[Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

[catdancing]

thanks so much... i sure hope it works for her.please keep me posted.
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Debbie:
>
> Sally's message is below my response.  She is saying she has had a cell 
> implant that has cured her diabetes of 52 years!
>
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>>I didn't get the whole story. did someone get cured of type 1 diabetes?
>> Who? what did u do?
>> please let me know
>> Debbie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>> Sally:
>>>
>>> Wow!  Congradulations.  I hope you and your new working cells have many 
>>> happy years together! <SMILE>  I know you have been waiting a long time 
>>> for a transplant of sorts.  Keep me posted on how its going for you.  I 
>>> lost your email, so glad you wrote.
>>>
>>> Good health.
>>>
>>> Eileen
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:31 PM
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
>>>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last 
>>>> week. My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is 
>>>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I 
>>>> can't believe it! The procedure is still considered experimental, so 
>>>> there was no charge. The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes 
>>>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting 
>>>> the study right now. I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital 
>>>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a 
>>>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from 
>>>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great 
>>>> now! I just knew God would let me experience part of life without 
>>>> diabetes! Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>>>
>>>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there 
>>>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>>>
>>>> Sally Maguire
>>>>
>>>>
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