Last week my TB skin test was negative, which came as no surprise. But it put me one step closer to the pancreas transplant. That afternoon I enjoyed having dozens of people like my status update on Facebook when I…
Confessions of a Born Again Diabetic
The secret life of a once-again diabetic adjusting to a failed pancreas transplant
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Bye Bye Focus
I’m irritated. I was in the zone, focused on my writing, when out of nowhere my blood sugar dropped. That sweet focus is gone and I had to get up and deal with it by finding something in the kitchen…
I was a Type I from the age of 12 until I had a pancreas transplant when I was 33. It came with a new kidney. Diabetes took a toll on me. Being diagnosed at that age, I wasn’t always a model patient. It caused me to have kidney failure, lose part of my vision and parts of my feet are numb.
I loved being a “former diabetic” after the transplant. Or is the proper term “ex-diabetic”? It doesn’t matter. I felt the way a parolee from prison must feel. No more shots. No more blood tests. No more diet. No more strict sschedules. Well, I had to start taking anti-rejection meds—lots of ‘em—twice a day. Compared to the life I lived before, that was nothing.
After 14 years the pancreas stopped working, which means I'm back to being a Type 1 diabetic. This blog is about what it's like to go back to that world.
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