Were you stressed? Infections or anything happen to cause increased diabetes meds. Were you given steroids?Hopefully you can stop your meds. In my case my diabetes got worse post-op. I must be one of the few where this happened and wondered if I was a misdiagnosed type 1.
I was warned that a fast weight loss can cause gallstones and sure enough I had to have my gallbladder out. It is a really painful condition and the surgery isn't a picnic either. I had a lot of stones which then caused pancreatitis. I wish I'd never had the gastric band which has caused on going problems. I was ill with a gastric bug at the beginning of the week which I think must have caused the area of the stomach where the band is to swell and even though the bug has gone I'm still vomiting when I eat anythingNo op can guarantee to allow overeating in micro form.
Do you know why gallbladder gets damaged or interfered with? Irrespective of a surgery, in none diabetes even?
None diabetics and people who haven't had surgery get gall bladder problems.
I may be wrong but bad diet causes gall gladder problems, I thought?
I'd have a chat with my gp if it persists hunI was warned that a fast weight loss can cause gallstones and sure enough I had to have my gallbladder out. It is a really painful condition and the surgery isn't a picnic either. I had a lot of stones which then caused pancreatitis. I wish I'd never had the gastric band which has caused on going problems. I was ill with a gastric bug at the beginning of the week which I think must have caused the area of the stomach where the band is to swell and even though the bug has gone I'm still vomiting when I eat anything
I can only speak for myself.May I ask a question? This is just a question and by no means any sort of comment on problems etc.
I was heading towards morbidly obese at over 16st. Have lost weight now but I am a realistic comfort eater who uses fear of t2d complications to keep my weight down and to stop eating carbs. However, I know I am only one crisis from eating everything in sight. One day at a time. But I have seriously considered this type of surgery in the past.
For me, I know that I very much over eat. I could start in the morning and not stop until bed. At my worst, when metabolic syndrome had really set in I would get up in the middle of the night and eat then as well. It took a scare to make me face this, but I know that I could easily slip back.
My question is if you know what you will be allowed to eat after surgery why not just eat that way now?
The main reason that I didn't go down the surgery route was that I KNOW I comfort eat. What would I do instead? I have not conquered that at all. Its just that the fear of going blind and losing my feet is greater than my need to comfort eat. At the moment, but that might change.
If the pre-op counselling is good does it tackle the problem of your over eating ? If it doesn't then surely the problems will remain after surgery. If it does tackle over eating then why not use the strategy now?
As I said, not wanting to argue etc, but would really like to know what it is about the surgery that helps so much? Is it the food restriction that means you physically have to stop over eating? Or because it means that you just have to keep to a very strict diet which would have been impossible for you before?
Thanks for the help.
I can only speak for myself.
I would be very very hungry on 3-4 egg sizes of food per day, for life without this op. Also NHS or any Dr I know wouldn't sanction such eating unsupervised and would or could led to anorexia.
They reduce the stomach so less calories (carbs, protein and fats) to get satiety and leptin levels are satisfied too. The by-pass is so less nutrients are absorbed into the body so overeating (normal eating) is stopped by feeling full very very quickly and with teaspoons worth of food.
Hunger and lack of supervision whilst doing such a drastic change in eating on my 9meds and insulin management. I don't want to die due to the hypo I cannot recover from (coma if lucky).
I take heart/blood pressure meds too. I take thyroid meds and hormone meds. I don't know how to ween those nor have the meds to do it and the checking medical equipment to measure if and when meds need reducing so I don't have a heart attack or stroke.
Even I cannot do that!
The NHS are fully aware of all your concerns and are addressing them.May I ask a question? This is just a question and by no means any sort of comment on problems etc.
I was heading towards morbidly obese at over 16st. Have lost weight now but I am a realistic comfort eater who uses fear of t2d complications to keep my weight down and to stop eating carbs. However, I know I am only one crisis from eating everything in sight. One day at a time. But I have seriously considered this type of surgery in the past.
For me, I know that I very much over eat. I could start in the morning and not stop until bed. At my worst, when metabolic syndrome had really set in I would get up in the middle of the night and eat then as well. It took a scare to make me face this, but I know that I could easily slip back.
My question is if you know what you will be allowed to eat after surgery why not just eat that way now?
