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Does age matter for liver transplant evaluation?

Transplants | Last Active: Nov 26, 2024 | Replies (35)

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@bobweller

Wow, you went through a lot. So you had liver cancer? That was great the treatments were so effective. Then to get "the call" almost the next day.

When I needed my second transplant, my center then said I might need a kidney too so I was tested for both organs. However the transplant committee turned me down since my kidneys were not bad enough. So that invalidated my liver too. I asked why, but the answer turned into a dead end. So I started calling new centers around my state and two states over. Got many who wanted to talk but I got a call from my local alternative center, I went there. We have the Cleve Clinic and University Hospitals by me.

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I hope it all works out for you. As I have said in earlier posts: There are 3 tracks, 2 of which are in our hands. The first two happen together:
1. Diagnosis that says your life is shortened, so one prepares to leave the world with no regrets and to ease those left behind.
2. The other track, which clearly you embrace, to continue to explore all options that may defy the first.
3. And finally, which is totally out of our control, be open to a miracle.
I wish you the best.
Barbara