Diabetes in Younger Folks.

[James Marusek 5,244]

I developed type 2 diabetes as I grew older and heavier. I was on 2 types of blood sugar medicine prior to my surgery and even those were not controlling my diabetes effectively. Then 3 years ago I had RNY gastric bypass surgery. When I left the hospital two days after surgery, I was off my diabetes medicines and haven't taken any since. I periodically check my blood sugar levels and they are fine.

In today's world many young folks are gaining weight earlier and becoming diabetic. So the question is "Would Weight Loss Surgery benefit younger folks with this condition?"

The issue was studied by Dr. Lwin Aung and colleagues from Singapore and Taiwan, and their report was published in JAMA Surgery.

The study included about 340 Taiwanese patients with early-onset (below the age of 40) Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and about 220 with late-onset disease. All had BMIs above 25, and had bariatric surgery to ameliorate their T2DM. One year post-surgery, about 57 percent of the early-onset individuals had achieved remission of their disease (and lost more weight) compared to about 50 percent of the late-onset patients. By 5 years post surgery, the early-onset folks maintained a greater rate of weight loss (which was statistically significant), and also a significantly greater rate of remission of their T2D. In their statistical analyses the investigators found that both the duration of T2D and age at which surgery was performed were independent predictors of disease remission. And that remission rate was significantly associated with the degree of weight loss.

http://acsh.org/news/2016/10/19/sooner-better-bariatric-surgery-get-t2d-remission-10322

[kplumlee1205 31]

Thanks you for posting this! I've read a few others that said it wasn't statistically relevant after 5 years so that makes my decision more solid.

[Redmaxx 740]

Thanks for posting that article. It is interesting.

I was/am a type 2 diabetes patient. I was on two different types of insulin and Metformin. Since my RNY, I am off both types of insulin but I am on 250 mg of Metformin 2 times a day. I can't wait to hopefully be off of it for good one day.