, in a support group meeting filled with mostly RNY patients, I once mentioned that I keep my own extensive spreadsheets to track all my lab results so I can see the trends and such, and most of them looked at me like I had 3 heads!