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I was banded on Monday and now on Thursday I am wondering why my glucose levels are higher than they were before surgery. Is it because my liver is pumping out glucose to make up for what I am not consuming? Is it a reaction to having surgery? Anyone else experience this and hopefully at some point your sugars started to come back down? I am still taking a total of 2000mg metformin daily.

Also, so many people seemed to feel pretty good after surgery and I feel like a truck hit me. Today was the first day I could get out of bed or a chair without help. I actually have had to make myself eat something because I couldn't tell a feeling of hunger separate from all the gas pain. I had no idea it would be quite like this. Am I responding this way more because I am 60?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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I was 57 when i was banded and on the same amount of metformin as u are. Post - op my sugar was high too and thats because we generate sugar when when dont eat, as much as we do when we do eat.. like after we have been asleep all night and not eating, u are getting glucose dumps from your liver as it thinks u are hungry/starving, of course you arent but your liver is used to a lot more food in your system so u need to retrain it :).

Give it time and patience, make sure u drink what u can and still follow the low sugar and carb diets whether u are on liquids or mushies, when the weight starts coming down so will your sugar levels :)

From 2000mg a day metformin i am now completely off them, i still dont have sugar or high carbs as i am used to eating like this.

I am sure things wiill work out but pls discuss things with your doctor/nutritionist too.

Good luck !

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Everybody reacts differently to surgery. Some people sail through, others feel like you as though they have been hit with a truck. There are lots of factors that effect this, age is only 1 of them. General health, fitness and weight also have an effect.

I am not sure why your glucose levels would be effected, that is probably a question fo the DR.

But the good news is that the worst part is now behind you and you should start feeling better bit by bit every day.The first couple of weeks after surgery are usually the toughest as you have to adjust to the post op diet and not eating the way you used to. Just wait till the weight starts falling off - then you will feel fabulous.

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Thanks so much to both of you for your encouragement. Its great to have the support of others.

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Did you get the liquid form of metformin for post op ? as these pills cannot be crushed !

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No, I am crushing them. My primary care doctor went thru all my meds and we only changed a couple of them.

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My sugar went very high for a few days after surgery even though I wasn't eating. My lower and mid back were very painful to the point I could barely move at all for about 2 full days. I am 52. Just letting you know you are not alone. Things worked out in the end and I am off of metformin and insulin though my blood still runs a little high and the doc has started me on victoza recently. But overall my bs is lower and I am eating better than I was before. Hope to be off of all dibetic meds by spring if I lose enough weight.....

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