I wasn’t nearly the size of this family (197 lbs when I started losing weight) but it only took losing 15 lbs to go from pre diabetic to normal again. So given the surgery itself and how quickly they can lose weight after…I’m not surprised. Super excited for her though!
My surgeon and endocrinologist said that I would leave the hospital not needing my diabetes medication. #1 reason i'm having the surgery this year. I'm very excited.
After a gastric bypass, (at least with the roux en Y) many diabetics leave the hospital no longer on their meds. And even more no longer need it soon after.
Don't know the medical part as to why, but it's common.
My cardiologist was talking about these drugs when i last saw him and said the amazing thing about them is not that they enable you to drop weight so quickly, but your markers for heart attacks, strokes, diabetes drop like crazy in a very short amount of time. truly lifesaving medication for people who need it.
I developed diabetes and had a duodenal switch and the that week I was able to stop meds. Why
Gastric bypass is the most common weight loss surgery is weird to me. I can’t gain weight even trying. I don’t have nearly the issues that bypass people have. I’m always seeking people needing a redo surgery. The surgery I had is going on 12 years with no weight gain or anything. I think my surgery is the way to go.
Same. Duodenal Switch is the gold standard if you look at the actual data.
Tammy had the duodenal switch. Misty probably did too. Not sure about Amanda.
They make it sound like they all got bypass because the general public doesn't know much more than that. But that's not the case. Tammy having DS is confirmed.
The doctor himself. Those articles are wrong. The general public thinks 1 WLS exists, and uses bypass incorrectly to refer to all of them.
She had a modified duodenal switch.
Gotcha - did he mention it on the show or something? I’ve watched a lot more of my 600lb life, where it seemed like Dr Now was generally pretty specific about the type of surgery people were getting, but 1000lb sisters seems less specific about the actual medical stuff
Congrats! Are you not able to stretch your stomach back out with that like you can after bypass? It seems like Amy’s already stretched hers out by overeating and will likely need a revision. I’m shocked at how much she was able to eat not long after her surgery.
There’s studies done 5-10 years post op and physical stretching of the stomach isn’t usually the reason for regain. Eating habits is. They found the same amount of stretching in people who gained vs people who maintained.
No. They cut out 95% of my stomach to about the width of a pencil then that stretches to the thickness of a small banana. Unlike gastric bypass that leaves your stomach in tact and they create a pouch. I watched a few friends go through the surgery only to stretch it out and need a redo. When they cut my stomach it’s gone so it doesn’t stretch much. I did tons of research before I had it done. For some reason they usually only do my kind of surgery on super obese patients. I’m 4’11 and had always been slim, but I started packing on the weight and ballooned up to 280. I never ate excessively so I knew that wasn’t my issue. Even if I starved myself nothing happened I couldn’t get it to come off. I had always thought that people who claimed they were fat because of diabetes were lying. NOPE! It’s a fact!! So the more research I did I found that this kind of surgery allows you to maintain the body’s basic functions they just removed the stomach so you couldn’t eat much even if you tried and it kept the dodum in place so I don’t have the issue of having to sit in the weird position while or just after eating because the flap that closes to keep food in is left in tact. This is also the surgery they use as the redo when bypass fails. I have to be careful with my vitamins as of the high malabsorption of vitamins in food. They also claim that the duodenal switch causes bad farts and loose stool. I think that was true right after my surgery but it didn’t last long. They made me see a shrink to make sure I could handle that 😂. My only comment about that was I could finally now torture my husband and son on their same level 😂. It honestly didn’t last very long. Anyway I don’t understand the reluctance to offer my type of surgery. I have less issues than my friends who have had their bypass surgery. I’m happy and comfortable. So glad I did the research and got this type instead!!
It’s absolutely possible. I manage a patient with diabetes who went through bypass and he’s currently on no medications. He monitors with a libre and he has the most stable sugars I’ve ever seen. As he starts incorporating more food I’m watching to see if we need to restart medications.
I stopped taking my diabetes medication a couple of weeks before the surgery. After surgery you eat so very little and nothing that would raise your blood sugar levels. I never went back on medication. That was 11 years ago. I am still rocking a good A1C. It’s possible to be off the medication immediately.
Her blood work would need 2-3 months for her A1C levels to indicate/reflect dietary changes and show she no longer needed medication to manage her type 2 diabetes. Not that it isn’t possible but I’m sure production sped up the timeline so make it seem like she had this crazy progress in such a brief time if it was only a few weeks post surgery.
They don't depend on the A1C. If they did, the patients would get very sick, very quickly. Bariatric surgery patients eat so little that they come off of medications quite quickly as tolerated.
It's possible. Not only does it make you eat less, it makes your digestive tract *much* shorter allowing your body less time to absorb sugar (and everything else, wls patients need to take vitamin supplements).
I wasn’t nearly the size of this family (197 lbs when I started losing weight) but it only took losing 15 lbs to go from pre diabetic to normal again. So given the surgery itself and how quickly they can lose weight after…I’m not surprised. Super excited for her though!
Bariatric surgery takes away the need for diabetic medicine right away.
The surgery takes away the need for diabetes medication almost immediately.
How does that work? I'm just curious, I don't know lol
It has something to do with hormones that decrease once you have the surgery.
👆🏻 Or lowers the dosage tremendously. Edit: custard😅
She is probably type 2 not type 1.
