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It's not all about the MELD Score
Transplants | Last Active: Nov 14, 2023 | Replies (217)Comment receiving replies
@kltchrmn it really is difficult to understand. My MELD was 28 but I still liked good, even my PCP commented that I looked perfectly healthy. Then on the other hand there are people with MELDs in the teens who are miserable. I would love to understand this better than I do.
JK
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@kltchrmn, Congratulations on taking care of yourself and getting your body in a good condition for the eventual surgery.
@congratulations on getting in better shape and on your phenomenal weight loss. I too lost a substantial amount of weight in preparation, along with frequenting my health club more frequently for water exercises, primarily, but my loss after my diagnosis was about 45 pounds. Prior to that I had gradually lost about 40 - 45 pounds.
I am reading a book, “Obsessed” by Mika Brzezinski about being weight and food obsessed. It’s really good, and frankly helps me to look at my past weight as being very influenced by our culture. Some thin people, like her, actually are food obsessed but have managed to control it.
I think reading it will help me to keep the weight off. It has made very conscious of things.
JK
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I’ve recently had people tell me how healthy I look. This is, in part, due to the 110 lb weight loss since last June to get my BMI down to a level that’s good for surgery. I didn’t look particularly sick when my MELD was high.