RNY for me!

I have been trying for months to get my insurance company to approve me for a DS.  Finally heard back on Friday (4 days before surgery) that the denial was upheld on my appeal.  I am moving forward with the RNY and am having the surgery on Tuesday!  I am a type I diabetic (for almost 17 years).  I have all of the normal fears but one of my biggest is that Insulin shots will keep me from losing the weight that I need to.  Are there any other Type I's on here that will share with me the "rate" that you lost weight?  Cutting calories and exercising for me in the past has yielded such disappointing results for me. 
I don't mean to sound like I'm down about it all.  I'm actually quite excited!  No terrible anxiety (yet) just running around telling my family and friends how much I love them all of the time! lol

 Hey congrats on the surgery. I am TYpe 1 also. I haven't started the whole 6 or 7 month process

my insurance requires but I plan to next week. I plan on trying for rny also. My bmi is like 36 so I 

don't Know how all that will all work out.

I have a question, for your insurance did you have to be overweight for 3 years for them to pay for 

your rny?

No, my insurance did not.  I have BCBSNC and they only require that  you have a BMI of 40 or higher OR BMI of 35 with comorbities.  It's actually quite easy to get the RNY approved.  Didn't even have to complete any monthly drs appointments documenting weight loss, etc.  HOWEVER they do require a BMI of 50 or higher for DS.
I hope your approval process goes quickly and smoothly!!!

I'm type 1, was insulin resistant prior to surgery. Using about 130-140 units daily. I'm a year plus post op and use about 60 units. That's still HALF of what I was using before!! I've lost 132 pounds in 13 months. (In a bit of a stall right now, but I'm ok with that) Yeah it might be slower than others. but i reached 100 lbs lost at month 7. Exercising more would certainly help!

Loved the fact that I can reduce my basal rates by %. I stayed on the pump the entire time! I also was able to set my target rate to be a bit higher so that I wouldn't go low early post op. I've managed my lows just fine, it happens but treatable.

Anyhow Good luck - I'm glad I went with an RNY and don't regret that choice one moment

Wow!!! 132 lbs in a year sounds pretty wonderful to me!  Congratulations to you!!! I'm so glad to "meet" you.  I may be asking you LOTS of questions! lol  I am not on a pump (yet).  I've been comfortable with shots but everyone that I meet on a pump LOVES it.  If I can get my weight under control that will be my next big step.  Thanks for responding!

Hey Missy...  I share the same concerns you do as far as the amt of weight loss we can accomplish with being on insulin..  I had my surgery on 10-18 and before surgery I was taking 100 units of Lantus a day, and approximately 135 units of Novolog a day...  I now only take 70 units of Lantus a day and 0 units of Novolog!!  I have lost 20 lbs since surgery.  So far so good...  I am nervous about eating "real" food again due to the extreme type 1 insulin resistant diabetic I am...  I REALLY don't want to have to take all of those shots again!!  Just taking things one day at a time!!

Wow Mystic, Congrats on your weight loss and minimizing those shots!  I hope that we are both happy with our results!