Janine Roberson was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 7.
The chronic disease caused stage 5 kidney failure that led to her kidneys being so badly damaged that they “barely functioned,” according to Ceders-Sinai Medical Center, who has helped Janine with treatment, including a successful kidney-pancreas transplant 10 months ago.
Now, however, after years of dialysis treatment and the aforementioned surgery, Janine, now 37, has a quality of life that is “better than ever,” Cedars-Sinai said in a media release…