italian-girl

I've been diabetic for 5 years, my a1c was staying at 9.8 for a long time, my primary kept upping my dosages till I was on 1000 mg of metformin twice a day, 100 mg of januvua once a day, and 10 mg of glipizide twice a day. Which still was not working... Once I decided to do the surgery I tried to make it easier on myself by starting out with one Protein shake a day and two regular meals then took out another meal and had two shakes a day and one meal for a good 3 weeks then when I had to go all Protein Shakes for two weeks prior to surgery it was easier for me but my diabetes numbers were dramatically different daily and I was down to taking just the januvua. However the day of my surgery my blood sugar was slightly higher than normal and they told me nerves do that. After the surgery my blood sugar was 236 and they had to give me insulin but they had already expected it.. As trauma raises blood sugar.. But by the time I left the hospital my sugar was down to 137 and I've now been home 3 days and I'm not taking any meds and my blood sugar is 115. I keep an eye on it and check it regularly. But I'm still on the clear liquid diet till Monday. Then ill go on the shakes again. But I think if I have to take anything it will be much less as I go on to regular foods. Ill have to keep you updated.

My surgeon took me off work for 6 weeks, not due to lifting, but I was told no more than 10 lbs for at least 6 weeks.. My commute is an hour and 15 min without traffic and the risk of blood clots is too high...especially since traffic in LA is always present and many times my commute is 2 hours. Each way.

The insurance waiting game... I started my process in February this year and by the time all the insurance requirements were met and ready for submission it was July I got my surgery done on Monday 8/12/13. It's a big step but I believe a good one.