does the sleeve conquer the diabetes and other illnesses?

[mtcantor]

Apnea and snoring is gone. I am on half my previous blood pressure meds. Feel healthier in general.

And it's been less than two weeks!

[rhill2901]

In my case, my bp went from 140/90 to 126/77 and its only been 16 days. My tryglicerides was 379, which technically i should be dead lol, but I will get it checked later this month, so I'm hopeful on that. As for acid reflux, I have been taking nexium for 8 years, and since my surgery, I haven't had a one. I do take a sip of mom once in a while though when the acid starts to get crazy in my stomach. tablespoon every 3-4 days... So major improvement there. I'm extremely pleased with my results so far.

[brandy5]

These experiences are very encouraging, I take two blood pressure pills a day plus my family Dr. wants to put me on cholesterol pills, my genes are terrible. I am also prediabetic. Just started seeing Dr. for sleeve, doing all the tests.

[Deejaycee76]

When I was 400lbs, I would wake up all through the night as well. Although never diagnosed, I assumed I had sleep apnea. Waking when I stopped breathing......60 lbs lost, and I sleep all night. It's great. Losing weight benefits our bodies more ways than one!!! Good luck!

[rhill2901]

After some time and thought, I don't think the procedure eliminates any of the ailments. Its the weight loss that gets rid of the ailments.

BTW if anybody wanted to know, my latest stats:

BP: 114/64 (previously, I had elevated BP, hypertension levels)
no acid reflux
Tryglicerides: 176 (before it was 379)

so yes, overall health improves as you lose weight. imagine that :P

[Mrs_Cnix]

My diabetes went away immediately after surgery. I was taking insulin and metformin twice a day. I sugar has been perfect since the day of my surgery.

[dbarnes7]

My Sleeve was done 19 months ago and I have lost about 100 lbs. I am type II diabetic and before I was taking 2000 mg of Metformin and 100 units of insulin daily. Within a couple of months I was completly off insulin but I am still on the Metformin. My A1C has been staying steady for the past year at about 6.1 so I am very happy with that (and no, I do not watch what I eat)
My blood pressue is now under control, I was on 3 medications and am now down to just 1, and it has been doing very well for quite a while now. I still have my acid reflux so I have to take something for that daily, I was hoping to get rid of that but it hasnt happened yet.

[MillCreekKim]

My A1C is holding steady at 5.1 and I haven't taken anything for the Diabetes since surgery. I can tell my blood sugar is more controlled by the way I feel. Got off all my blood pressure meds last week. Acid reflux is still present but I expect that will clear up soon as well. Most important was controlling my blood pressure and blood sugar so I say yes it does conquer those illnesses.

[xxNYR30xx]

I've gone from 280 units of humalog a day down to roughly 40 units of humalog a day so far. Drop some other meds entirely. BP meds dropped from 400mg a day down to 50 mg twice a day. Sleep Apnea however is likely to stay as I've only gone down from 14 to 11 after dropping 80 pounds(at the time of the titration), no more edema and I had it very bad in feet, ankles and calves.

[Debra Rodriguez]

Hello. I am new to this but I have been wanting to know some of the benefits of the sleeve compared to the bypass. Like with the bypass for some if they are a diabetic the diabetes disappears almost as soon as the surgery is over or shortly thereafter. I am trying to decide which to have..does the sleeve do the same thing for those of us who are diabetic?.....I would much rather do the sleeve if I can...I go for an appointment with my dr. next week and I would kinda like to know what ya'll think....Can someone answer this for me please? Thank you.

Mine did. Sleeved 6/18/14

[Debra Rodriguez]

My surgery did take my diabetes away. Sleeved July 18/2014

[crcindy]

That is great news, Norm! I would LOVE not having to be plugged in to the CPAP, and it would be great to be off the metformin as well.

[aprilrain]

who was your surgeon

[DZGAL]

I am interested to know if everyone has seen a change in their cholesterol levels and how soon????

[SomeGuyJeff]

ill know this week