Why can Diabetics have a pancreas transplant?
firstly when you have a transplant the chances are it isn’t just one tablet you take a day more like 6+ my husband had cardiomyopathy (heart faliure) and had to take a few meds a day and then last year he had a heart transplant which in turn gave him epliepsy as well as diabeties (steriod induced) and believe me he had the transplant because he NEEDED it to live, not just because he didin’t want to take an injection. I understand that some people would like a pancrease transplant but i think it should be thought about 100% beforehand and must be well informed on all the possible side effects of transplantation. Don’t get me wrong though i am so thankful for my husbands transplant as without it he would probably have died by now. But part of my husbands immunosuppressant therapy involves steriod which did cause him to develop diabetes so would people who have pancrease transplant need steriods as part of their on going drug therapy? And also the immunosuppressants can cause high blood p
