Guest guest Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 > Dr Sutherland at the Un. of MN. He only cuts the head of the panc off. And no, he says it does not ruin your chance of thr tp/ict. Hi Kat, thats what I had done, an organ sparing whipple called a Beger. It was a little too late for me tho and didn't help much but it had already been determined long before that I need to have the panc completely removed. Before I even decided to go for the total with auto islets I asked Dr. Cotton (one of the worlds most reknowned panreatologist) to review my case. He said " take it out now; take it out later; it doesn't matter it has to come out " . My docs opinion was the sooner the better ( do believe I have already told that whole nightmare of a story about how we came to do the Beger). Haveing the head of my panc removed did not affect the outcome of the islet cell transplant in the least. Ohh and I am so not a brittle diabetic! It is big surgery and I never really recovered from it. It took less time to get over the total. So do bear that in mind that the recovery time could be up to 12 weeks. Please keep me posted on when you are having this and who will be the surgeon and where too. If you ever want to talk, I am here for yo. Warmly, (SC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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