@2011panc & @donnan I’ve enjoyed reading your posts. We have some things in common. It is nice to know others understand. Hypoglycemia unawareness is the worst, right? Thank God I’ve not had this much since the transplant. The blood sugars used to bounce from 20’s to 600’s and back with a double digit A1C until after transplant it was 5.3. I live in the twin cities metro area of MN. My transplant was done at U of MN. The pretransplant evaluation, education and transplant itself were fantastic but in the next 11 years I felt the follow up was less than desirable. Two years ago I felt like I was starting to decline & loose ground. I had a pretransplant evaluation at U of MN and at Mayo in Rochester. My insurance covered both. The two experiences were very different. I’ve chosen Mayo and plan to have a future kidney transplant there when that becomes necessary. My labs are done locally every 3 months. I found they became less frequent as post transplant time went on. My local team of providers sees me regularly, monitors everything and communicates well with Mayo. I go for an annual pretransplant review at Mayo. The U of MN team is no longer in contact with me. I appreciate your statements of faith. I am a believer as well and have added both of you to my prayers. My name is Cheryl.

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@gman007, I want to invite you to post your concern about your nausea and chronic pancreatitis here.
@donnan, @cehunt57 , @2011panc, I want to invite you to meet my friend, Gary. He is not a transplant patient, but I wonder if you might have something from your pancreas experiences that might be helpful.

Gary, You are welcome to take the microphone !
Rosemary

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@donnan, Hi and Welcome to Connect. I see that you have just recently joined us. I am a volunteer mentor (liver/kidney) and I want to invite you to take a look at any of our discussions and to join in at any time with any questions or comments. We are a group on individuals who support each other by sharing our transplant experiences to help and encourage others.
Donna, I understand your desire to connect with others who are 'related' by pancreas transplant. Please let me know if there is anything that I can assist you with. I would like to introduce you to @cehunt57 and @2011panc who have both received a pancreas transplant.
Rosemary

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thank you for the connect i'm wanting to get a pancreas transplant. I have never had kidney troubles until about two months ago i been feeling pain but i started cranberry juice three times a week and a lot I mean a lot of water the pain stopped and the blood work shows no issues. But the sugar level is a whole other ball game it will be 150 then i'm sitting watching TV and it will shoot up to 600 i'm on the pump but it bounces so much.

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