Re: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

[Guest guest]

at one time a few years back I considered this, but changed my mind after

reading up on the side effects and the problems some people had later. than I

was told once you have heart problems you can't have this kind of operation then

if you wanted to or not. so going to do it the hard way. I do have a girl who I

went to school with back in the 70's. she had this kind of a operation because

of her weight. back in the 80's when she had it I know it was much different

then. well to make a long story shorter, she had more trouble then she wanted 20

years later. seems like the wire they tied up her stomach with had worked lose

and done some damage to her intestines. she got an infection through out her

body and was even in a coma for six months. the doctors were telling her Momma

to start making arrangements for her funeral because she wasn't going to live

through the night. Well folks, God wasn't done with my friend and she not only

lived through that night, but is well and doing grate ten years later! she has

gained most of the weight back that she lost after that operation back in the

early 80's and still to day struggles with weight control. I personally think

doing it the hard way is the way to take extra weight off for most of us, but I

also agree that this kind of operation does work for some folks and is the best

thing to do for there health.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

percent remission rate.

By Vastag

The Washington Post

Monday, March 26, 2012

Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other medicines,

two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than medicine

alone, the studies also found.

With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States, physicians

are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic disease that can

lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other problems that can reduce

life expectancy by a decade or more.

The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the stomach

and bypass part of the small intestine.

In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar, while

just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that good

outcome.

The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

" With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just barely

obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon Magnuson of

s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who was not involved

in either study.

Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The 57-year-old

computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the disease.

And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on medications for

high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her diabetes pills. And yet,

her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental focus she needed at her job.

" It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I was

going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting for my

stroke to happen. "

Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told her

about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is considered

obese, made her eligible.

Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors had

taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days a week

and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

" It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter and

yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a potential

side effect of the surgery.

Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans offer

it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed " medically

necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides reducing caloric

intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery also triggers hormonal

changes that help patients better control blood sugar, Magnuson said.

" Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an extreme

problem. "

[Guest guest]

The husband of a friend of mine weighed over 500 pounds. He could hardly

walk and could not work except on his computer at home. Well, she got

pregnant and he was so worried about not seeing his baby grow up that he

decided to lose weight the same way you are doing it Mark. Two years later

he weighed just over 200 pounds, got a job in the real world and is doing

fine. His diabetes and high blood pressure went away. The sad part is that

my girl friend got cancer and passed away. He is now raising their little

girl.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:21 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

at one time a few years back I considered this, but changed my mind after

reading up on the side effects and the problems some people had later. than

I was told once you have heart problems you can't have this kind of

operation then if you wanted to or not. so going to do it the hard way. I do

have a girl who I went to school with back in the 70's. she had this kind of

a operation because of her weight. back in the 80's when she had it I know

it was much different then. well to make a long story shorter, she had more

trouble then she wanted 20 years later. seems like the wire they tied up her

stomach with had worked lose and done some damage to her intestines. she got

an infection through out her body and was even in a coma for six months. the

doctors were telling her Momma to start making arrangements for her funeral

because she wasn't going to live through the night. Well folks, God wasn't

done with my friend and she not only lived through that night, but is well

and doing grate ten years later! she has gained most of the weight back that

she lost after that operation back in the early 80's and still to day

struggles with weight control. I personally think doing it the hard way is

the way to take extra weight off for most of us, but I also agree that this

kind of operation does work for some folks and is the best thing to do for

there health.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

percent remission rate.

By Vastag

The Washington Post

Monday, March 26, 2012

Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

medicine alone, the studies also found.

With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar, while

just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

good outcome.

The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

" With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

was not involved in either study.

Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The 57-year-old

computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

focus she needed at her job.

" It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I was

going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

for my stroke to happen. "

Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told her

about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

considered obese, made her eligible.

Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days a

week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

" It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter and

yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

potential side effect of the surgery.

Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

" medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

sugar, Magnuson said.

" Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

extreme problem. "

[Guest guest]

This was all over the news yesterday. They even interviewed a lady who

wanted the surgery to get rid of her diabetes, but she was not overweight at

all so they would not do it. She purposefully gained 85 pounds in order to

have the surgery. She did have it and she lost the weight and lost her

diabetes!

