Did Comorbidities Go Away? High Bp, Cholest., Etc.

[Answeredprayer 0]

I am making my final decision this weekend between Sleeve and Bypass.

Those of you post-sleeve, did the weight loss help relieve High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Diabetes, and/or sleep Apnea for any of you?

Do any of you experience dumping with your sleeve?

Thanks from a newbie,

[Rootman 1,101]

YEP! Blood sugar is stable, I was getting HYPOglycemic (LOW blood sugar, opposite of diabetic), blood pressure was creeping upwards and BP meds would make me sick. Last cholesterol check was 140 - freakin' awesome!

I've stopped using the CPAP as my face has gotten too thin to allow the mask to seal, I had to use a full face mask as I could not keep my dang mouth shut all night with the nasal type masks and air would leak out my mouth. Now I sleep pretty well, the wife says I don't snore and grunt the way I did.

Edema is pretty much gone, I had pretty bad leg and feet swelling issues, now I just have them occasionally and not that bad.

Joint pain has all cleared up. I go to the chiropractor about every 6 weeks just cause I typically get a crick in my back and neck. HE even remarks on how well I seem to be doing. There was basically NOTHING wrong with me at the last visit, I can't say that THAT has ever happened before.

My resting heart rate is in the 70's now, used to be in the mid 90's.

I can exercise now, before I used to get winded getting up to take a leak. I now swim an hour a day 5 days a week.

I look and feel better now then when I was in my 20's. I'm now going to be 51 in April.

It literally saved my life.

[twoboysandagirl 109]

Wow Root that is one awesome story!

Didnt have your same preop health issues but just wanted to tell you that all my health issues have either disappeared completely or (migraines still here) have lessened dramatically. (Went from one a month to 2 in a year!)

[welittle1 26]

Answeredprayer..I have all of those conditions and I am hoping that they will all get considerable better if not go away once i have the surgery!

[Liliana Arleen 173]

I am here ,I had fatty liver prior my surgery and at only 3 months out my liver levels are better,I was insulin resistant for 7 years and now I am not longer insulin resistant,no more chronic Migraines for me either and my GERD has improved some too.

[Indymom 132]

I haven't been very good about taking my BP since I had my surgery, but at my last doc's appointment (my gastroenterologist, not VSG-related) my BP was 110/70. My BP med is basically just a Water pill, so I may be able to eventually discontinue it, but if not I'm not too concerned about it. Both of my parents are on BP meds (they are both overweight but not excessively so), as is my brother who is very fit, so it may be more genetic than weight-related. I was lucky to not have issues with diabetes, and I suspect I was borderline-apnea pre-surgery and my husband says my snoring has all but ceased.

[GonnaLoseIt 33]

sleep Apnea cleared up for me. I did not have any other comorbidities, but was definitely on my way to having issues, luckily was able to head it off with the sleeve.

[OilSooner 23]

BP normal, and type two diabetes in remission. I think I'm ready to stop using my CPAP, but I'm too lazy to schedule a sleep study to find out.

I'm 7 weeks out.