Hi. I am currently doing research on the Lapband procedure. I am about 150 pounds overweight. I lost all that weight on my own, with diet and lots of walking and kept it off for several years. After I lost 50 lbs. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Even after continuing to lose weight, walking everyday for an hour and eating very well, I ended up with type 1 diabetes, where my body decided not to make insulin any longer. I opted for the insulin pump and unfortunately I think that was a mistake. I was being treated for the type 1 part of the diabetes and not the type 2 part, I was still insulin resistant. Because my type 1 wasn't reconized soon enough I have permanet nerve damage and a bunch of other stuff that affects my energy and for a long time my actual physical strength. Add depression and it all equaled gaining all this weight back. Does anyone have any similiar situation? Is there any type 1 diabetics that have had the lapband procedure. I am concerned that the insulin I will have to continue to take will defeat any success for me with the lapband procedure. And I don't have any confidence that the type 2 part will go away either since it didn't after I lost all the weight and kept it off for several years.
One more thing, does anyone ever go into the chat rooms? I am CCNV.