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Cassell

Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:59 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

percent remission rate.

By Vastag

The Washington Post

Monday, March 26, 2012

Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

medicine alone, the studies also found.

With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar, while

just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

good outcome.

The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

" With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

was not involved in either study.

Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The 57-year-old

computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

focus she needed at her job.

" It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I was

going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

for my stroke to happen. "

Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told her

about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

considered obese, made her eligible.

Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days a

week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

" It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter and

yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

potential side effect of the surgery.

Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

" medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

sugar, Magnuson said.

" Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

extreme problem. "

[Guest guest]

that is just to sad! well good for him, but sad for him that he lost his

wife. I really do believe the best way and the safe way to lose weight is the

other side of putting it on. it may take longer and it takes lots of hard work,

but in the end you will have learned what you got to know in order to keep it

off and live a healthy rest of your life. they say the best lessons we learn in

life are those that we learned the hard way. kind of hard to for get all the

months of doing with out and working hard at exercise when you lose weight. kind

of isn't fair though to put it on at 3 per week and take it off at only 1 per

week. how does this make any sense when you work much harder at taking it off

then you did putting it on? seems like hard work should pay better then this.

maybe it could be that God made us this way for a good reason, so we can learn

how to keep healthy and not put it on so fast when we learn how hard and long it

takes to get rid of it again.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

percent remission rate.

By Vastag

The Washington Post

Monday, March 26, 2012

Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

medicine alone, the studies also found.

With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar, while

just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

good outcome.

The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

" With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

was not involved in either study.

Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The 57-year-old

computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

focus she needed at her job.

" It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I was

going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

for my stroke to happen. "

Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told her

about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

considered obese, made her eligible.

Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days a

week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

" It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter and

yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

potential side effect of the surgery.

Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

" medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

sugar, Magnuson said.

" Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

extreme problem. "

[Guest guest]

the problem with this is gaining the 85 pounds just to prove a point could

cause other health issues that you can't get rid of by weight lost. can't figure

out how it was worth it even if it worked for her? seems to me the risk out

weighed the good results.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

percent remission rate.

By Vastag

The Washington Post

Monday, March 26, 2012

Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

medicine alone, the studies also found.

With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar, while

just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

good outcome.

The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

" With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

was not involved in either study.

Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The 57-year-old

computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

focus she needed at her job.

" It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I was

going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

for my stroke to happen. "

Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told her

about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

considered obese, made her eligible.

Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days a

week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

" It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter and

yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

potential side effect of the surgery.

Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

" medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

sugar, Magnuson said.

" Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

extreme problem. "

[Guest guest]

i heard this on the cbs news last evening.

Sounds promising for t2's.

later

scott

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[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

I weigh 250 and don't think of having the surgery.

I might as well take the hard way.

Becky

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

>

> Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

> remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

> percent remission rate.

>

> By Vastag

> The Washington Post

> Monday, March 26, 2012

>

> Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

>

> Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> medicine alone, the studies also found.

>

> With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

>

> The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

>

> In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

> patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> while

> just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

> good outcome.

>

> The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> from

> diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

> intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> rate.

>

> " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

> Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

> was not involved in either study.

>

> Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> 57-year-old

> computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

> focus she needed at her job.

>

> " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I

> was

> going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

> for my stroke to happen. "

>

> Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told

> her

> about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> considered obese, made her eligible.

>

> Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

> had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> days a

> week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

>

> " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

>

> The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> and

> yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> potential side effect of the surgery.

>

> Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

> also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> sugar, Magnuson said.

