All islet cell transplant people, I have a question for you?????

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Hello,

My islet cell transplant was done 2 yrs ago by Dr. Sutherland.

Since then I have had a bowel obstruction which required surgery 6

months ago. Then 2 wks ago I had a partial bowel obstruction which

landed me in the hospital for a week. While I was in there they

noticed that I had pneumobilia (air in the biliary tract). Doing

some searching on my own I discovered there is quite a coincidence

between pneumobilia and bowel obstruction (this could be due to the

fact that we are re-plumbed and the flap allows gases from our

intestines up into our liver). Does anyone else have this problem?

I get the same old pancreatitis type pain for a week or two prior to

the bowel obstruction. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Would

love to hear from you. Thanks, Kathy Beck