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Weight loss pre liver transplant

Transplants | Last Active: Mar 14 1:51pm | Replies (2)

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@jmp1234

Correct a mundo 🙂 Yes you are correct. My goal is back to 170# or so. I'm going to reach out to my nutritionist at Mayo Jacksonville as well, but this wonderful forum provides a patient centric and experience feedback. Thank you for responding.

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@jmp1234, I am a liver and kidney recipient, and I lost weight during my liver failure while I was waiting for a transplant. I also had nausea which made eating to maintain a healthy weight difficult to do. My local GI encouraged me to ‘at least’ drink Ensure and to add ice cream. Later when I was at Mayo with kidney failure and dialysis, I had a limited diet that was directed by the kidney team. While it is important to eat and maintain a healthy body prior to transplant, weight gain might not be possible. I am happy to hear that you will contact the nutritionist at the Mayo in FL.
Did you know that weight loss happens with liver failure?
Will you let me know what you find out? Are you within driving distance?