Lap Band & Diabetes

[JennGA 0]

I was wondering if anyone has Diabetes and getting the lap band or already has the lap band?

Jenn

[Chooky 0]

Hey, I have type 1, banded may this year. going well. any questions send them to me

Chooky

[Natman 0]

Hi JennGA.

I have type 2 diabetes and was banded on Sept 11 this year.

During the pre-op diet something quite remarkable happened. I went from needing about 100u of insulin daily to less than 10! Since banding that number has dropped further (today I only took 2u and it was almost debatable whether I needed that).

I understand that since I'm on the liquid diet phase (and that is not as easy as it sounds, believe me) that things may change in the future. All I can say is that my surgeon is pretty confident that my diabetes will go into remission or go away altogether and I'm already reaping the benefits of not taking enough insulin to cure a diabetic horse!:biggrin:

Happy to answer any questions that you might have. All the best.

[gitrdone 0]

I'm type 2, have gone from glip/metformin 2 2xday to 1 2xday, still getting morning readings in the low 120's but after meals are in the mid 80's, so I'm guessing I'll be med free before too long. :biggrin:

[Cortney75 0]

I am type 2 diabetic also and since starting this journey I have gone from taking 2/1000 avandamet twice a day to just taking 1000 mg metformin once a day. My sugars the past month have averaged around 120.

I got the lapband put in 09/04/09 and my PCP believes I will be off all my meds shortly.

With my current numbers and the fact that I am still in the liquid portion I think I will be on the met a little bit longer but I am guessing before the new year I will no longer be taking met.

[JenFenRen 0]

I am type 2 and take Glucovance 500 2x daily. However, I do not test my blood sugars daily, only every 3 months with the A1C. My Dr said that some patients even leave the hospital not needing meds anymore! This is my whole reason for doing the surgery, I do not want to have this disease anymore! Hopefully I will not needs meds in a couple of weeks, I get banded Monday morning at 7:30am!

[hmarko 0]

I am type 2 w/ PCOS. I usually have bg up to 140's in the AM but It goes down during the day due to overproduction of insulin when I eat and I am not eating 'bad' foods. If I eat inappropriate foods its up to 180 - 200.

I will stay on the metformin once i start eating (which I have today). I should have taken my bg in the AM while on liquid that would have been smart :biggrin: So i had a baseline before starting the food. Today was my first day of mushies.

Metformin comes in liquid so will be starting that tomorrow. I've gained a lot of weight any time I quit metformin and i never lost it again after restarting so i don't want to mess with that.

[JennGA 0]

How did your banding go?

[hmarko 0]

Hi Jenn - my banding went really well - I got the single incision. I had pain but tolerable. A LOT of gas and I walked 1.5-2 miles daily. and lived on gasx. I lost a lot on the Protein liquid diet now I am on mushies and gained a bit back and now I am hungry. Soon as I started w/ food it calmed the gas and now I am a bit hungrier each day it seems. My biggest complaint is that i am usually working out (via horseback riding) and now that I can't my back is starting to hurt between them going thru my abs for this surgery and no exercise :biggrin:

Get my first fill in Oct 14.

When are you getting banded? or are you banded?