>

> " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

> Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> extreme problem. "

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm certainly not a doctor or dlame to be, but I do think doing it the hard

way is the right thing to do and in the mean time you will figure out how to

lose it and keep it off by creating good habits that will stay with you from now

on. seems to me as I look back over my life, those things that came to easy and

I didn't have to work for them, well they never lasted nor were they real. We

humans seem to appreciate it more if we worked hard to achieve it and earned it

from lots of hard work on our part. I say Pray about it and allow God to speak

to you and show you the right way to go. some times taking the easy way out does

appeal to most of us, but most of the time it doesn't last or we end up doing

more work in the end. this is what my Momma use to tell me when as a kid I

worked harder looking for the easy way to do things. she said a lazy man will

always end up doing more work by the time it is over. she said he could have got

the job done faster and spent less time if he just simply would have done it

right the first time. I use to think Momma was just a nut and liked hard work in

a sick way, but now Momma's advice is starting to make more sense now that I

have finally matured. to bad my Momma didn't live long enough to see her son

mature. she has been gone now 3 years and I miss her more every day. when she

was alive she was always ordering me pills that said they would curve your

overing eating desire and help you lose unwanted pounds, but of course there is

no such magic pill or diet. eat right, eat less and exercise more. this is how

easy it really is and it has worked for many people for thousands of years. plus

it doesn't cost any more money then does your normal grocery bill every month.

every one wishes to buy the pill that you take once a day and the pounds drop

off while you sleep! just look at some of the diets you hear of on the radio and

TV? eat just cabbage for the first 3 days and then only drink grape fruit juice

for the next 2 days. then you sit on the thrown for 2 days and by the next start

of the new week you will be in the hospital from way to much gas. I know folks

who tell me about a new way to lose weight and this stuff you buy is the powder

that you mix with water and drink each day. of course the small print on the

back side of the bottle will tell you to eat a low carb and low fat diet and

exercise daily. well hello? if you do what the back of the bottle says, you

don't need to drink what is in side to lose weight. they are telling you on the

back of the bottle in small print the answer to losing weight, but charging you

for the free information with there so called magic powder. how many folks do

you think pay good money for this stuff? they say the weight lost industry is a

billon dollar business and every one of them in small print on the back side of

the product will tell you to eat less and exercise in order to get best results!

those who pay good money for this crap can't really complain when it doesn't

work, because if they would only read the back of the box or bottle they would

see they paid for free information that our grandparents tried to tell us years

ago. now that I think on it, I think I will come up with a magic diet of some

kind and get filthy! nasty! rich! and laugh my big pig butt off all the way to

the bank. well maybe not, I believe that God would give me a spanking for

knowing better then to do something like this knowing it was a lie to make money

from the mentally ill. this would be taking advantage of the weak for profit. ok

not going to get rich this way, but I could write a book???

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

>

> Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

> remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

> percent remission rate.

>

> By Vastag

> The Washington Post

> Monday, March 26, 2012

>

> Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

>

> Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> medicine alone, the studies also found.

>

> With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

>

> The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

>

> In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

> patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> while

> just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

> good outcome.

>

> The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> from

> diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

> intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> rate.

>

> " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

> Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

> was not involved in either study.

>

> Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> 57-year-old

> computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

> focus she needed at her job.

>

> " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I

> was

> going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

> for my stroke to happen. "

>

> Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told

> her

> about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> considered obese, made her eligible.

>

> Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

> had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> days a

> week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

>

> " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

>

> The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> and

> yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> potential side effect of the surgery.

>

> Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

> also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> sugar, Magnuson said.

>

> " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

> Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> extreme problem. "

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

My Mom nags me about my weight.

Boy when I lived in the same town, she was over every day to see what I was

eating.

I hate that.

Becky

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

My Momma was never like that. she was concerned about my weight, but she

never pushed me or shook her finger in my face. she still cooked what ever it

was that I wanted her to cook for me. she lived right next door and she was who

taught me to cook and I'm pretty good at it as well. taught by a totally blind

lady who knew her way around the kitchen and I sure loved my Momma's cooking

except for meat. she always over cooked any kind of meat.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

It is no fun to have a diabetic police person nagging at you! It does not

help either.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Becky McCullough

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:46 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Hi Mark,

My Mom nags me about my weight.

Boy when I lived in the same town, she was over every day to see what I was

eating.

I hate that.

Becky

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

You are so right. I noticed they did not mention any side effects this lady

might have had. As the news so often does, it only gives you half the

story.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:51 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

the problem with this is gaining the 85 pounds just to prove a point could

cause other health issues that you can't get rid of by weight lost. can't

figure out how it was worth it even if it worked for her? seems to me the

risk out weighed the good results.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

percent remission rate.

