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The standard terminology for this combined transplant is Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant; I have reversed the two organ names in order to shift the emphasis slightly. When I received a pancreas-kidney transplant, word of the successful procedure began to circulate among my friends and friends of the family. I was surprised to learn the number of people who were unaware of pancreas transplantation, or who had never considered it as an option for themselves or a loved one with diabetes and its many complications. Everyone seemed to know about kidney transplants, but almost no one, even a few in the diabetes community, had heard of pancreas transplants.

The site examines the history of transplantation, the immunology, tissue typing, and immunosuppressant drugs that make transplantation possible, and looks to the current practice in pancreas-kidney transplantation. An ongoing personal account of my pancreas-kidney transplant makes up the center of the site; selected journal articles, informational links, and opportunities to contact the author complete it.

I hope to inform more people of the option of transplantation, of its advantages and its drawbacks, and to provide a firsthand account of the preparations, the procedure, the recovery, and the care needed to protect the new organs.

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