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Maverick
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Username: Maverick

Post Number: 27
Registered: 09-2009
Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 07:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My transplant doctors at the U of U just did their first successful pancreas only transplant. Please follow the link for more info.

http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_12311.shtml
Orthotropic Liver Transplant 10/22/99
Disabled Vietnam Vets of America Life Member
Cora
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Username: Cora

Post Number: 562
Registered: 06-2007
Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 09:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi there. It may be the first time U of U has done a pancreas only, but the article is incorrect that it has never been done before. I had my pancreas (I'm PAK, pancreas after kidney) done at the U of Mn, and their protocols are similar to those at other transplant centers. Yes, most pancreas's are done together with a kidney. But if you are hypounaware enough to have severe problems, they will do the pancreas only. The danger of the anti-rejection meds is deemed to be much less than those of being significantly hypo-unaware.

It's great that more and more centers are doing pancreas only. It really is a life-saver for some people. But until they can get rid of the necessary drugs, unfortunately it's not for everyone. I have to say that I also object to the word "cure". Transplant is not a cure. it is another form of treatment. And one that will fail eventually. I'm not trying to be a debbie-downer, but I do know that I will probably live long enough to see dialysis again as well as my insulin pump. That's just the way transplant works.
Dx with T1 in 1966
Kidney tx in Minneapolis 2002
Pancreas tx in 2008

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