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Meet fellow Caregivers - Introduce yourself

Caregivers | Last Active: Nov 12, 2023 | Replies (707)
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@colleenyoung

Hi @billacaregiver, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm glad to see that you're following the Transplants group as well as the Caregivers group. I'm confident that you and your wife will be an asset to the Connect community and have plenty to learn and share. When appropriate, you may also wish to check out the various cancer-related groups.

The pandemic surely made medical procedures more anxiety-ridden, even for the calmest of people. Congrats, first of all on getting a successful liver transplant. May I ask what diagnosis led to her needing a transplant? Was the liver from a living or deceased donor?

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billacaregiver | @billacaregiver | Sep 5, 2020

Hi Colleen,

Thanks for the welcome and I look forward to being part of the groups. I don’t think my wife will join at this time.

So, she was diagnosed with PBS Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, some 20 years ago, caused by the immune system attacking her liver. The time came for the transplant and a deceased donor was located. We moved to Rochester MN over four months ago when put on the on call list per advice of the doctor. Also, we didn’t want to travel home then back here four months later because of the pandemic. We’ll be heading home in a few weeks.

Her position at Gildas Club of Kentuckian is IT and I help out where I can in the kitchen, as a photographer, whatever is needed and at events. We are not social workers for client support however Gilda’s Club of Kentuckian has a great staff of professionals, hosting virtual support groups on-line and events. It’s all free. The Club House will open for in person services once it is safe.

Anyone living with cancer and would like to join can go to a local chapter or we take everyone from any state or country. Go to Gilda’s Club Kentuckian. Maybe you could post that information for the cancer group. I hope I’m not breaking any rules posting this information. It’s always something.

On flu shots, yesterday I had the FluAd for 65 and up and she had the normal dose at CVS.

Take care...

@billacaregiver.

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