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Diabetes Type 2 and Bariatric Surgery?
What are the risks for bariatric surgery with diabetes type 2?
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Diabetes Type 2 and Bariatric Surgery?
Insulin Dependent Diabetics (Type 2 Diabetes) have a higher incidence of silent heart and vascular disease which can be associated with heart attacks, strokes and on occasion hard to heal wounds. However, if well-controlled with a reasonable Hg1C (amount of sugar on the hemoglobin molecule) their risks are more reasonable. A MORE important question may be how much of a correction in my diabetes could bariatric surgery and weight loss give me? IF such surgery results, as it often does, in a...
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