bilka

Hello! I am 29 and I'll be getting the surgery in February, a month after my 30th birthday. I have the same BMI as you and also decided not to tell anyone. It's actually my decision and people here so judgemental. People who know: partner, mum, hairdresser and you all. People who will know: my sister some day before surgery and my best friend (a male who doesn't gossip) So don't worry, everyone does what she/he feels like. The result is the same: you'll lose your weight. And a smile to the people who will compliment you on your weight loss will be eloquent enough, no need to even say "thank you"!

I guess it happens everywhere (even here in Italy)... A lady I met a couple of times has been gaining weight since she was approved for surgery. It didn't go well for her and almost ended up in the ER coz she couldn't walk nor breath anymore and now she's fnally on a diet waiting for her surgery. So I guess it's normal, but don't worry: her BMI was much higher (more or less 59), so of course it was different for her and had problems with the sudden weight gain...

I am so happy to hear that people with the insulin pump did it as well. I am trying to find the right place to do it. As I wrote on my introduction diabetics1 with a lower BMI than 40 are not considered for the sleeve. Only type 2. Me too, I have been eating so much with the pump and my body is so full of insulin it's started reacting less to it. I am great to hear that after having surgery the daily amount of insulin goes down so much, that's exactly what I need and want. Here not even my diabetologist nor my gp think that surgery is a good idea. Thay all tell you you should make an effort and be strong. Well, they do not have diabetes or have ever been obese so... I guess it's finally time for me to decide. I am 30 and I have been diabetic for the last 20 years... I guess I now know my body better than any doctor could... Has anyone else with an insulin pump had VSG?

Hello! First of all I am italian so please forgive all my grammatical mistakes! I haven't been sleeved yet, right now I am doing my research... I read all the great comments about the surgeons in Mexico and I have been seriously considering them, I am worred about the jet lag and the long trip on the way back... That's why I have been in contact with both Belgium and dr. Cierny in Czech Republic. My main problem is that my BMI isn't that high (34) but my reason to get sleeved is really the fact that I have type 1 diabetes since I was 10 (I am now 30). I have obesity history in the family as well. My intake of insulin is way too high (due to the food I ingurgitate every day) and my body is not responding the way it used too. I am also extremely worried about the long term consequences of a bad managed diabetes. I am SERIOUSLY worried. not long ago I went to a nutritionist last week who told me that I get way too much insulin for a normal body and that my situation it looks more like a diabetes 2 than 1 and I should be worried about the consequences. The only thing I would be considered for here in Italy is the BIB and I have been seriously thinking about it. Until I realized that it won't be a good thing for me. I can't lose again weight and gain it back. It would destroy me and mess up completely my diabetes. Here in Italy with my BMI only diabetics of type 2 get surgery, for type1it is not legal to get it. And I am so tired of hearing that. It has nothing to do with it but when I was younger I passed all the tests to become a flight attendant but at the very end I was told that only type2 can do the job. Type1 can't. I have been thinking about it for a long time and I am sure it's the right thing for me to do. It is not a shortcut, it is not a caprice. I think it's the only thing for me to do. Dr. Cierny is not sure about giving my surgery for the same reason. And I am sorry because I read great things about him here. In Belgium would be ok, I just haven't heard much the doctor who would perform the surgery: Dr. Toon Sonneville. I mean I saw an interview with him I read about him and his Gastric bypass surgeries but I couldn't find anything about the Sleeve... So, so far this is my story... Now I am waiting up to get the final sentence from Dr. Cierny and to get the references from Dr. Sonneville...

Thank you SO much for all the info!