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

Fri Aug 21 19:07:26 UTC 2009

again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and 
hopefully it will last the rest of your life.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

> Hi Cheryl,
> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
> transplant.
> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the new
> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all 
> remember
> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>
> Regards,
> Ed Bryant
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I 
> want
> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is just 
> a
> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant patients,
> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05 and
> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical 
> type
> 1 and more of a type 2.
>
> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in normal
> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a 
> treatment
> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's transplants
> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct me, 
> he
> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop working.
>
> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the same
> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future. 
> Transplant
>
> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
>
> God Bless.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
> > Congratulations! And good luck!
> >
> > Mike Freeman
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> > 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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