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Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Jan 10, 2020 | Replies (317)

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@contentandwell

@retiredteacher I too hope you find something that you will be able to do comfortably. When you get used to exercising it really feels like things are off if you can't and of course, exercise is not just good for your body, they are now saying it's good for your brain too.

@marvinjsturing Thank you for the info. It sounds as if you will be well on your way fairly soon.
That's interesting too about pancreatic cancer. When you refer to getting a transplant after pancreatic cancer, are you referring to a pancreas, or does pancreatic cancer affect your kidneys? Pancreatic cancer is so frightening, the outcome is not often good.

Have a blessed and Happy Easter, everyone.
JK

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@contentandwell Typically, pancreatic cancer and the chemo that follows do not affect the kidneys. I am told that one person in 300,00 react to the chemo drug gemcitabine and develop atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. I was that one. This disease slowly destroys the kidneys. I spent 9 months in 2015 driving to Mayo for treatments and was finally cured, but not before the damage was done. I asked Mayo about a pancreas/kidney transplant. The doctor told me that because of the internal scarring from my Whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer, a pancreas transplant would be too difficult. So we are working on just a kidney transplant. Most of the people I know who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are no longer living. Every morning I wake up and every night I go to bed, I thank God for another day of life. Have a blessed Easter!