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

Tue Aug 25 18:24:35 UTC 2009

Hello,
If you have a diabetes complication there is no reason why any surgical unit
would not offer you a transplant. 
I know many diabetics who have had transplants who were blind, amputees,
cardiac problems, etc.. 
Regards,
Ed Bryant

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From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tammy Anspach
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:10 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

Hi Cheryl,
I agree that receiving a kidney transplant  was a gift from God. 
Tammy

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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:53 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

don't understand that one for being blind. I was blind when I got my
transplant and so was ed bryant, they also do these transplants I believe at
Columbia University Hospital here in NY.

There is going to be a new tv show this fall called three rivers all about
different stories of transplants.

also contact UNOS, this is the organ donor lists, and we as google
transplant and see all there is about them, as well as becoming organ
donors, there are over 100,000 people on waiting lists, and for someone who
is o+ we are the longest wait out there because we can only receive from o+,
we can donate to anyone but we can only receive from o+, in NY for a kidney
it is a 7-10 year wait for an organ unless a family members wants to donate
or a good friend.  The average wait for a kidney here in NY for other organs
it all depends.

Sally, Ed, and myself and for all others on this list who had gotten
transplants it is a gift from god.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

> Hi, Sally.
>
> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet cell
> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic looked
> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
> Rachel
> Rachel Krieg
> Ameriplan Representative
> Ameriplan USA
> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
> > Hi Cheryl,
> > Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I
> > don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52
> > years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood
> > sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side
> > effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more
> > complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
> >
> > My procedure was done in California and there are several universities
> > conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved
> > for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
> >
> > Thank you all for the good wishes.
> >
> > Sally
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >
> >
> >> 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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