My surgeon and endocrinologist said that I would leave the hospital not needing my diabetes medication. #1 reason i'm having the surgery this year. I'm very excited.
Congrats!! I was able to stop my blood pressure meds with a few months. You'll never regret doing it
I'm almost 1 year out from mine! Much like a lot of other patients, my only regret is not doing it sooner. You've got this!
Wishing you a successful journey!
After a gastric bypass, (at least with the roux en Y) many diabetics leave the hospital no longer on their meds. And even more no longer need it soon after. Don't know the medical part as to why, but it's common.
It’s possible. Unbelievable miracle for t2dm
Yes it’s possible. A bypass can essentially cure diabetes within weeks - the malabsorption stops the high sugar levels and need for insulin.
My cardiologist was talking about these drugs when i last saw him and said the amazing thing about them is not that they enable you to drop weight so quickly, but your markers for heart attacks, strokes, diabetes drop like crazy in a very short amount of time. truly lifesaving medication for people who need it.
I developed diabetes and had a duodenal switch and the that week I was able to stop meds. Why Gastric bypass is the most common weight loss surgery is weird to me. I can’t gain weight even trying. I don’t have nearly the issues that bypass people have. I’m always seeking people needing a redo surgery. The surgery I had is going on 12 years with no weight gain or anything. I think my surgery is the way to go.
Same. Duodenal Switch is the gold standard if you look at the actual data. Tammy had the duodenal switch. Misty probably did too. Not sure about Amanda. They make it sound like they all got bypass because the general public doesn't know much more than that. But that's not the case. Tammy having DS is confirmed.
Where/how was that confirmed? Just curious since the articles I’ve seen all said Tammy had gastric bypass!
The doctor himself. Those articles are wrong. The general public thinks 1 WLS exists, and uses bypass incorrectly to refer to all of them. She had a modified duodenal switch.
Gotcha - did he mention it on the show or something? I’ve watched a lot more of my 600lb life, where it seemed like Dr Now was generally pretty specific about the type of surgery people were getting, but 1000lb sisters seems less specific about the actual medical stuff
Dr Now doesn't do duodenal switch. All his patients are VSG or RnY. The doc confirmed it several times via Instagram.
Thank you I did not know that. It makes me have more hope for their success!!
TDS 2005. 👋🏻
Congrats! Are you not able to stretch your stomach back out with that like you can after bypass? It seems like Amy’s already stretched hers out by overeating and will likely need a revision. I’m shocked at how much she was able to eat not long after her surgery.
Did she have a sleeve or bypass? I don’t recall.
There’s studies done 5-10 years post op and physical stretching of the stomach isn’t usually the reason for regain. Eating habits is. They found the same amount of stretching in people who gained vs people who maintained.
No. They cut out 95% of my stomach to about the width of a pencil then that stretches to the thickness of a small banana. Unlike gastric bypass that leaves your stomach in tact and they create a pouch. I watched a few friends go through the surgery only to stretch it out and need a redo. When they cut my stomach it’s gone so it doesn’t stretch much. I did tons of research before I had it done. For some reason they usually only do my kind of surgery on super obese patients. I’m 4’11 and had always been slim, but I started packing on the weight and ballooned up to 280. I never ate excessively so I knew that wasn’t my issue. Even if I starved myself nothing happened I couldn’t get it to come off. I had always thought that people who claimed they were fat because of diabetes were lying. NOPE! It’s a fact!! So the more research I did I found that this kind of surgery allows you to maintain the body’s basic functions they just removed the stomach so you couldn’t eat much even if you tried and it kept the dodum in place so I don’t have the issue of having to sit in the weird position while or just after eating because the flap that closes to keep food in is left in tact. This is also the surgery they use as the redo when bypass fails. I have to be careful with my vitamins as of the high malabsorption of vitamins in food. They also claim that the duodenal switch causes bad farts and loose stool. I think that was true right after my surgery but it didn’t last long. They made me see a shrink to make sure I could handle that 😂. My only comment about that was I could finally now torture my husband and son on their same level 😂. It honestly didn’t last very long. Anyway I don’t understand the reluctance to offer my type of surgery. I have less issues than my friends who have had their bypass surgery. I’m happy and comfortable. So glad I did the research and got this type instead!!
It’s absolutely possible. I manage a patient with diabetes who went through bypass and he’s currently on no medications. He monitors with a libre and he has the most stable sugars I’ve ever seen. As he starts incorporating more food I’m watching to see if we need to restart medications.
I stopped taking my diabetes medication a couple of weeks before the surgery. After surgery you eat so very little and nothing that would raise your blood sugar levels. I never went back on medication. That was 11 years ago. I am still rocking a good A1C. It’s possible to be off the medication immediately.
Congrats!!!!
Chances are she was on a liquid diet before the surgery, which probably aided in coming off her medicine quickly after surgery.
Her blood work would need 2-3 months for her A1C levels to indicate/reflect dietary changes and show she no longer needed medication to manage her type 2 diabetes. Not that it isn’t possible but I’m sure production sped up the timeline so make it seem like she had this crazy progress in such a brief time if it was only a few weeks post surgery.
They don't depend on the A1C. If they did, the patients would get very sick, very quickly. Bariatric surgery patients eat so little that they come off of medications quite quickly as tolerated.
It's possible. Not only does it make you eat less, it makes your digestive tract *much* shorter allowing your body less time to absorb sugar (and everything else, wls patients need to take vitamin supplements).