By Vastag

The Washington Post

Monday, March 26, 2012

Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

medicine alone, the studies also found.

With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar, while

just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

good outcome.

The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

" With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

was not involved in either study.

Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The 57-year-old

computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

focus she needed at her job.

" It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I was

going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

for my stroke to happen. "

Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told her

about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

considered obese, made her eligible.

Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days a

week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

" It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter and

yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

potential side effect of the surgery.

Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

" medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

sugar, Magnuson said.

" Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

extreme problem. "

[Guest guest]

Mom isn't diabetic She has been nagging me since I was 25 and I'm 58 now.

Becky.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

>> >

>> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

>> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

>> full

>> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

>> 95

>> > percent remission rate.

>> >

>> > By Vastag

>> > The Washington Post

>> > Monday, March 26, 2012

>> >

>> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

>> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

>> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

>> >

>> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

>> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

>> >

>> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

>> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

>> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

>> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

>> >

>> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

>> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

>> >

>> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

>> of

>> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

>> > while

>> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

>> that

>> > good outcome.

>> >

>> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

>> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

>> > from

>> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

>> the

>> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

>> > rate.

>> >

>> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

>> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>>

>> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

>> who

>> > was not involved in either study.

>> >

>> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

>> > 57-year-old

>> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

>> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

>> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

>> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

>> mental

>> > focus she needed at her job.

>> >

>> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

>> I

>> > was

>> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

>> waiting

>> > for my stroke to happen. "

>> >

>> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

>> told

>> > her

>> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

>> > considered obese, made her eligible.

>> >

>> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

>> doctors

>> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

>> > days a

>> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

>> >

>> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

>> >

>> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

>> > and

>> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

>> > potential side effect of the surgery.

>> >

>> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

>> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

>> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

>> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

>> surgery

>> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

>> > sugar, Magnuson said.

>> >

>> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

>> a

>> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

>> > extreme problem. "

>> >

>> >

[Guest guest]

Nurse Pat,

You have spoken a very important Great Truth here my friend.

Having someone nag will only serve to exacerbate the situation.

Before I was diagnosed with Diabetes I recognized that nagging my spouse was

only going to cause hostility and her to dig in her feet and refuse to

listen to *any* advice, good or bad. (LOLLOLLOL)

As has been said many times discretion is the better part of valor.

(LOLLOLLOL)

Now that I am dealing with Diabetes I am keenly aware of the fact that we

get *advice* on how to control Diabetes from friends who have absolutely no

idea what they are talking about but are convinced that they are *experts*

on the subject.

Cy

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of LaFrance-Wolf

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:45 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: RE: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

It is no fun to have a diabetic police person nagging at you! It does not

help either.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Becky McCullough

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:46 PM

To: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

Subject: Re: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Hi Mark,

My Mom nags me about my weight.

Boy when I lived in the same town, she was over every day to see what I was

eating.

I hate that.

Becky

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

That is far too true! So-called well meaning helpers, only serve to

aggravate the situation! When people start at me, I just say " please stop "

When you know what you are talking about, I will listen!

I know I don't do much posting here, but I do a lot of listening, because I

have a lot to learn, and I can't listen and talk at the same time!

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and

other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are

just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut

butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most

plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E.

Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's

an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

now this here is a mouth full for sure! nothing is worse then some one

nagging you about what you eat when they don't watch what they eat! nothing in

this world can piss you off as bad as this can. most of us will eat more of what

ever it is that they are nagging us about. eating right and changing our life

style is a personal thing that only we as an individual can make happen. no one

can do it for us. neither can another person make us cheat or fall off the

wagon. we have to take total responsibility for our own actions when it is us

who is in control. I say once we leave home and become an adult is exactly the

right time to stand up for your self and what you know is good for you. of

course the down side of this kind of attitude is, you can make some people mad

and they may be family, but that is just how it must be if you are to control

your own life. I would rather some one hit me in the nose then to nag at me!

when we are kids our parents have the right to nag because they are your parent

and they pay the bills, but that all stops when you move out and become what is

best known as the adult and only you will answer in the end for all you do in

this world.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

These " helpful " friends are a pain. I usually don't even bother to say

anything to them. Once in a while I ask if they had a recent medical degree

if I am in a bad mood.

