hi all

[Guest guest]

Hi all!

Karyn, Rupesh, Angie, thank you for replying!

I am so glad to be a member of this group that gives me so much

information

about CP and that has a lot of compassionate people.

I have had CP for about 8years and for the first 7 years

I was almost pain free but last year I had 2 major attacks

and since then my condition has been unstable.

Now I have daily pain which seems to change positions

in my abdomen and the densitiy varies day to day.

My concern is about TP-ICT and the development of stem cell

research.

In Japan, as far as I know, there has been no auto transplant

of islet cells but there are some doctors who have learned

about it in the US (One of them studied under Dr. Sutherland

in Minnesota University and I asked him by e-mail if it is

possible to have TP-ICT in japan and he replied they would

like to start as treatment for pacreatitis)

As to stem cell research, I often surf the Internet about the

latest development and find that most scientists who study

pancreatic regeneration concentrate on cure for dibates,

not for pancreatitis. I wonder if there is any scientist

or doctor who specializes in " curing " pancreatitis through tissue

engineering.

I believe tissue engineerign has a lot of possiblity!!

Hisao Shimoda, jp

[Guest guest]

Hisao,

Stem cell research is such a touchy subject in the USA right now. It has

some amazing possibilities. How do they treat you for your Pancreatitis in

Japan?

I was just wondering how it differs from our treatment in the USA.

Have you had any surgeries for your pancreas problems yet? I have had CP for

2 years. I now have diabetes from it.

I am going on March 30th to a doc in ton South Carolina. I cannot

have any ERCP procedures done because I had gastric bypass surgery and I no

longer have a duodenum.

Hope you are having a pain free day!

Angie in SC

" The happiest of people don't necessarily have the

best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along

their way. "