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Do call your doctor to check in about your blood sugars. Perhaps he/she will want you in a slightly different range, but the readings really are texbook normal.
Please check back and let me know how you are doing. Any other questions at this point of your journey? What surgery did you have?
have a great day!
Annie HW 289 SW 257 GW 150 
Obviously, anything with carbohydrates in it will bring you up. Any clear juice, like apple, will give you a small bump since you can't consume too much of it at this point in your recovery. Depending on the broth, that might also give you a bit more.
However, as a 26 year insulin dependent diabetic, I'd say your blood sugars are considered completely normal and in range and aren't really anything to worry about it. This is really great news and you could be one of those people that experiences a cure from diabetes. Congrats!
While in the hospital, they were constantly checking and I wasn't bad until the night they removed my IV and I went down to 76 and they put me back on the IV, gave me something and I went back to just over 100.
Now at home, I'm chasing to bring it up! yes, I'm going to call my doctor on Monday, but until then, anything I can do? I'm still in Phase 1 = water, broth, G2, Jell-O, etc, with the only carbs coming from the 12oz max of G2 I can drink a day, which brings me up at that time, but 6oz in the morning and 6oz in the afternoon are barely enough. I'd love some suggestions until I can talk to my doctor.
Thanks for your help! )
Annie HW 289 SW 257 GW 150 
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As a Type 1.5 diabetic (and someone with PCOS), I really was not sure what to expect from the surgery. I knew that I would always need insulin, but since I have never been able to lose any weight through my own diligent efforts, I didn't know what my outcome would be.
Here are just a few things that are different from a year ago:
I’ve lost about 75 pounds (30% of my starting weight)
I have lost 43 inches from my body
My current hip measurement is the exact waist measurement I had on the day of surgery (and it’s not a small number)
My hbA1c last week was 7.0 – the first time it has been this low in about 10 years
I have not needed any cholesterol medicine for a year
My insulin needs have decreased substantially and my endocrinologist believes my insulin resistance is markedly better
I am off blood pressure medicine, and only need a daily diuretic to maintain normal levels.
I was able to jettison 2 oral diabetic medicines and cut one dose (metformin) in half.
I am going to go on an insulin pump in the next few months so that I have more precise control and better results.
I can RUN – not a lot – but I can run! And stairs are a breeze now - not bad for a 55 year old! · I am enrolled in a doctoral program - a lifelong goal.
I don’t have to buy plus size clothing any longer and it’s probably been at least 25 years since I could say that.
Notice that I'm not so focused on how I look or what size I can wear, but on the IMPROVEMENT IN MY HEALTH. This is why I did this in the first place. I thought about it for 9 years before I actually did it.
I'm so incredibly grateful to my surgeon, his team, my endocrinologist, my husband and my friends - it's amazing to finally get some results after struggling my whole life with this.
I hope this offers hope and encouragement to anyone out there that needs it. It's hard work, but so is anything that is worth it....Im blessed.
