Diabeties

[happy days]

Can anyone explain to me how diabetics are practically cured after a bypass. It doesn't apply to me, I just don't get it :/

 

[stuckinafatsuit]

Hi
A lot depends on how long you have been diabetic, when the disease has been present for less than 3 years there is a greater likelihood of a cure. Ive read that 80-85% of gastric bypass patients will experience complete resoulution of type 2 diabetes, so it doesn't work for everyone. :cry:

Kim

 

[yviec1972]

My surgeon tells me that they think it has something to do with the food actually bypassing the very first bit of the instestine as the bypass op moves it further down. Even they arent a 100% sure why all they know is they get great results. Saying that as a type 2 losing a large amount of weight has a really positive effect on the bodys ability to produce insulin but the longer you have had it the harder it is by weight alone xx hope this helps

 

[OOnion]

Type 2 diabetes - means that your bodies beta cells are no longer as good at picking up when to stimulate the pancreas to produce insulin, often due to over use (unlike type 1 when they don't work at all - hence you need to inject your insulin)
As it is the insulin that combines with glucose (almost everything breaks down to a single glucose molecule) and allows it to transfer into muscle and give the muscles & cells energy....so if you don't have as much glucose going in, then there is not as much glucose to bind with insulin, so the smaller amounts that you produce are then sufficient to deal with the glucose - thus leaving very few glucose molecules left in the blood stream...which equals a blood glucose equal to a non diabetic person! There are a few other things that happen at cellular level that I am not going to go into as I will confuse myself. But this is the main reason that type 2's are able to come off medication.

Remember though you still have all the cardio vascular risks so make sure that you blood pressure and cholesterol are still monitored and well controlled.
Hope this explains?!...

 

[happy days]

Thanks for all your replies. I myself am not diabetic but a few of my family and friends are. Just sheer curiosity.

 

[Evenstarr]

Type 2 diabetes - means that your bodies beta cells are no longer as good at picking up when to stimulate the pancreas to produce insulin, often due to over use (unlike type 1 when they don't work at all - hence you need to inject your insulin)
As it is the insulin that combines with glucose (almost everything breaks down to a single glucose molecule) and allows it to transfer into muscle and give the muscles & cells energy....so if you don't have as much glucose going in, then there is not as much glucose to bind with insulin, so the smaller amounts that you produce are then sufficient to deal with the glucose - thus leaving very few glucose molecules left in the blood stream...which equals a blood glucose equal to a non diabetic person! There are a few other things that happen at cellular level that I am not going to go into as I will confuse myself. But this is the main reason that type 2's are able to come off medication.

Remember though you still have all the cardio vascular risks so make sure that you blood pressure and cholesterol are still monitored and well controlled.
Hope this explains?!...

Oonion, I hope you don't mind me picking your brain, I have high blood pressure and have had it for nearly 11 years, I wasn't over weight when it started, but I was pregnant.
It never disappeared after my pregnancy ( and I didn't have it with my first 2 pregnancies ) , I'm wondering now, is there a chance it will clear up after my surgery and weight loss?
I really would love to take less medication eventually.

 

[mariew]

Bypassing the intestine causes hormonal changes that they still don't fully understand. My bg was 10.7 just before my op, it was 5.5 when I was in recovery! It improved immediately! I still take one metformin a day for life as thats the new advice, but my Hba1c is regularly in the 5's now, so it's all good.

 

[OOnion]

Oonion, I hope you don't mind me picking your brain, I have high blood pressure and have had it for nearly 11 years, I wasn't over weight when it started, but I was pregnant.
It never disappeared after my pregnancy ( and I didn't have it with my first 2 pregnancies ) , I'm wondering now, is there a chance it will clear up after my surgery and weight loss?
I really would love to take less medication eventually.

It is possible - however hypertension in young age when not obese can be down to the imbalance of 'The Renin-angiotensin system' - this is a group of hormones, that talks to the kidneys and lungs and helps controls blood pressure.

When there is an imbalance within the system the blood pressure can be too high or too low. Improved lifestyle and increased physical activity will always improve the body - as any machine become more efficient when working properly - you may well find your blood pressure becomes better controlled... But don't be too disappointed if it's not, just think of your tablet as another multi vit ! Good luck xxx