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Home for the Holidays!!
I was release from OSU Tuesday evening. I spent the past 2 weeks in the hospital for rejection and ended up taking 10 out of the 14 ATG treatment. I was having to many side effect to continue with the other 4 days. The try to do a biopsy on my pancreas but only the fatty tissue around it. I was sent home on steroids and a bunch of other meds and along with the doctor changing my anti rejection. My pancreas is not working 100% right now it's had so much go on with it in the past month. I've also had to start taking a pill for my sugar, checking my sugar again, and watch what I eat. I never thought I would spend my 1 year anniversary in rejection. The way my transplant doctors talk they've been watching my slide into rejection for a little over a month. If my pancreas isn't damage I will have surgery this summer to take my pancreas from bladder to my bowel because my main problem right now. The said if they did surgery now it would my pancreas in shock. I've also told my doctor if my pancreas fails I want to go back on the list for another pancreas transplant. I couldn't believe that today was Thanksgiving because I've spent about a month in the hospital give or take couple days. But I have so much to be Thankful for.
I want to to Thank Gary and Wanda for me being there for me when I was starting to show sign of rejection they talk to my on skype till one of my parents got home.
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Comment by Marina on November 28, 2011 at 8:43pm -
Morgan,
Thinking of you as you recover from this scary rejection episode.
I pray your Panc didn't suffer too much damage so they can do the planned surgery.
I too had a scary experience on my anniversary. On my anniversary ( Wed nov 9) I did my normal labs. Coordinator called to tell me my amylase and lipase were elevated. I was instructed to repeat labs on Mon unless I started having symptoms. Numbers were worse, while sugars remained great, I was asymptomatic. I was told to such high numbers can be causes by constipation or diarrhea. I was instructed to drink Mag CItrate and repeat labs on We. Numbers came back normal. The following Wed numbers were even better.
Sending prayers for a speedy recovery.
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