Information and opinions on health from LindainJapan at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/95327/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/95327/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/95327/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/95327/18572/intro-diabetes Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:00:00 -0500 LindainJapan I'm a teacher in Japan, an nlp practitioner, and a storyteller.  Once upon a time, well back four years ago, I weighed 305 pounds and I was diagnosed diabetes 2 (A1c=12.8).  I dieted low carb and pool walked for six months and lost 50 pounds(A1c=5.3), then I had a bariatric surgery in Brazil (biliopancreatic diversion with distal duodenal switch) and my diabetes 2 miraculously "went away" the second I woke up after... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/95327/18572/intro-diabetes