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Diabetes never goes away, its more managed when you loose weight, not causing strain on the body as much as before. Though, you got the chicken or the egg thing going on here it seems to me. I'm not a healt professional or anything, but it certainly seems to me that its the pcos that is requiring treatment.
Type 1 diabetic for 25 years - pumping for 12 years.
I'm hoping you weren't injured badly from your accident.
RNY 10/19/09 - Revision to VSG 10/13/14 - Dr Paul Enochs
Proud mama of Mischa and Gabriel, both born post-op.
Linda
Current 165
Goal 140
Believe you can and you're halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt-
Hospital nurses nearly always tick me off, because they usually don't know as much about Type 1 diabetes as I do. They lecture about high blood sugars, and then they get hostile when I don't want to eat their carb-infested hospital crapola food. I made my DH smuggle protein food into me when I was in the hospital for pregnancy-related stuff a few years ago.
You'll be glad to know that after WL surgery, your blood sugars will probably be much more stable. It's been amazing to me the difference getting rid of insulin resistance has made in my control. I feel so vindicated--I knew that the insulin resistance was screwing with me, and heh heh now I have the proof.
Jenn
Type 1 diabetic, 26 years
With great power (the DS!) comes great responsibility.
Current 165
Goal 140
Believe you can and you're halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt-
I've been a Type 1 for 25 years, and got my DS 6 months ago.
I did not have problems with lows immediately post-op. I went off my pump just before surgery, and was on IV insulin for a few days post-op until I felt up to dealing with my pump. The endocrinology nurse practictioner at the hospital put me on one-fifth of the basal rate I had been on, and that worked extremely well. I stayed, surprisingly, right around 100 for the first two weeks post-op. It was actually very weird! But my last A1c was a 5.9, so obviously something is working.
The lows I have had since have been manageable. Since the DS and the VSG both have stomach sleeves that retain the pylorus, in either surgery you will not dump from ingesting sugar. What the DS does that, so far as I know the VSG does not, is rid you of insulin resistance that is caused in the intestines. For Type 2's (which we kind of are, in addition to Type 1s, if we exhibit signs of insulin resistance), the DS cures their diabetes 98% of the time, according to a study released this year. With the RNY, I believe--but don't quote me on this--that Type 2 diabetes is resolved about 86% of the time, but in some cases the Type 2 returns after a couple years' hiatus. There is something about the re-routing of the intestines in the DS that produces the high cure rate of Type 2 diabetes. In fact, in Europe some Type 2s get the intestinal component of the DS to cure their diabetes, even if they are not overweight.
At any rate, please feel free to PM me if you have any other questions. Also, check out my OH blog, I talk about blood sugar things on that fairly often.
And please be diligent in researching all 4 types of surgery. Make sure you consult with a surgeon who does all 4, so you can get unbiased info.
Best of luck to you in your journey.
Jenn
Type 1 diabetic, 26 years
With great power (the DS!) comes great responsibility.
Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.
Profile Display of Health Tracker .
The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.
In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.
The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)
Workouts
My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.
Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"
You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.
Create your first workout now!
One other addition
For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.
Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.
