Diabetes Patients Association Grape Picking

       So far, one hundred patients who have undergone surgery for obesity and diabetes have become friends, where they share their preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative experiences with each other and encourage each other. Now, with the help of the endocrine team and surgical weight loss team of Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, they have regained their confidence and most of them no longer need to take medication and insulin injections, and their quality of life has been significantly improved.       In July 2013, when grapes were just in season, more than 10 patients came to the farm of a patient, Lao Zhao, in Sheshan, Shanghai, on a sunny weekend to pick fresh grapes. With clear skies, everyone picked and ate a few while laughing and talking, and at noon, Lao Zhao also entertained everyone with a sumptuous farm-to-table meal. The farm owner, 40-year-old Lao Zhao, underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass six months ago, his body mass index dropped from the original 32 to the current 25, and his blood sugar also dropped to normal, without medication or injections, glycosylated hemoglobin 6.5, and even the original mild proteinuria has completely returned to normal, and now his energy is much better than before, and the farm is well managed. When everyone was leaving to go back to the city, Lao Zhao specially asked his friends to bring two boxes of fresh large grapes for the Sixth Hospital weight loss team to show his gratitude.