Question:
Type 2 diabetes

My blood sugar levels have gotten higher since the surgery. The surgeon removed me from 1 medication post surgery. I thought that the blood sugar would go down?    — John P. (posted on December 10, 2002)

December 10, 2002
It can take some months for your blood sugars to come down to normal levels. It all depends on what your pre-op sugars were like. I was on two oral meds and NPH insulin pre-op with sugars in the 160-180's. Now at 3 months post-op I am down to just two oral meds, and one of them the dosage is cut in half with sugars in the 70-120 range. Hopefully in a few months I will be totally without meds. Hope this helps you. Glenna Post-op 9/10/02 -72 lbs!!!
   — Glenna L.

December 10, 2002
Type II diabetes can be very tricky. And guss what...Thin people get it too!! Mostly it is related to obesity, but not always. Make sure that your doc is keeping up with it, and make sure that they check you hemaglobin A1C...whether or not that decreases is a much better sign then your day to day blood sugars. Good Luck, and I hope that it is going to go away for you. Oh..one more thing, you do not have any infections right now do you?? A urinary tract infection, or an incision infection..that can make your blood sugar go up too. Happy Holly-Days!!
   — Vicki L.

December 10, 2002
Remember that stress can affect your bloodsugars too. My surgeon took me off all my medication after surgery, and my bloodsugars went down to around 130. After I returned to work, however, my bloodsugars raised about 10 points and I wasn't eating any differently than before. Stress was and still is a definite factor for me.
   — Denise M.