[zebra 2]

I smell it too. Adult onset (Type II), which this guy must suffer (since he started on insulin at age 34) does not result from a paucity of insulin in the system, but rather from the body's inability to efficiently use insulin for adequate metabolism of glucose. Insulin shots work for such patients by providing a superabundance of insulin to compensate. I suspect that the body's tendency toward homeostasis would negate the benefits of transplanted insulin producers by curtailing pancreatic production so that a "normal" level of insulin is maintained.

Some of you Docs weigh in.

[twinzmommy]

I have a friend diagnosed Type 1 at age 40. It has nothing to do with the *age* of the person but the type of diabetes. Hence why they are referred to by type now instead of "juvenile" and "adult"

[twinzmommy]

I have a friend diagnosed Type 1 at age 40. It has nothing to do with the *age* of the person but the type of diabetes. Hence why they are referred to by type now instead of "juvenile" and "adult"

[Mermonkey]

My son has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in April. My usual response to a situation like this one is to inundate myself with information and this time was no different. I am not an endocrinologist, but I did sleep at a holiday inn though... here it goes...

This "transplant" surgery as it is called, is just that, a transplant. This treatment is not new, it has been successfully completed in Miami, but the problem is that after this procedure is done, you are forced to take the medications that keep your body from rejecting the transplanted cells. And the side effects of this medications appear to me to be worse than the effects of diabetes, shots or no shots... I don't think this is really a "treatment" as much as it is a trade off. JDF has a cool research newsletter for those of you that are interested... http://www.jdf.org/index.cfm?page_id=101992

Good luck to any of you that are either living with this or living with a loved one with it.

Matt

[Hischild]

My dad was an insulin dependent Type I diabetic, and the onset of his disease was at age 46.

[Orgiveme]

I'm not a doctor, but I think you are correct.

Yes, you would have to use anti-rejection drugs; the one case I am personally familiar with is an adult who had so-called Type I from childhood. He has had the pancreatic islet cell transplant, along with a single kidney (he's a chronic renal failure patient now), and has to use anti-rejection drugs, which cause many other problems. He is also on hemodialysis three times a week to help his (now-ailing) transplant kidney.

Something he has found that has helped him immensely, based on his reading of the book Sugars That Heal, are products from the MLM Mannatech. He is doing very much better than anyone in the medical field expected him to do, and he bases his wellbeing on his daily use of four of their products. He is defying the statistics in several respects. I have written about the product (not Mannatech's) Candex elsewhere in this thread and am about to let him know about our recent results with that, in case he may benefit from it, as well.

I can't remember his history, but he may have developed Type I (so-called) from antibiotic use as a child, as well. I'll ask him about it.