Your MELD score is probably too low to have a transplant unless you have additional medical issues. Most transplant centers only transplant patients with a MELD score of 25 or higher. However, I found that the goal of being listed was beneficial to my health since it motivated me to live more healthy. Among the requirements to be listed are to be sober for more than 6 months and to undergo counseling, receive every vaccine, and undergo numerous tests such as cardiac stress tests and screening for virtual every disease. It took me nearly a year of hard work to be listed, first at USC and then at Mayo Phoenix (thankfully). Within a month of being listed at Mayo Phoenix I had a dual liver/kidney transplant that saved my life. It has been two years since then and I am happier and healthier than I have been in at least two decades. IMHO, it is a no brainer to pursue being listed since it will make you healthier and happier working toward a goal that will save your life. I don't know where you live but the time between listed varies greatly among each state and transplant center. Mayo Phoenix has among the shortest times between being listed and having a transplant.