Re: For Skyangel!

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Skyangel,

This doctor's opinion *really* bothers me, for a lot of reasons.

I was dx with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes 2 yrs ago. My Dr. PCP,

not endocrinologist) said there's no such thing as " borderline " diabetic.

You either have diabetes, or you don't. It's like being " borderline "

pregnant. Many factors can predispose a person to developing diabetes, and

overweight can be one since it causes your body to use insulin less

efficiently. Has the Dr. done a fasting blood glucose test, more than just a

fasting finger-stick blood glucose reading? I would be very wary, no, I'd

GET MYSELF TO ANOTHER DR ASAP if one reccommended elective, major abdominal

surgery for " borderline " diabetes before trying anything else.

If blood glucose is not quite high enough to diagnose diabetes, diet

modification according to the American Diabetes Assoc. would be a sensible

first step IMO. If blood glucose is sufficiently high to diagnose diabetes,

diet modification and/or oral diabetic drugs make sense. This combination

has controlled my diabetes so far. If the disease can't be controlled by

these means, supplementary insulin via injection or pump is the next step.

Diabetic Neuropathy (pain) is a complication of uncontrolled diabetes.

Everyone is different, but having complications without a diagnosis of

diabetes seems very odd. It might be different in a patient who had

neglected her health long enough to have had undiagnosed, uncontrolled

diabetes long enough to develop complications of the disease.

I had *no* symptoms or complications of diabetes when I was diagnosed. I

requested the tests when I was being evaluated for thyroid disease. I still

don't have diabetic neuropathy, or any other complications yet. Controlling

my blood glucose is key to postponing complications.

I realize you asked about the surgery. Don't have any information there, but

it seems like a waste of time & money, along with pain & suffering, if the

same thing can be accomplished with far less expensive and invasive means.

Just my way-more-than 2 cents' worth,

Ann R. in TX

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skyangel wrote:

>> Hi all,

>> I promised a friend that is in this support group

>> that I would write

>> and ask the group their opinion. I was dx with FM,

>> CFS, Arthritsis,

>> and IBS,etc, this last November 2001. I have been

>> going to my doctor

>> every 3-4 weeks, because I of my severe hand and

>> finger pain..I

>> thought it was because of my FM, or carpel tunnel,

>> and he said NO, he

>> said that it was on the borderline of get

>> Diabetes... because I was

>> over weight, so I suggest the by pass stomach tuck,

>> and he thought it

>> would help with all of all my illness if I would

>> have this done. So

>> he referred me to a doctor that does it. I have a

>> seminar to go to

>> on July 16, 2002 to see what I need to do to have to

>> done...Has

>> anyone in the group have had this surgery done...if

>> so please let me

>> know what it was like, and what I need to know about

>> the surgery...