On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:38:49 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> wrote:

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>"BlueBrooke" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:51:38 -0400, "Janet" >
>> wrote:
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>>>BlueBrooke wrote:
>>><snip>
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>>>> Actually, there has been discussion in ASD about such surgery
>>>> "curing"
>>>> T2, and there have been some interesting results.
>>>
>>>If memory serves, doesn't that have something to do with literally
>>>reconstructing the colon so that food reaches a different part of it
>>>first?
>>
>> Hum -- it could have been that type of surgery. I thought it was the
>> gastric-bypass type of procedure they were talking about, but I could
>> be wrong on that. I'm sure one of our science nerds will know. :-)
>
>I do remember the discussion but can't find it as yet. But I did find
>this:
>
>http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/7/468.full
>
>"Further, why would bariatric surgery help with diabetes, and why would
>one procedure do it better than another? To be honest, we are not sure,
>but evidence points not only to weight loss but also to better insulin
>sensitivity and to alterations in levels of hormones secreted by the gut
>that increase insulin secretion."
>
>There are references to studies on that page too.


That is with the bypass surgery. I did not have the bypass so I will
still need to watch my bg levels.

Evelyn