[buffarilla]

Has anyone had a decrease in diabetic neuropathy pain after surgery and elimination of diabeties?

[Carol Jo B.]

Sorry, I don't know. I am off my diabetes medications, but did not have neuropathy. Good luck.

[DocSanae]

Due to the pathology of diabetic neuropathy, don't expect too much out of weight loss surgery and the improvement of diabetes.
A lot is going to depend on how much permanent damage the nerves have received. If the neuropathy is in the early stage, and you are young, then, with the improvement of diabetes, some of the damaged nerves may recover. If you are middleaged or above, the chances of recovery will be less.
Also, recovery most likely will be slow, much slower than the weight loss. It may even be that the neuropathy will temporarily get worse due to the weight loss--lack of muscle to support your structure, and lack of nutrition to assist the growth and function of the nerve cells.

This will also go for diabetic retinopathy. What permanent damage the retina has received will not recover. The only thing you can be sure of, is that the condition will be stabilised.

[ScottKJohnson]

Hi all, found this post through some work I'm doing with the folks that make Metanx.

I agree with DocSanae, in that much will depend on where things are for you. We know that neuropathy is all about high blood sugars damaging the myelin sheath, and restricted blood flow preventing healing nutrients from reaching the nerves to heal them and feed them.

So if you are able to get your blood sugars where they need to be, you'll be greatly reducing, if not stopping, the damage being done to the myelin sheath. The next step is improving blood flow (and thus the delivery of healing nutrients) to the areas in need.

Metanx may be worth looking at. It is a prescription food drug, so you'll need to engage your health care team if you're interested - but that's a good plan either way (talking to your health care team).

I'm happy to answer any questions along the way.