Pancreas transplant stories

Patrick McGlone: Enjoying the moment

Transplanted organs give you a second lease on life and allow you to breath without the constant thought of how your illness will prevent you from enjoying your time.

Barbara Tennyson-Crawford: I am a wonder child

I will keep fighting for my life and everyone else who goes through this to help them learn to have a healthier life.

Noah Thibodeau: “Live like Noah”

Because he chose to be an organ donor, he has saved the lives of four people

Matthew Kuchera: The gift of life during COVID-19

To everyone suffering from kidney disease, is on dialysis, waiting for the gift of life, anything. Do not give up hope! You fight the fight hard and understand miracles do happen.

Gift of new life during trying times

My name is Tash. I am 29 years old and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 10.

T1D free!

Pancreas

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1990 when I was 6 years old. I had for the most part taken very good care of myself, and I never let T1D hold me back. In 2016 I was told that my kidneys had begun to spill protein (proteinuria), but that they still were 100% functioning, that I did not have kidney disease, and that the kidneys could be saved with a pancreas- only transplant

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