Fasting insulin?

[KaiserKid 81]

I had my first fasting labs drawn today. Everything looked OK except my cholesterol which was 220 and my insulin, which was 31 uIU/mL. I read that a typical fasting insulin should be around 8 uIU/mL. This is indicative of metabolic syndrome. Do you think this could hold up my surgery?

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I'm not sure what those numbers mean but some full on diabetic people have bariatric surgery to correct their diabetes. My surgeon has performed a BPD/DS (Billialpancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch) on patients that were of a normal BMI but were completely out of control of their diabetes. You should be fine to have your surgery with those numbers.

Edited August 31, 2016 by Evenya