Surgery for Diabetes? Can it provide Cure or Control?

 Doctor: Mr. Sadha Singh, when did you get your Mini Gastric bypass surgery done?

Doctor: In June 2017? Patient: Yes! Doctor: It has been more than 5 years to your surgery. Patient: Yes! Doctor: How were your blood sugar levels earlier? Patient: It used to stay around 250mg/dL. Doctor: Ok and how is it now? Patient: Recently, One day I checked it was 88mg/dL. Doctor: Did you need any tablets in these 5 years for high blood sugar levels? Patient: No. Doctor: It was under control without any medication. Patient: Yes! Doctor: Tell me how much weight have you lost? Doctor: You lost total 43 Kg. Patient: Yes! Doctor: Your weight is fluctuating. Sometimes you gain or lose some weight. Patient: Yes! Doctor: You have gained 3 kg weight as compared to your weight on the last visit. Patient: Yes! Doctor: Have you ever felt that you can't eat properly? How much can you eat in one go? Patient: I can eat like a normal person. Doctor: Ok. Patient: Yes! Doctor: When you eat in a group, no one can guess that you got any surgery done. Patient: No one can guess it. Patient: Ok. Doctor: There are only 2 things in bariatric surgeries. Doctor: Firstly, surgery design should be good that a person can eat properly. Doctor: In your case, if you can't eat properly then you will feel weak in the future. Doctor: You can eat like a normal person, that's why you have no deficiency in these years. Doctor: A person should lose weight but not too much. Doctor: With weight loss, take care of your diet as well. Eat more fruits , vegetables or curd and dry fruits. Does almonds cause high blood pressure? Doctor: No. Patient: Ok. Doctor: Many normal thin persons suffer from hypertension. Essential hypertension is not cured. Doctor: But we have observed that in the majority of patients Blood pressure comes under control after weight loss. Doctor: But don't be so sure that this will cure after surgery. Doctor: Don't think your Diabetes is cured. Doctor: Get your Hba1c done after three months. Patient: Yes! Doctor: Your Hba1c should be normal. Doctor: Your Diabetes is not cured. Doctor: It is under control because you have lost good amount of weight. Doctor: If a person is eating a lot of sugars and carbs or drinking alcohol daily, he/she will gain weight, which will lead to rising blood sugar levels. Doctor: Now you can control it. Doctor: Eat more salads and less carbohydrates. Doctor: Do you eat salads daily? Patient: Yes! Doctor: Eat salad before starting your meal. Doctor: After that eat curd and veggies and eat chapati at last. Doctor: Punjabis are habitual to starting meals with chapati. Doctor: We can eat 2-3 chapatis with one bowl of pulses. Doctor: Your stomach will feel full with that but there is no nutrition in that. Patient: Ok. Doctor: Chapatis will also lead to weight gain. Patient: Ok. Doctor: You can lose more weight by decreasing carbohydrate intake and increasing salad intake. Doctor: Your weight totally depends on your intake. Patient: Ok. Doctor: Don't put extra sugar in tea. Doctor: Do you drink sweet tea? Patient: Yes! Doctor: Blood sugar levels are under control now? Patient: Yes! Doctor: Limit your sugar intake. Patient: Yes! I will try. Doctor: Don't think Diabetes is cured with this surgery. Doctor: If your weight and diet is stable then everything is good. Patient: Ok. Kular Bariatrics is considered the best bariatric center of India, Punjab for Mini gastric bypass. It is the first center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery outside the US which is being run in collaboration with Dr. Robert Rutledge, the father of Mini Gastric Bypass from the USA. Kular Hospitals P. Ltd, National Highway 1, Bija, Khanna, Punjab, India. www.kularhospital.com drkskular@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/weight.loss​​ Appointment by Phone and Email +91-9878090001 office@kularbariatrics.com #bestweightlossresults #weightlosstransformation