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It's not all about the MELD Score

Transplants | Last Active: Nov 14, 2023 | Replies (217)

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@rosemarya

@gaylea1 @contentandwell @jeanne5009
Have you requested that the lab use a smaller needle? When I am at Mayo, they use very thin needles. When I requested thin ones at my local lab, I was told that they don't 'like' to use them because they cost more. I insisted anyway! Well, now they use them all the time and it has made all the difference for me.
I don't know how much that will help pre transplant, though. But keep it in mind fro after you return home.

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@rosemarya I have no idea what size needle the phlebotomist uses, but if he is there he never misses. If he is out, some of the subs have been really terrible. Thankfully that doesn’t happen too often.
JK