Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 , You wrote, " I've had both a Whipple 1/2002 and a Puestow 1/2004, very little panc left and still no diabetes! " That is a good example of just how much larger percentage of islet cells are housed in the tail of the pancreas. I had a Distal Pancreatectomy, in which the tail was removed. 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...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Yet, the doc says he doesn't think I would be a good candidate for tp/ict because of the shape of what is left. He doesn't think they would be able to harvest enough cells and even if they could he thinks with all the other scar tissue I would probably still be in pain... A Ruggieri -----Original Message----- From: KarynWms@... Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:59 PM , You wrote, " I've had both a Whipple 1/2002 and a Puestow 1/2004, very little panc left and still no diabetes! " That is a good example of just how much larger percentage of islet cells are housed in the tail of the pancreas. I had a Distal Pancreatectomy, in which the tail was removed. Karyn E. , RN, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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