| Yes, I have read studies that show the same pattern of improvement immediately after surgery and before any weight loss. It helps to show that type 2 diabetes is far more complex than the commonly held belief that it is just to do with obesity... they don't really know why the gastric bypass works but it clearly does.
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |