Timing of Diabetes Remission
I was wondering about the timing of diabetic remission due to surgery. I had surgery last Wednesday. My sugars have been ranging from 94-114, but this morning my first check of the day (fasting) was 126. Does this mean that part of the surgery is a fail? Or does it take some time to settle down? I know weight loss will help, but I was wondering about surgery alone. TIA.
Lap RNY February 15, 2012
Starting weight 195 (ht. 4'10)
Surgery weight 178.5
Current weight 113
Blood sugars can be very up and down after surgery. I was taken off Metformin a week and a half post-op because I was bottoming out in the 70s regularly. My A1C has consistantly been 6.9 or less since surgery. I think the "timeline" for remission is different for everyone, and you are not at all yet a failure - it sounds like you are on the path to remission to me! Good luck :)
Don't worry. Just follow healthy eating and your doctor's guidance. I stopped
taking diabetes meds the week before surgery and haven't been back on
them since. My sugars have been moving steadily down. My last A1c 9
months after surgery was 5.6. The timing and pace of remission will vary
based on a number of factors...where you diabetes was at the time of
surgery, what type of meds you were on- oral vs. insulin, how long you
had diabetes etc. Keep up the hard work and good luck!
taking diabetes meds the week before surgery and haven't been back on
them since. My sugars have been moving steadily down. My last A1c 9
months after surgery was 5.6. The timing and pace of remission will vary
based on a number of factors...where you diabetes was at the time of
surgery, what type of meds you were on- oral vs. insulin, how long you
had diabetes etc. Keep up the hard work and good luck!
Jan
I had been diagnosed as diabetic for 6 years before my surgery. Medication had been keeping it under control. I took my last med about 3 days before my surgery and never have needed them. I am 4 years out next month and my A1cs have been great.
Good luck and hang in there.
Good luck and hang in there.
Highest/Surgery/Current/Goal
250/241/139.5/125
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