tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post4421306879686316603..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: The REAL Truth about Gastric Bypass's Supposed "Cure" of Type 2 DiabetesJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-90158253613507470272013-03-25T23:24:35.763-04:002013-03-25T23:24:35.763-04:00I feel the complete oppesite I had gastric bypass ...I feel the complete oppesite I had gastric bypass 8yrs ago weighing 425lbs at 5'10 both my grandmother my mother and my brother have dibetis. All overweight. I am 230lbs and my blood sugar is great. Today it was 86. I am 42 and my brother is 43 all family members that have it were diagnosed with it in late 30s and all my test results continue to be normal on everything I would recommend wls Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533669897460666553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-82839810522957574722012-03-09T07:41:21.081-05:002012-03-09T07:41:21.081-05:00You can modify the same gut hormones by taking Bye...You can modify the same gut hormones by taking Byetta and achieve the same effect without permanently altering your digestive tract. I know quite a bit about the gut hormones, including the fact that the way the surgery can affect them is the reason why some people who undergo bypass surgery develop the anorexia which kills them. Gut hormones like GIP and PYY affect the region in the brain, the Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-7741215834756199702012-03-09T07:18:41.659-05:002012-03-09T07:18:41.659-05:00Good point Tina. This blog's author did not w...Good point Tina. This blog's author did not write one word about how the bypass part of the surgery changes the output of gut hormones that cause insulin to increase. THAT is how bypass surgery cures diabetes, by restoring a normal insulin response. There are already trials taking place that are performing just the bypass (no stomach restriction) for T2 diabetics who are not obese. Again,dd25https://www.blogger.com/profile/06371661484214979901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-6984542233455189732011-05-16T08:29:01.323-04:002011-05-16T08:29:01.323-04:00I had the gastric bypass surgery 2 1/2 years ago t...I had the gastric bypass surgery 2 1/2 years ago to treat diabetes. My glucose was normal by the end of the week. I am off all medication and my AIC went from 8.9 to 5.0. I am very pleased with the surgery and I would do it again , without blinking an eye. I've had no complications and it saved my life. ITinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979085041244283213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-21870299991716643742009-07-29T18:31:51.357-04:002009-07-29T18:31:51.357-04:00please people dont do it. i had gastric sleeve. i ...please people dont do it. i had gastric sleeve. i thought 60 precent of my stomach was going to be removed. they removed 90 procent. i made the biggest mistake of my life. i went from a healthy energetic young women into a depressed person. i was eating very healthy. i made a terrible mistake. my life quality went down by 90 precent and i hever never been more unhealthy in my life. i never had Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980093072187596617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-39858980594024929292009-07-08T19:13:50.115-04:002009-07-08T19:13:50.115-04:00I mostly agree, but ISTR Gys (waves if he's re...I mostly agree, but ISTR Gys (waves if he's reading) among others dug out some work suggesting the surgery actually did interfere with some control system: my money was on incretins.<br /><br />Obviously it would be better all round to find a more effective way of interfering with the same control system, either medical (Byetta) or "lifestyle" like that dreadfully dangerous low carbTrinkwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-6533417631791992582009-07-08T13:11:33.743-04:002009-07-08T13:11:33.743-04:00MyDailyQuestion, the key is eating low carb, not s...MyDailyQuestion, the key is eating low carb, not simply eating less, as you may have discovered. In obese people (and those prone to it, like I am), metabolism is damaged to the extent that eating high carb promotes not only weight gain but internal cellular starvation at the same time.<br /><br />Try out Gary Taubes' book "Good Calories, Bad Calories" if you're interested in Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04467543096755297798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-23754141220215502422009-07-07T08:01:45.173-04:002009-07-07T08:01:45.173-04:00The medical profession has a nasty habit of failur...The medical profession has a nasty habit of failure to disclose apparent conflicts-of-interest, and this is just the latest example of this, but there are many, many more. As patients, we should always be asking 1 key question about any study with a conclusion that needs to be proven wrong: "if it looks too good to be true, chances are, it probably IS". The conflicts-of-interest, evenScott Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-62913069098980239582009-07-07T07:19:19.769-04:002009-07-07T07:19:19.769-04:00Ian,
This doctor's claim is not new. It was i...Ian,<br /><br />This doctor's claim is not new. It was in the news a lot a year or so ago, mostly based on rodent research. <br /><br />But the carefully cherry picked data in the study I blogged about doesn't appear to confirm the surgeon's anecdotal report.<br /><br />One important thing to remember is that the surgeon spends very little time with the patient. If there are no Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-42558881730461383152009-07-06T22:25:57.217-04:002009-07-06T22:25:57.217-04:00Australia's Science Show had an interview with...Australia's Science Show had an interview with a New Zealand gastric surgeon who claims that bypass surgery (not banding) cures diabetes, and not just by reducing carb intake or reducing patient weight.<br />There's a transcript here:<br />http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2009/2554683.htm#transcriptIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00940219569473225266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-48316970738133725882009-07-06T20:09:18.631-04:002009-07-06T20:09:18.631-04:00Help me understand this.
