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My Islet Transplant Miracle at City of HopeAugust 1, 2024 - 11:26 am
Video – Briskin Center for Clinical ResearchFebruary 17, 2019 - 3:41 pm
Type-1 Diabetes – City of Hope – My Personal 3-Year MiracleOctober 23, 2018 - 1:50 pm
No Insulin + Immunosuppression – The Yin Yang Of An Islet TransplantMay 12, 2018 - 12:00 pm
September 2017 Blood Sugar Numbers – Still WowSeptember 14, 2017 - 9:28 am
9 Months Post Transplant – No Insulin – No Complications – Lots of GratitudeApril 19, 2017 - 5:15 pm
A Little Help From My Friends
/in Featured Posts, Islet Transplant/by Roger SparksA few thoughts about the importance of friends during my years with diabetes and my recent islet transplant and recovery.
The Bonnie Sher Show – March 2016
/in Media/by Roger SparksThe Bonnie Sher Show, Boomer Life is a live 50‐minute Internet radio and podcast program dedicated to a generation of Americans who continue to be a major force for social change and poster children for independence and self‐expression.
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Transplant Recovery – First 2 Months
/in Islet Transplant, Transplant Details/by Roger SparksBlood samples, drug changes, monitoring, and visits to the City of Hope dominated the first two months post-surgery. In addition to taking lots of drugs, three times a day, I had to carefully record them in a drug diary, monitor all the food I ate, test my blood sugar levels, and carefully note any reaction I was having to the medication.
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Transplant Surgery
/in Islet Transplant, Transplant Details/by Roger SparksThe Islet Transplant surgery was about a one and a half hour procedure. I was awake throughout the entire process, under a mild sedative.
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Making The Transplant Decision
/in Islet Transplant, Transplant Details/by Roger SparksI first contacted the City of Hope (COH), Duarte, California, in May, 2015, about their clinical trial that I had found on the internet. This video – from a patient in one of their earlier trials, several years ago – hit all my hot buttons, and convinced me that I wanted to find out more about what they were doing.
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Hypoglycemia – For Family & Friends
/in Featured Posts, Islet Transplant, Transplant Details/by Roger SparksIf you are involved with a Type-1 diabetic, or have a friend or family member with diabetes, it’s very important to understand hypoglycemia – low blood sugars – and what to do when you see them happen.
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Life With Type-1 Diabetes
/in Islet Transplant, Transplant Details/by Roger SparksI have had Type-1 Diabetes for over 35 years. This means my pancreas produces no insulin, and I require daily external injections of insulin to survive.
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