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<blockquote data-quote="alandbailey" data-source="post: 392847" data-attributes="member: 36624"><p>YES!</p><p></p><p>In 2004 I had ballooned to 24 stone, ate too much & drank too much beer, could not be physically active,was depressed and thought I would soon be dead. An article in the Daily Mail informed me of the operation and its benefits.</p><p>The NHS offered me bariatric surgery but NICE guidlines said I was too old at just 61.</p><p>I took my redundancy money and, after careful research on the web, had a lap Duodenal Switch operation in Belgium by a world-renowned surgeon (Dr Jacques Himpens).</p><p>He removed my appendix, gallbladder c/w stones, 75% of my stomach, switch the bowel connections and shortened my common channel to 1 metre. 4 days in hospital, then home. I went from 24 stone down to 11 stone in a few months. I had been injecting 300 units of human insulin daily and had a restricted driving licence. Only needed 2 injections after the op - then no medication ever for diabetes type 2. The medical consultants and GP in England confirmed that I no longer had diabetes and the DVLA reinstated my full driving licence. My glucose levels remain consistant @ 5.7 mmol, whether before a meal or soon after. I can have sugar in my coffee again, eat sweets etc. </p><p>The downside is that I still have ED, neuropathy in my feet, diarrhea if I ingest too much fats - but I can now live almost normally and am very active. My wife could not cope with the new me and divorced me within 3 years.</p><p>Since then I have suffered Angina, a Heart Attack and amputation of 2 toes which had ulcerated and developed Osteomyelitis - a result of my Diabetic Neuropathy the surgeon said.</p><p>I ONLY WISH I HAD KNOWN OF THIS OPERATION 20 YEARS EARLIER!!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alandbailey, post: 392847, member: 36624"] YES! In 2004 I had ballooned to 24 stone, ate too much & drank too much beer, could not be physically active,was depressed and thought I would soon be dead. An article in the Daily Mail informed me of the operation and its benefits. The NHS offered me bariatric surgery but NICE guidlines said I was too old at just 61. I took my redundancy money and, after careful research on the web, had a lap Duodenal Switch operation in Belgium by a world-renowned surgeon (Dr Jacques Himpens). He removed my appendix, gallbladder c/w stones, 75% of my stomach, switch the bowel connections and shortened my common channel to 1 metre. 4 days in hospital, then home. I went from 24 stone down to 11 stone in a few months. I had been injecting 300 units of human insulin daily and had a restricted driving licence. Only needed 2 injections after the op - then no medication ever for diabetes type 2. The medical consultants and GP in England confirmed that I no longer had diabetes and the DVLA reinstated my full driving licence. My glucose levels remain consistant @ 5.7 mmol, whether before a meal or soon after. I can have sugar in my coffee again, eat sweets etc. The downside is that I still have ED, neuropathy in my feet, diarrhea if I ingest too much fats - but I can now live almost normally and am very active. My wife could not cope with the new me and divorced me within 3 years. Since then I have suffered Angina, a Heart Attack and amputation of 2 toes which had ulcerated and developed Osteomyelitis - a result of my Diabetic Neuropathy the surgeon said. I ONLY WISH I HAD KNOWN OF THIS OPERATION 20 YEARS EARLIER!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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