Isn't the whole poin...Help me understand this.<br /><br />Isn't the whole point of weight loss surgery to get the mutilation victim ... I mean, surgery patient ... to eat less food?<br /><br />What is so hard to understand about just eating less food?<br /><br />I don't mean to understate the difficulty of weight loss diets, because I've struggled with my obesity for decades. However, by finally sticking MyDailyQuestionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634092778038268335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-67665546837943588792009-07-06T19:59:17.894-04:002009-07-06T19:59:17.894-04:00The ADA will support any strategy no matter how da...The ADA will support any strategy no matter how dangerous to patients that enriches a doctor or drug company. <br /><br />What irony if they've decided to push WLS as a diabetes treatment, after they have warned for years that, even though a mass of evidence shows low carb diets to be safe and very effective for people with diabetes, "More research needs to be done" before they can Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-77260841247636513142009-07-06T19:33:49.734-04:002009-07-06T19:33:49.734-04:00Myriad inaccuracies in your point of view cannot b...Myriad inaccuracies in your point of view cannot be done justice in a single comment....let's just look at the "ultra conservative ADA" as you called it. In February 2009 they made it part of the STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES to consider bariatric surgery in patients with a BMI over 35....<br />I doubt this comment will survive "moderation" becauseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-42854578103576139012009-07-06T16:24:31.161-04:002009-07-06T16:24:31.161-04:00Wow, thanks for posting this. I have to admit tha...Wow, thanks for posting this. I have to admit that I was extremely skeptical about WLS as a "cure" for diabetes, especially having had a sister-in-law have the surgery (for other medical reasons)...what did they consider "cured"? I always wondered what would happen if people followed the regimen of post-WLS, without having had the surgery, and how that would affect weight Pubsgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636089392777186992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-51339151677244927332009-07-06T14:27:25.839-04:002009-07-06T14:27:25.839-04:00I often wonder if we will look back at this surger...I often wonder if we will look back at this surgery similar to the lobotomy. Like the lobotomy, it started out validly (as a very last resort for the incurably / severely mentally ill before thorazine) ... but then greed and egos pushed it to the point where they were performing it on "childhood schizophrenics" and migraineurs. That's when it became an attrocity.<br /><br />I see ItsTheWooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057537399918684119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-69207763142081472302009-07-06T14:08:01.663-04:002009-07-06T14:08:01.663-04:00Good catch. The mortality was under 1%, however th...Good catch. The mortality was under 1%, however these statistics were from a subgroup of "The data was accrued from participants in the ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence program." This suggests to me that it has been carefully cherry picked. <br /><br />You don't get to be one of their "Centers of Excellence" if you have a higher mortality percent, so they willJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-82192353496826250022009-07-06T13:50:57.680-04:002009-07-06T13:50:57.680-04:00You make some good points. However, the study you ...You make some good points. However, the study you link to to support your 1% mortality statistic actually indicates a very significantly lower mortality rate - more like a tenth of a percent - unless I misread it somehow. Here's the relevant quote: "Total mortality rate was under one percent (0.135%) with 78 deaths reported among 57,918 patients."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814919272138625336noreply@blogger.com