What began life as a notebook full of questions to ask his doctors and medical jargon to look up, evolved into a manuscript documenting all that surrounded the procedure that was supposed to offer my husband a chance at a normal, non-diabetic life, but wound up nearly ending it. Part medical drama, part humorous commentary, and part cautionary tale, The Transplant Roller Coaster is a memoir which chronicles the convoluted journey we unwittingly embarked upon following my husband’s pancreas-after-kidney transplant.