Liver transplant - Let's support each other

Posted by lmctif @lmctif, Oct 29, 2018

What topics do people who are waiting for a liver transplant want to talk about? Who has had a liver transplant and wants to talk about?

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@luckonetj

Jeanne5009, Pre- liver Transplant my meld score was 10 to 15 for 8 years. My personal experiences is such that in the beginning my illness presented as a esophageal varasies. Life style changes extended my time without symptoms of end stage liver disease. I had no worries until Acidies kicked in a year before my transplant. At that point I put my house in order.

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Luckonetj did you have PSC? My son with PSC had a blocked bile duct & cholangitis last December. His MELD was 34 at that time. He was evaluated & placed on the transplant list. Since then he has stabilized with a MELD of 13. His best chance for a transplant now would be a living donor. His doctors monitor him closely, especially for esophageal varices & acsites.

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@stella25

Luckonetj did you have PSC? My son with PSC had a blocked bile duct & cholangitis last December. His MELD was 34 at that time. He was evaluated & placed on the transplant list. Since then he has stabilized with a MELD of 13. His best chance for a transplant now would be a living donor. His doctors monitor him closely, especially for esophageal varices & acsites.

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Stella25, I had alcoholic liver desease. Although, I have a friend that had PSC he was a heavy drinker for many years.

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@craiger

Yes I am and I think I will need one very soon..I have NASH and wanted to ask a few quistians.

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@craiger, You have mentioned some right shoulder pain. I remember when I have had liver biopsies, that I was told that I might have some shoulder pain called referred pain. In my situation, I would call it a temporary nuisance that was relieved with tylenol for a couple of days.
Have you found any relief for your pain? What have the doctors told you about it?

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@luckonetj

@christinelouise I to have higher creatinine levels with Tacrolimus just past the normal range. I'll mention sirolimus to my nurse next time. They attributed the hi levels of creatinine to the Antiviral I was on. I do have to drink more water during the day. Doctors orders.

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@luckonetj How are your creatinine levels now? Are you still on tacrolimus and drinking loads of water? Despite the change to sirolimus I do still have to drink about 80 ounces of water a day which is a problem since I have incontinence issues -- I tend to be up about 6 times a night, no matter how early in the day I drink the water.
Other than the creatinine problems how is everything else? I hope you are continuing to do well.
JK

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I posted this in the kidney transplant group but I am posting here also. This is something we should all be aware of.

I just read this today and wanted to alert all of the post-transplant patients to it, although I think it could benefit everyone. Apparently when you are flying and use the toilets you are better off not washing your hands at all, rather than using the airplane water! Carry sanitizer.
I knew to not drink the coffee made with the water on airplanes but it never occurred to me that the water could be so bad that even washing hands could be bad. Our last flight was coming home from Denver on JetBlue in August. Thankfully none of us had any ill effects.
JK

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/airline-water-quality_l_5d8152f7e4b03ec1bc96639b
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@contentandwell

I posted this in the kidney transplant group but I am posting here also. This is something we should all be aware of.

I just read this today and wanted to alert all of the post-transplant patients to it, although I think it could benefit everyone. Apparently when you are flying and use the toilets you are better off not washing your hands at all, rather than using the airplane water! Carry sanitizer.
I knew to not drink the coffee made with the water on airplanes but it never occurred to me that the water could be so bad that even washing hands could be bad. Our last flight was coming home from Denver on JetBlue in August. Thankfully none of us had any ill effects.
JK

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/airline-water-quality_l_5d8152f7e4b03ec1bc96639b

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@contentandwell thank you so much for this heads up!

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@contentandwell

@luckonetj How are your creatinine levels now? Are you still on tacrolimus and drinking loads of water? Despite the change to sirolimus I do still have to drink about 80 ounces of water a day which is a problem since I have incontinence issues -- I tend to be up about 6 times a night, no matter how early in the day I drink the water.
Other than the creatinine problems how is everything else? I hope you are continuing to do well.
JK

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JK, I am doing fine and my creatinine level is 1.37. I expect it to rise to around 1.45 since my TACROLIMUS has increased to 3 and three. Thank you for asking and I hope you are well. I do drink around 18 glasses of water per day.

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@luckonetj

JK, I am doing fine and my creatinine level is 1.37. I expect it to rise to around 1.45 since my TACROLIMUS has increased to 3 and three. Thank you for asking and I hope you are well. I do drink around 18 glasses of water per day.

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@luckonetj If your transplant center is happy with your numbers that's what matters I think. We have to trust them to know best. Mine initially said they would consider 1.40 to be my norm but then for some reason they lowered that. Now it is generally less than 1.10. I do have days when I don't manage to get all of that water down, especially if traveling.
JK

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@contentandwell

@luckonetj If your transplant center is happy with your numbers that's what matters I think. We have to trust them to know best. Mine initially said they would consider 1.40 to be my norm but then for some reason they lowered that. Now it is generally less than 1.10. I do have days when I don't manage to get all of that water down, especially if traveling.
JK

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My husband and I like to say that if my transplanted organs are happy, then everybody's happy 😊

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@rosemarya

My husband and I like to say that if my transplanted organs are happy, then everybody's happy 😊

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My don't seem to be happy. I feel like I am on speed I can't sleep . I spent the night rewiring the house in the middle of the night my mind will not shut down. Must be addressing. I blew out the lights and started out the window all night waiting for morning. mind will not shut.OFf

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