[freebird]

i may have already asked this but if i did i couldn't find it so here goes, how well are diabetes meds absorbed after the surgery, i know that many people are able to control there diabetes after the surgery through diet and no meds and i hope to get there but is this an immediate thing or does it take a few months? i would think it would take a few months, ?

thanks

freebird

[fr1endly2]

i think a plan for ur diabetes meds should be discussed with ur surgeon.
MOST people i hear at my surgeons support group
end up off the meds pretty quick.
BUT its something that requires close monitoring and control
and im sure every person responds differently.
I am sure DOC will advise you

HUG

[DocSanae]

The improvement in your blood glucose will depend on how much you are able to eat post op, and how fast your weight comes off. Immediately post op, you probably can't eat that many calories, so, your blood sugar will come down from lack of intake. Later on, as your diet is upped from liquids to solids, your intake will go up which will increase the blood sugar, but at the same time, you'll be losing your weight and your insulin resistance will be going down, so, again, there are factors for decrease in your blood sugar level.
How well your medication is absorbed probably is pretty much the same as other medication. However, with diabetes, self monitoring is possible, and since you already self monitor, discuss with both your surgeon and the dr who's following your diabetes, when and how many times a day you should monitor your blood sugar, and have a sliding scale set up--how much medication to take at how high your blood sugar is. This is a job, most likely not for your surgeon, but for your endocrinologist/diabetologist (or PCP very familiar with diabetes), since the latter is the specialist familiar with diabetes control in all aspects.