Healing problems?

I have been trying to get approved for about 9 months now. I have everything but my final doctor visit. I have been working with my insurance and they have sent me several packets of info regarding the surgery and afterwards. During all this time I have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and had to wait until that was under control. I actually gained weight once my thyroid was controlled...Yeah huh. I have PCOS and last month my OB/GYN scheduled an emergency hysterectomy. I have battled two infections because of my diabetes. My question is, if I go forward and get the bypass surgery, my insurance has said that with all the hoops/and prep I have done I am virtually guaranteed, will I have as much problem with healing. I had a full hysterectomy and one ovary removed and they did a full surgical incision. I am over 5 weeks out and still have 2 holes in my abdomen. I realize that the surgery would be lap and not a full incision but any wound can have trouble healing, has anyone with diabetes had trouble with wound healing after surgery? The reason I ask is that I have read that many people after surgery had their diabetes get much better. With that kind of improvement will it increase wound healing and decrease the probability of infection? I am at the point where I am considering not having the surgery even though I have put this much time and effort into getting it. I guess I just need to know that if I were to have issues with wound healing, would it still be worth it? Grace

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