Guest guest Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 i had type 2..... no meds since surgery!! it is WONDERFUL!!!! xoxoox cathy s in va > > Hello, I had the MGB in Dec. '03. My husband is going to have his in March. > I would like to hear from people that had Type II diabetes before surgery. > How quickly did your BS come down and have you gotten totally off your oral > meds? > > Thanks, > in Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Hi , I am a type II diabetic. I was on three oral medications and two types of injectable insulin last year before my MGB on 1/26/04. I immediately went off all oral medications as soon as I had surgery. I used the short acting insulin to regulate my BS, and then backed that up with a long acting insulin. Around August or so, I was able to stop the short acting insulin and then maintained on the long acting insulin. I just had a revision and have only had to have one long acting insulin shot in the past 10 days. I am assuming that I might have to start again when I start eating. But will be contacting my doctor to see what he wants me to do. Good luck. Anne Hansen 1/26/04 2/11/05-Revision > > Hello, I had the MGB in Dec. '03. My husband is going to have his in March. > I would like to hear from people that had Type II diabetes before surgery. > How quickly did your BS come down and have you gotten totally off your oral > meds? > > Thanks, > in Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 My husband is concidering the MGB. I had mine in July 2002 and have lost 115 lbs. I did wonderfully but I was not diabetic. My husband is and has to take insulin injections daily. Has anyone who has had this surgery been able to get off the injections? Thanks for any info. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Sandy, I am diabetic, I was on three oral medications and two types of injectable insulin (Lantus and Novalog) before the MGB. I immediately went off the oral medications and within 6-8 months I went off the Novalog. I continued to take the Lantus until my revision about 11 days ago. I have had one shot since then. I am anticipating that when I start to eat regular food, that I will need to use injectable insulin again, at least for a while. Anne H. > > My husband is concidering the MGB. I had mine in July 2002 and have lost 115 lbs. I did wonderfully but I was not diabetic. My husband is and has to take insulin injections daily. Has anyone who has had this surgery been able to get off the injections? Thanks for any info. > Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Thanks to , , Suzanne, Anne, and Dorine for answering my question about Type II Diabetes. I wanted emails for my husband to take to his doctor. Best wishes to a good group of people. in Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 , When you lose weight, you always lose a combination of fat and lean tissue. The amount of fat lost is always greater than the lean mass lost until you get to about 15% body fat. See Message 15864. You can figure out how much to eat for a specific target weight by using the -Benedict equation: http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~spon/picu/calc/beecalc.htm In your case, you would need about 2948 calories for a target weight of 260 lb. As Francesca stated, reduce your calories slowly, so that your organism gets used to it. You may be interested in Lee Shurie's story about how he cured himself of Type II diabetes by meal timing and a CRON diet: http://shurie.com/lee/writing_defeat_diabetes.htm I wish you good luck. Tony > Hello, > > I'm . I have been interested in metabolic manipulation via diet > for a couple of years now. It began with my diagnosis of Type II > diabetes and the subsequent dietary education from medical > professionals, and later with my investigation into low-carb diets. > The biochemical world of human metabolism is fascinating. > > I have been successful in recent years in controlling my blood sugar > levels through diet, and now I'd like to see if I can gain some > greater control on my metabolism and weight. > > I am 31 years old. 345 lbs. and 5'10 " . I am, however, very large of > frame (a radiologist once had a devil of a time fitting my rib cage > into a thoracic X-ray). The lightest I have been in my adult life > was 225 lbs. and I felt very good at that weight. > > I've just been reading the Elle Magazine thread, and the subsequent > side-discussions, and admit that I am a bit confused. I'd love to set > a target for calories/day for myself, but I don't really know where > to begin. I already know what types of food I want to eat for this > diet... that being the most healthy and successful combination I have > already used for blood-sugar/insulin regulation. (Mostly nuts, seeds, > greens, nutritional oils, berries, cottage cheese, eggs & yogurt, > along with a daily glass of red wine.) But now I want to try to > calculate the amounts I'd like to limit those foods to. > > My current weight goal is 260 lbs, as I feel I could reach that > weight readily with diet and light exercise. Less than that will > likely require more exercise than I am currently comfortable with > doing... but I will re-evaluate my activity level once I approach > that goal. > > I understand that CRON is more than weight loss, but that is an > important side goal for me. > > By the way, I am extremely skeptical of BMI. For me, at least, I know > that it is way off base. Given that I have approximately 185 lbs. of > lean body mass, I don't think it's reasonable for me to have a goal > of 150 lbs. total weight. :-\ Or am I SUPPOSED to reduce my muscle > mass? > > Thanks, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Thanks, Tony! I'm adding up the calories of some of my favorite things, and I don't think that a goal of 3000 cal/day would be all that tough for me. > , > > When you lose weight, you always lose a combination of fat and lean > tissue. The amount of fat lost is always greater than the lean mass > lost until you get to about 15% body fat. See Message 15864. > > You can figure out how much to eat for a specific target weight by > using the -Benedict equation: > http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~spon/picu/calc/beecalc.htm > > In your case, you would need about 2948 calories for a target weight > of 260 lb. As Francesca stated, reduce your calories slowly, so that > your organism gets used to it. > > You may be interested in Lee Shurie's story about how he cured himself > of Type II diabetes by meal timing and a CRON diet: > http://shurie.com/lee/writing_defeat_diabetes.htm > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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