What advice for a person who still has diabetes after weight loss surgery?

One year ago I had gastric bypass surgery. I have been treated for type 2 diabetes for over 20 years. I was on Lantus, Byetta, Januvia, Avandia, metformin, and Micronase. I was also taking medicine for high blood pressure, high cholestrol and high triglicerides, and prozac and wellbutrin and synthyroid. My blood sugars were usually over 200. When I started on Lantus, I weighed 175 pounds. After five years I weighed 212 pounds. One year after surgery, I weigh 132 pounds. If I take no diabetes medicines, my sugars are in the 400's and 500's. With Lantus, I can get it down to 100, but I start to gain weight and also get a very increased appetite. I am currently taking 1 Januvia and two metformins daily and averaging 250 sugars. I know that I am in the minority of gastric bypass patients, but wonder if anyone has a similar experience after surgery and losing all their weight. I know that doctors have always suspected that I did not take my medicine and that I ate a lot of high carbs. Neither is true. I do have a very strong family history of diabetes. All four of my grandparents, my mother, all of her five siblings, and four of my siblings. My doctor says that perhaps some people cannot escape their genes.

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