It's Official...I am not a diabetic anymore...

Laureen S.
on 6/3/08 12:29 am - Maple Shade, NJ

Marti, So happy to hear your good news! Congratulations on being free of insulin! Hugs, Laureen

My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen

"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland

Marti O.
on 6/3/08 5:56 am

RNY on 10/24/06

Thanks Laureen.....not only insulin...but DIABETES!!!...I am "normal"....maybe LOL. Hugs, Marti

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"

Karen S.
on 6/3/08 12:33 am - Wailuku, HI

RNY on 07/26/06

Aloha my beautiful friend......Ah, what great news!! I love starting my day with a sharing like yours....it inspires me, makes me grateful, and puts a spring in my step!

A friend who also had WLS here on Maui has a similar story to yours, and she feels like she has been set free.......to fly high, and to live life fully and in good health. What a miracle!

Thanks for making my morning!!

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen

Marti O.
on 6/3/08 6:16 am

RNY on 10/24/06

Aloha my darlin'.....I love being normal......I was at a Broker open with a lunch today and Hostess was a new Realtor to our company and she was encouraging me to try some of the delicious Indian Chicken that her seller had prepared for the luncheon....I said I think I will eat this really lucious looking salad first and then try it.....maybe could I have just half a piece...she said Sure, I will share with you...I am dieting anyway"...I said well, I really just can't seem to get it down, I have a much smaller stomach now."...she said " I wish I could shrink mine down, how did you do it?" I laughed and said a Gastric By Pass......and she looked shocked....and one of the other women there bragged on me and said "not only that she has lost over 100 pounds!!!"...the Hostess looked at me up and down and said "I just can't imagine you 100 pounds heavier"...I said GOOD...cause I not anymore...and I can now walk without a cane!.... It is such fun to shock people isn't it....the good way. Love, Marati

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"

phfauche
on 6/3/08 6:18 am - Columbus, OH

REALIZE Band on 04/15/08

That is TERRIFIC, Marti.

Hugs, Peggy

Brenda R.
on 6/3/08 7:36 am - Portage, IN

RNY on 10/08/07

Marti, that is wonderful news. I know just what you are feeling. I was on 4-5 shots a day and oral meds. The endocrinologist finally put me on an insulin pumps. The problem with that was I was so insulin resistant I had to use the U500 instead of the normal stuff. Then I got off the oral meds a couple of months before the surgery and then the insulin pump was gone a week before surgery and I have not had anything since then. It is a wonderful feeling. My last A1C was 5.6 and the endocrinologist told me that I no longer had to see him for the diabetes. I have never felt better than I do now. I am finally learning to live my life as I should have. I have been very blessed and I am going to be eternally gratefull for it. I send you love and hugs on your wonderful news. I am so happy for you.

It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.

Marti O.
on 6/3/08 7:40 am

RNY on 10/24/06

My PCP told me that I was so insulin resistant that I would never lose weight...I would just keep needing more and more insulin and gaining more and more weight.....that is what would have killed me without this WLS....we are truly blessed.....I sure would love a A1C of 5.6...but I am not that good...so I am happy and so is he with a 6.0.Congratulations to you also. Love, Marti

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"