Quote: He had surgery several years ago and is free of diabetes.
Please explain. I'd like more details on his diabetes-- Type I or Type II, how long, does he take insulin, is he overweight, is he compliant with dr's orders?
Exactly what kind of surgery did he have? How long ago?
I'm not aware of any surgery that "cures" diabetes except possibly a kidney-pancreas transplant, and there was an article in the paper the other day that said the pancreas transplant only seems to work for a few years.
Are you sure he can have erections? Usually the vascular damage that is caused by diabetes is not reversible. Are you sure he's just not leveling with you? ED is something very difficult for a guy to admit.
My late H was Type I diabetic for 30+ years and had a kidney transplant in 1992 (they weren't doing the kidney-pancreas transplants yet). He also had a couple of heart attacks, and multiple other surgeries, including a hip replacement and a leg amputation. If there had been surgery to cure diabetes, he would have been first in line for it! He died just over six years ago, so has something come out since then?
Lilliepearl, I tried to send you a PM but apparently I can't do that. Don't know why. H was type 2. His Mom, Dad, and Uncle all died from diabetes complications. Even though H was compliant, he never did well and developed retinopathy, neuropathy(legs/feet), and ED. All he ever got to eat was plain meat and vegetables! H was/is normal weight pretty much, I think his BMI is 26 or 27 same as pre-op. He had his surgery, DS for Diabetes, more than 2yrs ago in Spain. The surgery has been done for more than 10yrs in Europe. The cure rate is 98%. For H, the cure was immediate. He can eat as he pleases and the cure has nothing to do with weight loss, drugs, or exercise. A lot of his irreversible damage has gone away. His vision went back to 20/20 without glasses, most of the pain/tingling in his feet went away and his ED too. There is a big difference between managing Diabetes and curing it. Since H did so well, several of our friends went and had surgery too. The most amazing was a 62yo man who had been insulin dependent for more than 30yrs. It took him about 6 month to get off all his meds but he did it. This surgery is a miracle and it's a shame all diabetics aren't told about it by their docs. H has been checked out by his doc and an internist and they both agree his Diabetes if gone! And he now has the cholesterol of a 10 yo! No more meds for hyperlipidemia either! I don't know why they don't do the surgery here but there are studies going on at Cornell and Scopinaro did a paper on it at the DS Institute in SFO this summer. Those darn drug companies sure would be in trouble if all their cash cows(the diabetics) all lined up for surgery!
Sorry about your H! Being a type 1, the surgery wouldn't have helped him.