The main reason that I didn't go down the surgery route was that I KNOW I comfort eat. What would I do instead? I have not conquered that at all. Its just that the fear of going blind and losing my feet is greater than my need to comfort eat. At the moment, but that might change.
If the pre-op counselling is good does it tackle the problem of your over eating ? If it doesn't then surely the problems will remain after surgery. If it does tackle over eating then why not use the strategy now?
As I said, not wanting to argue etc, but would really like to know what it is about the surgery that helps so much? Is it the food restriction that means you physically have to stop over eating? Or because it means that you just have to keep to a very strict diet which would have been impossible for you before?
Thanks for the help.
May I ask a question? This is just a question and by no means any sort of comment on problems etc.
I was heading towards morbidly obese at over 16st. Have lost weight now but I am a realistic comfort eater who uses fear of t2d complications to keep my weight down and to stop eating carbs. However, I know I am only one crisis from eating everything in sight. One day at a time. But I have seriously considered this type of surgery in the past.
For me, I know that I very much over eat. I could start in the morning and not stop until bed. At my worst, when metabolic syndrome had really set in I would get up in the middle of the night and eat then as well. It took a scare to make me face this, but I know that I could easily slip back.
My question is if you know what you will be allowed to eat after surgery why not just eat that way now?
The main reason that I didn't go down the surgery route was that I KNOW I comfort eat. What would I do instead? I have not conquered that at all. Its just that the fear of going blind and losing my feet is greater than my need to comfort eat. At the moment, but that might change.
If the pre-op counselling is good does it tackle the problem of your over eating ? If it doesn't then surely the problems will remain after surgery. If it does tackle over eating then why not use the strategy now?
As I said, not wanting to argue etc, but would really like to know what it is about the surgery that helps so much? Is it the food restriction that means you physically have to stop over eating? Or because it means that you just have to keep to a very strict diet which would have been impossible for you before?
Thanks for the help.
Like I said " I can only speak for myself" and as near anorexic in my youth as diagnosed by my psychologist last week. I only speak from my experience and my situation.Ickihun - I have to remark on your comment about anorexia. What you say isn't true.
The dictionary definition is anorexia is loss of appetite. What you are describing doesn't describe a loss of appetite.
Anorexia nervosa is a wholly different condition and for the vast majority of anorexia nervosa sufferers there is no loss of appetite. Indeed the hunger pangs continue, except that the disturbed/unwell mental state of the sufferer doesn't allow them to eat to satisfy that hunger in a healthy way. They might eat lots of, say, lettuce, or drink large quantities of water to fill their stomachs, but underlying that their bodies are screaming for nutrition. The important part of that is their mind not allowing them to do the sensible thing and actually eat.
For those in the grasp of anorexia nervosa being told to "just eat something. In fact eat anything you enjoy" is a bit like saying, "just pop out to Jupiter and do some deep scientific research". It's just not possible.
Rarely the individual works out what's going on and can address their underlying issues (like self-worth, feelings of entrapment, or whatever) for themselves, but for the vast majority it takes often intense therapy to for the individual to recognise and accept those issues and begin to understand how best to address or manage them.
Deciding just to eat small portions and continue doing so doesn't constitute anorexia nervosa. It represents self-enforced starvation which, if continued, will in all likelihood lead to malnutrition.
I will be on regular metformin and not long release. I've asked and I can crush that one but I'll be in hospital when I'm needing it straight after op so they can sanction liquid metformin but not as effective and very expensive compared to tablets so reluctant to do. My slow-release are like torpedoes ha ha.Re your meds post op: even though some aren’t available as liquids a good chemist can arrange for them to be made into liquid.
How do you find liquid metformin in comparison to tablet metformin side affects?I still take liquid metformin as the huge glucophage ones made me sick. Also when I was post op I used to even vomit up the crushed pills as you really have to crush them well so they’re like dust. Some pills you can’t crush.
Do it while you can @akindrat18 . Not for those able to exercise some of the problem away for a while.My doctor's are considering gastric bypass for me, but I am 50/50 on the idea of having it done. 2 years ago I would have said yes to it as I was approaching 25 stone, but now I'm close to being 16 stone and feel like I can continue to lose my weight without having a gastric bypass done.