QUESTION??

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Does anybody know about long term conditions after having the TP/ICT? Is there

any complications know of? Can our body live a full life with no pancreas and

do the islet ever die in the liver? I am just kinda worried about this because

people seem to not really know long term conditons of having this procedure.

Thanks St. Louis, MO

ERIN

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Actually , there is no long term difinitive study to determine

how people will be lets say 25 years post op. It is a relatively new

procedure. However, the current data does state that long term

insulin dependancy is minimal at best. I am not a diabetic. I say

that I am just to be on the safe side. I check my sugar frequently

and take insulin only when I eat a very large starchy meal, like

pasta, or too much ice cream..LOL. Even that is a very small amount

of insulin.

Yesterday I had a cheese burger and was absolutely fine, no problems

with my blood sugar at all. I do have to take enzymes with every

meal or snack and I also take a laxative, miralax every evening.

The incisional hernia I have is a small complication. Had I not had

so many surgeries in one years time, my abs would not have gotten so

weak. I did have an internal stitch that did not dissolve and had to

be removed, the hernia is in the same spot, that probably led to the

tearing of the weak tissue and muscle. Any kind of ab surgery has a

risk of herniation.

I dont know when your classes beging, but just from my experience and

from what Darren has told me; you should be feeling pretty good by

september. I would think a few weeks at home with Mom post op might

be a good idea until you have regained some strength. By the 4th of

July I think you will feel better then you have in years, you will

still be weak and maybe a littl sore, but you will feel so much

better.