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Well here I go another month of Protein shakes. Been taken them for 2 months now due to my blood sugar gets to high when I eat even when I am on meds, so I have an option to stay on what I'm doing until surgery that is on the 28th or go on insiline. It's just getting harder because I'm getting hungry, I do eat chicken when I cook it for my family. The bad thing is that I only lost 5 pounds. When I went to see the dr he said my bmi went from 38 to 36 and he wants me to loose more I don't know how good that is. But I know the knew meds I'm on makes it hard to loose. I don't know what else to do.

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Let me tell you this .. it may help ... it will be much harder to lose weight if you go on insulin. However, you must follow your doctor's advice there because too much high sugar - particularly over time ... can cause damage that can't be repaired.

I am assuming that you decided to go through with WLS in order to improve your health. I can tell you that as hard as it may be right now, it is absolutely worth the work in order to get to surgery in the best shape you can be.

I was on insulin for 30 years - and continued on insulin for 3 months after surgery. The insulin made it very hard for me to lose weight ... although after the surgery it was easier. My doc took me off insulin just last week ... and in 5 days I lost 3 kg. I am now on tablets but I am hoping that eventually I can lose them too. I can't tell you how freeing it is to not have to take insulin anymore.

Having said all that I want to say again .. you must follow your doctor's advice on this matter because of the damage that can be done to heart/kidneys/nerves/eyes and many other parts of your body by taking risks with high sugars.

So hang in there ... I know it is hard .. but you only have a few more weeks to get through ... and the rest of your life ahead of you to enjoy food again.

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