http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2005/04/03/islet-decision/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:03:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2005/04/03/islet-decision/#comment-527 Neva Marjory Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:25:11 +0000 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2005/04/03/islet-decision/#comment-527 Thanks for your thoughts Jenny. Much appreciated.<br patients may be "cured" forever as long as they can get the drugs needed to prevent rejection. Not many have had the islet procedure done but pancreas transplants have been going on for awhile. I'll try to contact some of those folks too to see what the trade-offs have been for them.<br Thanks for your thoughts Jenny. Much
appreciated.<br
patients may be “cured” forever as long as they can get
the drugs needed to prevent rejection. Not many have
had the islet procedure done but pancreas transplants
have been going on for awhile. I’ll try to contact
some of those folks too to see what the trade-offs
have been for them.<br

]]> http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2005/04/03/islet-decision/#comment-526 Neva Marjory Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:49:40 +0000 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2005/04/03/islet-decision/#comment-526 Thanks for your thoughts Jenny. Much appreciated.<br patients may be "cured" forever as long as they can get the drugs needed to prevent rejection. Not many have had the islet procedure done but pancreas transplants have been going on for awhile. I'll try to contact some of those folks too to see what the trade-offs have been for them.<br Thanks for your thoughts Jenny. Much
appreciated.<br
patients may be “cured” forever as long as they can get
the drugs needed to prevent rejection. Not many have
had the islet procedure done but pancreas transplants
have been going on for awhile. I’ll try to contact
some of those folks too to see what the trade-offs
have been for them.<br

]]> http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2005/04/03/islet-decision/#comment-524 Neva Marjory Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:03:06 +0000 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2005/04/03/islet-decision/#comment-524 I'm 16 years with IDDM and no comps.<br honest, I wouldn't do it yet. Not 'til they got got it down pat and you didn't have to live like someone with AIDS or Like Michael Jackson &lt;G&gt;.<br be true that you'd reject the cells and have to go back to diabetes anyway, but for the three years, it sounds like your bod would be a chemistry set.<br there with complications and pain, nothing anyone would tell you would make a lick of difference. Right now though, if you have many complications and are in chronic pain, and that lifestyle sounds OK to you, three years of a break from 'betes would sound pretty good huh?<br wait a bit.<br I’m 16 years with IDDM and no comps.<br
honest, I wouldn’t do it yet. Not ’til they got got it
down pat and you didn’t have to live like someone with
AIDS or Like Michael Jackson &lt;G&gt;.<br
be true that you’d reject the cells and have to go
back to diabetes anyway, but for the three years, it
sounds like your bod would be a chemistry
set.<br
there with complications and pain, nothing anyone would
tell you would make a lick of difference. Right now
though, if you have many complications and are in chronic
pain, and that lifestyle sounds OK to you, three years
of a break from ‘betes would sound pretty good
huh?<br
wait a bit.<br

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