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b'For the first time in their lives, Patrick Nolan, 52 (at left in photo), and Harry Tynan, 39 (at right), are doing what most people take for granted: living without having to constantly check their blood sugar or inject insulin. Each man was diagnosed as a child with Type 1 diabetes and has spent his life dealing with the disease and the kidney damage it can cause. Each man has also received a kidney transplant, and each recently received a transplanted pancreas at Upstate, in effect curing their diabetes. \\u201cI\\u2018m reliving my youth again. \\u2026 I just wake up and go, \\u2018Wow!\\u2018\\u201c says Nolan of Syracuse. \\u201cIt\\u2018s a complete change just to look forward and not have to do injections,\\u201d notes Tynan of Oswego. \\u201cI\\u2018m ready to pick up the insulin pen, and I don\\u2018t have to.\\u201d For the first time in their lives, Patrick Nolan, 52 (at left in photo), and Harry Tynan, 39 (at right), are doing what most people take for granted: living without having to constantly check their blood sugar or inject insulin. Each man was diagnosed as a child with Type 1 diabetes and has spent his life dealing with the disease and the kidney damage it can cause. Each man has also received a kidney transplant, and each recently received a transplanted pancreas at Upstate, in effect curing their diabetes. \\u201cI\\u2018m reliving my youth again. \\u2026 I just wake up and go, \\u2018Wow!\\u2018\\u201c says Nolan of Syracuse. \\u201cIt\\u2018s a complete change just to look forward and not have to do injections,\\u201d notes Tynan of Oswego. \\u201cI\\u2018m ready to pick up the insulin pen, and I don\\u2018t have to.\\u201d'