I am a type 1 diabetic. can i sign up for a pancreas transplant ?

Yes: That would be a good but difficult solution.

Yes if advanced DM: A pancreas transplant cures diabetes (dm) at the risk of major surgery and long term immunosuppression (is). If dm is advanced (hypoglycemic unawareness) this is worth the risk. If you need a kidney transplant anyway, a pancreas transplant does not add much risk. The main risks of these operations is related to the presence of heart disease or hardening of the arteries, and need for long term is.

Manage your diabetes: As a type i diabetic, you are stuck in a difficult situation. Currently there is no cure. Your best long term health success is to manage your diabetes. You will not qualify for a transplant list unless you have failed conventional management therapies. Get a doc who believes in you, and start learning to management: pump, recombinant insulin, sensor, transmitor, amylin will help you.

Pancreas transplant: There are two common indications for a pancreas transplant: 1. A commitment to lifelong immunosuppresion for another organ transplant in a type 1 diabetic (usually a kidney for diabetic nephrology, but liver and lung have been done as well) or 2. Very poorly controlled type 1 diabetes despite optimized medical care. This usually requires documented episodes of hypoglycemia unawareness.