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Well, I think I discovered something very interesting this morning. On the advice of one of the people in this bariatric support group that I attended over the weekend, I tried a low carb Breakfast at only 7 grams of carbs. This morning I woke up with a blood sugar of 121 and 2.5 hours post-breakfast, my blood sugar is 90. My insulin resistance must be pretty bad. Well, I now see that this journey is about a permanent lifestyle alteration. I am so over pricking my finger 3x per day to check my blood sugar. Also, I am done swallowing those Metformin horse pills. I am going to have to start collecting some food ideas.

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Prior to surgery I had diabetes and was taking two types of prescription medicines to control it. But even with these medicines it was still not properly controlled. I had RNY surgery. Two days after surgery, when I left the hospital, I was off all my blood pressure meds and I haven't taken any since.

It was astonishing how quick my diabetes went into remission. For years I had been struggling with this disease, pricking my finger each and every day, and then it was gone.

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Yeah, I'm not well controlled right now. I'm just trying to get A1C at or below 8%. If I can just achieve that much, I'll be so much better off.

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