Again, with the diabetes

[mama0297 6]

I posted recently about me still being insulin dependent. Obviously feeling a little depressed. So now what I feared is happening...not healing/infection! Yup will contact them in a.m. but I just noticed pus (drainage) from one of my incision sites, checked the others and noticed some unusual things. My concern is what is going on inside?! I am just a little confused (and scared) because I received answers telling me that my blood glucose readings will improve with time. Well does a diabetic really have "time" for readings to improve? We cannot heal with high readings! I spoke with my bariatric team yesterday and was told to take a certain amt. of insulin, but now this. I am not really sure what will happen but I have faith in my bariatric center, they are so caring and attentive! In the mean time, could anyone chime in that has diabetes type II with the same issue(s)?!

[bluesclues 49]

I'm type 1 and my blood sugars (bs) were ridiculous when I was at the hospital and I got off my pump and they couldn't control it. I had to get back on it like the 2nd day out of surgery and had to adjust it myself. My endocrinologist kinda gave me a guideline to cut everything in half and that helped. Right after surgery since it was liquids only, I didn't need insulin and stopped taking Glucophage and Victoza.

The bs do get better and I take half of the insulin I take. Not sure if I'm much help, but feel free to message me if you have any other questions or need someone to talk to

[RickM 1,750]

Yes, things usually improve over time. When my wife went through this ten years ago, it took her the better part of her first year to be free of her diabetes meds. The doc's experience is that generally, the longer one has been under treatment for diabetes, the longer it takes to get off the insulin and/or meds. My wife had been under treatment for about twenty years at that time and her case had degraded about as far as it could go and still be under control by meds - she was just short of being insulin dependent. This is a generalization, and as usual, there will be variations and some outliers who will be walk out of the hospital free off insulin and/or meds. But, she has been free of her diabetes since then (though she had the DS which is a more powerful tool against diabetes than the sleeve or bypass.)

On your other concern about drainage, that may or may not be related. I had a bit of lingering drainage from one site which kept my out of the pool an additional week beyond their usual three week limitation for everything to be sealed up, and I am not diabetic; on the other hand, my wife had no problem in this area even though she was. It's a big YMMV thing.

[bruni 38]

i would talk to my endocrinologist about my insulin levels and not rely on the bariactric team. your endo is the expert and i would take their advice over the bariatric's advice...

good luck

[mama0297 6]

Bruni, I just wanted to mention that my bariatric team has an endocrinologist in office, so that is a plus, but I will also be seeing my reg. endo in about a week. Thank you all for your input, very much appreciated!

[kay1117 83]

Did anyone have problems swallowing metformin postop? I am almost a week out and haven't taken my metformin ER for fear of it getting stuck.