My husband is sort of the other way. He is constantly telling me I should

eat more. I keep telling him it is not good to gain more weight than I

already am, but he is constantly offering food.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Cy Selfridge

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:22 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: RE: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Nurse Pat,

You have spoken a very important Great Truth here my friend.

Having someone nag will only serve to exacerbate the situation.

Before I was diagnosed with Diabetes I recognized that nagging my spouse was

only going to cause hostility and her to dig in her feet and refuse to

listen to *any* advice, good or bad. (LOLLOLLOL)

As has been said many times discretion is the better part of valor.

(LOLLOLLOL)

Now that I am dealing with Diabetes I am keenly aware of the fact that we

get *advice* on how to control Diabetes from friends who have absolutely no

idea what they are talking about but are convinced that they are *experts*

on the subject.

Cy

From: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of

LaFrance-Wolf

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:45 PM

To: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

Subject: RE: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

It is no fun to have a diabetic police person nagging at you! It does not

help either.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Becky McCullough

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:46 PM

To: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

Subject: Re: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Hi Mark,

My Mom nags me about my weight.

Boy when I lived in the same town, she was over every day to see what I was

eating.

I hate that.

Becky

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Mom isn't overweight, and I think she drinks a lot.

She said she doesn't even eat dinner.

Becky

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse

> diabetes

> > >

> > > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> > full

> > > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to

> a

> > 95

> > > percent remission rate.

> > >

> > > By Vastag

> > > The Washington Post

> > > Monday, March 26, 2012

> > >

> > > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with

> severe

> > > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> > >

> > > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> > >

> > > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive,

> chronic

> > > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and

> other

> > > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> > >

> > > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> > >

> > > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40

> percent

> > of

> > > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood

> sugar,

> > > while

> > > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> > that

> > > good outcome.

> > >

> > > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > > from

> > > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> > the

> > > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > > rate.

> > >

> > > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are

> just

> > > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

> >

> > > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> > who

> > > was not involved in either study.

> > >

> > > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > > 57-year-old

> > > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from

> the

> > > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of

> her

> > > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> > mental

> > > focus she needed at her job.

> > >

> > > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt

> like

> > I

> > > was

> > > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> > waiting

> > > for my stroke to happen. "

> > >

> > > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> > told

> > > her

> > > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > > considered obese, made her eligible.

> > >

> > > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> > doctors

> > > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > > days a

> > > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> > >

> > > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> > >

> > > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut

> butter

> > > and

> > > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > > potential side effect of the surgery.

> > >

> > > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most

> plans

> > > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> > surgery

> > > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control

> blood

> > > sugar, Magnuson said.

> > >

> > > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E.

> Nissen,

> > a

> > > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's

> an

> > > extreme problem. "

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

my daddy was the very same way and he died from a heart attack ten years

after he had by pass operation. he never gave up the sweets and carbs. he wasn't

diabetic that we know of, but he was always to pile more on my plate before I

was even done with what I had. I wasn't diabetic that I knew of when he was

still living. he ate bad and thought every one else should. they said when my

parents was growing up the older folks then said you were really healthy if you

were over weight. they fried everything back then and ate a lot of bad carbs,

but it was all they knew and if you had diabetes it was called that sugar

disease. my daddy really did mean well, but he just didn't like to see any one

go with out or eat like a bird as he called it.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Dan is kind of like that. He was on me because I bought a small jar of

peanut butter. Shoot, befor I was diabetic or at least when I founc out, I

bought a 5 pound jar of peanut butter every 3 months. Now I get a one pound

jar maybe in a month or six weeks. It is still very hard but I don't feel

like Dan giving me a hassle about it.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

>> >

>> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

>> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

>> full

>> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

>> 95

>> > percent remission rate.

>> >

>> > By Vastag

>> > The Washington Post

>> > Monday, March 26, 2012

>> >

>> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

>> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

>> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

>> >

>> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

>> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

>> >

>> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

>> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

>> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

>> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

>> >

>> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

>> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

>> >

>> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

>> of

>> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

>> > while

>> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

>> that

>> > good outcome.

