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ISLET TRANSPLANT TOMMY STONE Tommy Stone remembers two years of pain and discomfort, several surgeries, many hospitalizations and overwhelming frustration. The 42-year-old resident of Roanoke, Texas, and father of two turned his frustration into resolve to get to the bottom of what ailed him. He and his wife began researching pancreas disease. After talking to his primary care physician, he was referred to a pancreas specialist at Baylor Dallas. 26