[Diabetes-talk] Pancreas Transplantation

Thu Sep 17 12:19:36 UTC 2009

I would love to get one, but not all diabetics are alike, and Medicare just 
wont pay for them.  Ta Da if it was that easy I would have gotten one 7 
years ago, but I had to wait for an organ donor for my kidney who is my best 
friend, I have not been on dialysis since august 2005

for someone who works in the field and one who has been through it, you just 
can't get one, and guess what not everyone is an organ donor, and not 
everyone can wait for organs.

Cheryl Echevarria

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nefertiti Matos Olivares" <nefamphetamine at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pancreas Transplantation

I am a kidney transplant recipient who is intimately aware of the
highlights and pitfalls of antirejection medication among other
things. Though “Ta-da! Get a pancreas, be rid of diabetes” would be
nice, I never harbored thoughts of it being a cure-all procedure.

Nef

On 9/17/09, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have to correct something here, know this is coming from doctors and a 
> lot
> of studying of anatomy and phisology I know I spelled that wrong for a
> number of months, and the people who ran my school are actually surgeons,
> and from my transplant team, there is no cure yet for diabetic, End stage
> renal disease, even those that get heart transplants.
>
> They are a treatment and not a cure, meaning like myself, I have to take
> anti jection medication that rest of my life and they are getting better,
> but you can develop other problems with these drugs, but it is better then
> the alternatives.
>
> If you want to believe you wont have diabetes anymore go right ahead, but 
> at
> the same time once you get this life saving trasnplant whether being for
> pancreas, cell transplant, kidney, etc.  You cannot go out and eat
> everything you want, still have to see dr every 3 months for the rest of
> your life, to make sure that all levels are good, etc.  I know people who
> have had transplants, and after went back to drinking, or smoking, or not
> eating what you are suppose to follow and they lose that organ even die 
> from
> it.
>
> It is not a cure all and not everyone qualifies for these either.
>
> So please be realistic about this, it would only be a treatment and not a
> cure.
>
> You have to cure the disease first before you say there is a cure, so far
> these is not.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joy Stigile" <jstigile at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pancreas Transplantation
>
>
>> Yes, you are correct!
>> Sincerely, Joy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nefertiti Matos Olivares" <nefamphetamine at gmail.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pancreas Transplantation
>>
>>
>> > Please excuse my ignorance here.
>> >
>> > Would one no longer be a diabetic if one  were to get a pancreas
>> > transplant?
>> >
>> > Nef
>> >
>> > On 9/15/09, catdancing <catdancing at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >> where do ya go to get a pancreas transplant in st. louis?
>> >> Debbie
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
>> >> To: "Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:40 PM
>> >> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Pancreas Transplantation
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Folks,
>> >>>
>> >>> The results of pancreas transplantation has improved quite a bit over
>> >>> the
>> >>> past few years.
>> >>>
>> >>> I know a lady in the Huston Texas area who had a pancreas transplant
>> >>> on
>> >>> April 4, 1998 which means her pancreas has been working well for the
>> >>> past
>> >> 11
>> >>> years.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Ed Bryant
>> >>>
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