>> >

>> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

>> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

>> > from

>> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

>> the

>> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

>> > rate.

>> >

>> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

>> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>>

>> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

>> who

>> > was not involved in either study.

>> >

>> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

>> > 57-year-old

>> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

>> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

>> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

>> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

>> mental

>> > focus she needed at her job.

>> >

>> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

>> I

>> > was

>> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

>> waiting

>> > for my stroke to happen. "

>> >

>> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

>> told

>> > her

>> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

>> > considered obese, made her eligible.

>> >

>> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

>> doctors

>> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

>> > days a

>> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

>> >

>> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

>> >

>> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

>> > and

>> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

>> > potential side effect of the surgery.

>> >

>> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

>> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

>> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

>> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

>> surgery

>> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

>> > sugar, Magnuson said.

>> >

>> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

>> a

>> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

>> > extreme problem. "

>> >

>> >

[Guest guest]

I am happy for her but I would be darned if I would try to gain 85 pounds

and then have surgery. No way! I am interested in whether anyone has tried

or looked into that 30 Day Diabetes Cure and if there is anything negative

connected with it. I would be hesitant to drop my glyburide right away and

trust it.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

>

>

>

>

>

> Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

> remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

> percent remission rate.

>

> By Vastag

> The Washington Post

> Monday, March 26, 2012

>

> Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

>

> Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> medicine alone, the studies also found.

>

> With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

>

> The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

>

> In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

> patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> while

> just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

> good outcome.

>

> The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

> diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

> intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

>

> " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

> Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

> was not involved in either study.

>

> Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> 57-year-old

> computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

> focus she needed at her job.

>

> " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I

> was

> going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

> for my stroke to happen. "

>

> Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told

> her

> about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> considered obese, made her eligible.

>

> Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

> had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days

> a

> week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

>

> " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

>

> The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> and

> yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> potential side effect of the surgery.

>

> Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

> also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> sugar, Magnuson said.

>

> " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

> Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> extreme problem. "

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, that is a shame, but maybe God was trying to tell him that He needed him

for some purpose. It is a good thing the baby didn't end up with no

parents.

Wow!

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

>

> Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

> remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

> percent remission rate.

>

> By Vastag

> The Washington Post

> Monday, March 26, 2012

>

> Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

>

> Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> medicine alone, the studies also found.

>

> With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

>

> The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

>

> In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

> patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> while

> just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that

> good outcome.

>

> The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

> diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

> intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

>

> " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

> Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who

> was not involved in either study.

>

> Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> 57-year-old

> computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental

> focus she needed at her job.

>

> " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I

> was

> going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting

> for my stroke to happen. "

>

> Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told

> her

> about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> considered obese, made her eligible.

>

> Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors

> had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days

> a

> week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

>

> " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

>

> The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> and

> yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> potential side effect of the surgery.

>

> Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery

> also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> sugar, Magnuson said.

>

> " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

> Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> extreme problem. "

>

>

[Guest guest]

The funny thing is that birds eat about 3 times their weight daily.

Flapping hose wings burns up a lot of energy! But vets say that pet birds

get fat as they are fed as much as they would eat if they were in the wild,

but don't get the exercise.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:45 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

my daddy was the very same way and he died from a heart attack ten years

after he had by pass operation. he never gave up the sweets and carbs. he

wasn't diabetic that we know of, but he was always to pile more on my plate

before I was even done with what I had. I wasn't diabetic that I knew of

when he was still living. he ate bad and thought every one else should. they

said when my parents was growing up the older folks then said you were

really healthy if you were over weight. they fried everything back then and

ate a lot of bad carbs, but it was all they knew and if you had diabetes it

was called that sugar disease. my daddy really did mean well, but he just

didn't like to see any one go with out or eat like a bird as he called it.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

> >

> > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> full

> > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a

> 95

> > percent remission rate.

> >

> > By Vastag

> > The Washington Post

> > Monday, March 26, 2012

> >

> > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

> > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> >

> > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> >

> > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic

> > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other

> > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> >

> > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> >

> > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent

> of

> > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar,

> > while

> > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> that

> > good outcome.

> >

> > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > from

> > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> the

> > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > rate.

