Hello mapriya

i am sorry to say that the pancreas will not regenerate itself. It is known as the most unforgiving organ in the human body with little or no reparative capabilites. God knew what he was doing when he buried the pancreas behind all the other organs to protect it.

Are you type 1 or type 2 diabetic? Has it just been since the surgery? What do you take for the diabetes? Do you have an y pancreatic symptoms?

Reeann

hello reeann

thanks for your reply. Right now I am taking daily insulin injections of units 18 and 10 in the morning and night respectively with doctors advice. No tablets.

Yes, after surgery only I became a diabetic. Before surgery I was normal in all respects.

I dont find any pancreatic symptoms. In the near past week days I see that my finger nails were weak and cutting done automatically even for normal usage.

And from where are you? Are you a doctor? Bye.

60% of my pancreas was removed when I was 36. I am now 59-1/2 and feeling very tired. Can hardly eat any lunch, just some raisins and nuts, if working, as I will fall asleep for 3 hours. As far as I know now, I am not diabetic. Excercise seemed to help when I was younger, but now I have a bad knee and spur on my right foot. What are the later repercussions of pancreatic surgery?

I have a question about the pancreas removal!!! I curretnly am suffering from a severe case of hypoglycemia post gastric bypass. My surgeon has advised me of a new study that proves partial or distal removal of the pancreas reduces the insulin level in gastric bypass patients to counteract this severe hypoglycemic activity. Has anyone else heard of this in this situation? I have tried everything from glucose tabs to altering my diet, but it's like a never ending cycle.......sugar drops, take glucose, gets normal, and then the process starts again. It seems my pancreas is producing too much insulin for my body versus the amount of sugar I can intake and ultimately is keeping my glucose level too low. It's to the point now I've blacked out and was later found in seizure like activiity, etc. I'm now being restricted from even driving.......I need some advice......anyone???

Having just been through a distal pancreatectomy for a tumor I would not recommend that you put yourself through such a tough surgery and potentially dangerous one for low blood sugars. See a good endocrinologist for advise on how to treat that. I surgeon liked to cut, thats what they do!

jblanton, I am right there with you. I too have hypoglycemia as a result of a gastric bypass. I have had 3 grand mal seizures because of this. The last one I had was last week in a Walgreens...ended up with 11 staples in my head as well as stiches and some nasty bruises. The talk has now turned back to removing part or all of my pancreas and am very curious if anyone has more information on this. Thanks!