Guest guest Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Sue, You wrote, " Just wanted to say that having a TP without ICT doesn't necessarily mean you will have brittle diabetes. " I wanted to share that Dr. Sutherland said that after doing research on the location of islets cells in the human body, he feels that they are, indeed, located elsewhere other than the pancreas. He said that was the only was he could account for the fact that persons who had undergone the TP/w/o ICT had evidence of insulin production. Therefore the risk of developing diabetes after surgery can vary. This was in a conversation so, unfortunately I do not have a reference to support that statement. Karyn E. , RN, Exec. Director, Pancreatitis Association International 5th Annual Symposium on Pancreatitis: September 16 & 17, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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