In November 2021, my cancer doctor in Tucson said I had 2 months to live (bile duct cancer) and not to bother calling Mayo because I was too old at age 71 for a liver transplant.
I called Mayo and my primary care doctor's PA had already called Mayo. Mayo set me up with 2 weeks of testing (endurance, psychological as well as every conceivable medical test).
January 3rd, 2022 the board reviewed my case. January 5th I was put on the transplant list as inactive with a level 6. I had 36 rounds of chemo and radiation end of January and into March. We waited the month to "de-radiate" April, I had a laproscopy to see if the cancer had spread.
Aoril 16 I was told there was no spread of cancer, that I was at level 26, and that I would being getting a liver soon. Much to my surprise, I got the call 2 days later to be ready to go to surgery. April 20, 2022 at 2:00 a.m mid surgery, my cousin received a message "old liver out, nee luver in". a

Now I am able to tell you that after almost 3 years post transplant, that it us worth calling Mayo.
Hope this helps,
Barbara
aka ajdo129 (the coded name for my donated liver).