"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> "Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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>> In article >,
>> Janet Wilder > wrote:
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>>> Evelyn wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thanks Nicky. I am trying hard. My sister is going for the
>>> > bariatric
>>> > surgery route. I would like to not go that way myself, so I am
>>> > sticking with low(er) carbing and eating little.
>>> >
>>>
>>> My cousin, who *was* a type 2 did the bariatric thing. She didn't lose a
>>> ton of weight but she has lost enough to look really good. She's still
>>> working on it.
>>>
>>> She also was instantly cured of her diabetes. Her blood glucose numbers
>>> are those of a normal person and she no longer takes any meds. It's just
>>> over a year and she feels grand.
>>
>> Nice idea, but there is no cure for diabetes. She's just treated it.
>> It's still there.
>>
>> PP
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> Oddly enough, anyone who has bariatric surgery gets amazing results in
> their diabetes going into some kind of remission, more so than if they
> just simply suddenly cut their caloric intake accordingly. So it isn't
> just that they are eating less, it is something metabolic.

My SIL lost over half of her body weight. She had pre-diabetes and no
longer does. But she still has to get tested.