@kltchrmn, I can understand your 'bittersweet' reaction to your changed transplant status due to the lowered MELD score. Liver disease has a way of causing confusion and upheaval in all aspects of life. I believe that you are making a wise choice by going to work and moving on to your goals. When/if you do become activates, there will be no way of knowing how long you will wait for a transplant or how you will be feeling. Each one of us is different and our bodies, our diseases, our medical histories play such a unique role in what will happen. You will be happy to have a normal routine that you can participate in as long as you are able.

Sometimes, with dietary modifications, avoiding alcohol and certain medications, and treatment, the liver damage can be reversed; sometimes there is no cure except transplant. I had Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) and there is no treatment to reverse the damage. But I was monitored carefully throughout my entire time with the disease. I did have a successful transplant.

Do you know what caused your liver condition? And did you make any healthy changes that were responsible for the better score?