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I am going on 12 years post pancreas transplant. I mark it on the calendar and mention it on Facebook. The past year I've got stage 4 CKD and will be needing a kidney transplant. I've been preoccupied with that lately and looking for a living kidney donor.
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@keggebraaten Thank you Kristin for that information. I know my friend went through a lot in those months leading up to her husband's death. We went to dinner with them and then we were out of touch for about a month. I called to see if they wanted to go to dinner again and he had passed away! I was stunned, not only because he looked pretty good when we went out but that she hadn't let me know. He had so many problems in the end there, I know it was very tough to go through.
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@contentandwell, I saw your question about pancreas transplants for cancer and I was with our pancreas doctors yesterday, so I asked about it. Pancreas transplants are not performed for cases of pancreas cancer, except for very limited exceptions (when a pancreas has been removed for some other cause) but the transplant is not performed for cancer. Pancreatic cancer can be so difficult to go through. My sympathies to you and your friend for her loss.
- Kristin