> >

> > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just

> > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

>

> > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> who

> > was not involved in either study.

> >

> > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > 57-year-old

> > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the

> > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her

> > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> mental

> > focus she needed at her job.

> >

> > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like

> I

> > was

> > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> waiting

> > for my stroke to happen. "

> >

> > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> told

> > her

> > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > considered obese, made her eligible.

> >

> > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> doctors

> > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > days a

> > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> >

> > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> >

> > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter

> > and

> > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > potential side effect of the surgery.

> >

> > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans

> > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> surgery

> > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control blood

> > sugar, Magnuson said.

> >

> > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen,

> a

> > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an

> > extreme problem. "

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

my nneice has heart problems and she had the lapband surgery, but I wouldn't

have that one either.She had the surgery and I started on biata at the same

time, I have lost 85 pounds and she has lost 50. their are times depending where

the band is she can't eat. When I was at her house she had to go to the doctor 3

times because the band wouldn't let her eat. she said that most of her foods

must be high protein.

Betty Emmons

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to a 95

percent remission rate.

By Vastag

The Washington Post

Monday, March 26, 2012

Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with severe

disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other medicines,

two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than medicine

alone, the studies also found.

With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States, physicians

are searching for new ways to combat the expensive, chronic disease that can

lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and other problems that can reduce

life expectancy by a decade or more.

The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the stomach

and bypass part of the small intestine.

In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40 percent of

patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood sugar, while

just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained that good

outcome.

The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from

diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the

intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate.

" With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are just barely

obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon Magnuson of

s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who was not involved

in either study.

Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The 57-year-old

computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from the disease.

And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on medications for

high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of her diabetes pills. And yet,

her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the mental focus she needed at her job.

" It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt like I was

going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just waiting for my

stroke to happen. "

Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician told her

about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is considered

obese, made her eligible.

Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her doctors had

taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five days a week

and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

" It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut butter and

yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a potential

side effect of the surgery.

Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most plans offer

it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed " medically

necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides reducing caloric

intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach surgery also triggers hormonal

changes that help patients better control blood sugar, Magnuson said.

" Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E. Nissen, a

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's an extreme

problem. "

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

It sounds like you're in my age range.

I'll be 59 the 28th of April.

Becky

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse

> diabetes

> > >

> > > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows

> > > In one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into

> > full

> > > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery led to

> a

> > 95

> > > percent remission rate.

> > >

> > > By Vastag

> > > The Washington Post

> > > Monday, March 26, 2012

> > >

> > > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with

> severe

> > > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and other

> > > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> > >

> > > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more than

> > > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> > >

> > > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United States,

> > > physicians are searching for new ways to combat the expensive,

> chronic

> > > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness and

> other

> > > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> > >

> > > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size of the

> > > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> > >

> > > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40

> percent

> > of

> > > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood

> sugar,

> > > while

> > > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation obtained

> > that

> > > good outcome.

> > >

> > > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission

> > > from

> > > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of

> > the

> > > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission

> > > rate.

> > >

> > > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who are

> just

> > > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said surgeon

> >

> > > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,

> > who

> > > was not involved in either study.

> > >

> > > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > > 57-year-old

> > > computer programmer watched relatives succumb to early deaths from

> the

> > > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians heaped on

> > > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top of

> her

> > > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking the

> > mental

> > > focus she needed at her job.

> > >

> > > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I felt

> like

> > I

> > > was

> > > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother, just

> > waiting

> > > for my stroke to happen. "

> > >

> > > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her physician

> > told

> > > her

> > > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35, which is

> > > considered obese, made her eligible.

> > >

> > > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April, her

> > doctors

> > > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking five

> > > days a

> > > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> > >

> > > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> > >

> > > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut

> butter

> > > and

> > > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and diarrhea - a

> > > potential side effect of the surgery.

> > >

> > > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal. Most

> plans

> > > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is deemed

> > > " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state. Besides

> > > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight, stomach

> > surgery

> > > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control

> blood

> > > sugar, Magnuson said.

> > >

> > > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E.

> Nissen,

> > a

> > > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But it's

> an

> > > extreme problem. "

> > >

> > >