'Fear of needles made me vomit'
A British woman has become the first person in the world to have a pancreas transplant because of a severe needle phobia, her doctors have said.
Sue York - who has had type-1 diabetes since she was seven - would shake uncontrollably and vomit when injecting herself with insulin.
Ms York told the 麻豆社's Victoria Derbyshire programme the operation had "completely altered my life".
She was joined in the studio by her husband Rob Ray and the surgeon who carried out the transplant Raman Dhanda.
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