Gastric by pass surgery

[Drfarxan]

Did anyone have the op i.e a gastric( edited)by pass surgery? If you did how were your blood sugars and your insulin resistance after the surgery? How long since you had the surgery and was there any difference in your blood sugar and blood panel in general since the surgery? How have you been feeling since you had the surgery? Your metabolic health in general?

 

[jjraak]

Hi @Drfarxan

slightly off topic, so apologies

i can only speak from my wife's cousins perspective

uncontrolled type 2, eventually had band fitted (seems non reversible in her case so maybe surgical)

did lose a heck of a lot of weight, (to mind maybe too skinny )
but she feels better in herself, which is important.

Wife thinks perhaps she shouldn't have had until truly exhausted all the avenues.

i think DR Jason Fung covers this in his Diabetes code book rather well.

the intervention has the same effect as keto and to a great extent lchf without the attendant surgical risks
and is completely reversible at some if you decide to eat a higher carb diet at any point.

i guess we all make that call on what we consider intolerable and what may be the best way forward for ourselves.

i think Fung, and myself come down on the side that perhaps THAT should be a last case scenario.

but that may be easy for me to say, very cognisant others may have a more difficult path to tread.

Hope you find a route and answers that help you along your path.

 

[lessci]

I have a (non-diabetic) friend who had a gastric bypass about 4 years ago. She's lost a substantial amount of weight (around 9 stone) by is still a larger lady. From the outside my observations are - She has to take vitamin supplements every day as with the bypass she can't absorb enough of some nutrients from her diet. Eating and drinking has to be planned as she's not supposed to drink within 30minute of a meal. There are certain food that she shouldn't eat or she'll get "gastric dumping" Skin removal surgery (if needed) is very rarely available on the NHS and can cost 10K, so if you do need it you'll need to save, and it's a much bigger operation that the bypass. You usually have to go for counselling before and after the op, and follow a VLCD (800 cals) for 12 weeks before it to reduce the amount of fat around your liver (This is where the Newcastle Diet comes from)

 

[Drfarxan]

Hi @Drfarxan

slightly off topic, so apologies

i can only speak from my wife's cousins perspective

uncontrolled type 2, eventually had band fitted (seems non reversible in her case so maybe surgical)

did lose a heck of a lot of weight, (to mind maybe too skinny )
but she feels better in herself, which is important.

Wife thinks perhaps she shouldn't have had until truly exhausted all the avenues.

i think DR Jason Fung covers this in his Diabetes code book rather well.

the intervention has the same effect as keto and to a great extent lchf without the attendant surgical risks
and is completely reversible at some if you decide to eat a higher carb diet at any point.

i guess we all make that call on what we consider intolerable and what may be the best way forward for ourselves.

i think Fung, and myself come down on the side that perhaps THAT should be a last case scenario.

but that may be easy for me to say, very cognisant others may have a more difficult path to tread.

Hope you find a route and answers that help you along your path.

Thank you for your reply very informative. How is your wife’s cousin diabetes? Is it still there?
I agree with dr fung and you,it should be the last resort.
I am more interested in “diabetes reversal” than the weight lose(but they seem to related). I want to know the blood work of people in regards to diabetes after the surgery. Cause i want proof of complete reversal not just “remission” and so far a study has only be done with a bariatric op.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6747427/