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Is Weight-Loss Surgery a “Cure” For Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Apnea and More?

April 26, 2017Apnea cure rapid weight loss sleep surgery type 2 diabetes weight-loss

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Is Weight-Loss Surgery a “Cure” For Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Apnea and More?

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Gail Golembiewski Posted

Yes it is, before my surgery I had sleep apnea and after the surgery it totally disappeared, no longer needed the CPAP machine and it made for a better nights sleep.

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Is Weight-Loss Surgery a “Cure” For Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Apnea and More? Monday July 7, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)Large groups of patients who have had weight-loss surgery are showing the same signs of good health. They are no longer needing diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol medication and some have even put their C-PAP machines for sleep apnea in the closet. Does this mean they are cured? Sort of. Don’t run out and have weight loss surgery just because you have diabetes just yet. The rapid weight loss caused by weight loss surgeries does, in some cases, completely end the disease process of Type 2 diabetics. The weight loss also lowers blood pressure and high cholesterol. BUT this would happen if you lost weight without surgery as well, but the results are far more dramatic when the weight loss is as fast as it is with weight loss surgery. “Cure” is a stro