[Diabetes-talk] Transplant: artifical pancrease

[Sally Maguire]

Hi Denise,
Oh, so much better!  Now, beginning my third year, I don't notice any effect from the immune suppressants.  I did have difficulty in the beginning, but many of those drugs have been eliminated.  I have not caught anything either.  I think one cold in over two years is not bad!
No lows and no highs!  I do get some lows when I am tandem bike riding, but I have worked that out too. I mostly don't eat sweets and still follow a healthy diabetic diet.  I do eat them occasionally and it is hard not to feel a bit guilty!  I went on a retreat during the summer and ate lots of desserts.  I told my doctor when I returned and he was very happy.  Now you might understand my confused mind.  After 52 years of doctors being upset with me for not following a good diabetic plan and now he was happy about my eating desserts?  Well, the whole staff was quite pleased and they said that is exactly what they wanted to hear and that I had made their day!
I am very grateful that all has gone so well and we hope they get FDA approval soon so that the rest of you might have such a cure.  
Sally





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Transplant: artifical pancrease


> Sally, how goes the rejection drugs? Are those side affects better than the
> diabetes issues?
> Denise
> 
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Sally Maguire <1.sally at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> I'm a real fan of JDRF!  They funded my islet cell transplant.  They ran
>> out of money for the study, but I was able to get in and I have just begun
>> my 3rd year of no insulin!
>> Sally
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] artifical pancrease
>>
>>
>> > Haven't heard a thing. JDRF is funding research but don't think it's
>> ready for prime time. Sounds like a bid for publicity and funds to me.
>> >
>> > Mike Freeman
>> > sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >
>> > On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:07, Debbie Fredericks <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Have you heard the JDRF has an artifical pancrease they are tring to get
>> the FDA
>> >> to pass by Dec. 1 2011
>> >>
>> >> from what I haverad about it the pancrease goes on top of the original
>> one and
>> >> ic to produse insulin
>> >> Debbie
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