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@mditri

Last fall it came to light my son had ruined his liver with alcohol. Through the holiday season his life expectancy was in months, at most. It would help to know more about the tradeoffs (full transplant versus living donor). Gratefully, his condition has improved and his doctors are talking about continued parcentesis versus diuretics, or TIPS. Some way of talking about it would be very helpful. Thank you.

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Apr 16, 2021

@mditri, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I am a liver and kidney recipient and I am a mother. I am especially happy to meet you here in this discussion with other liver transplant patients.

It sounds like your son had a very close call a few months ago. I commend him for his efforts that have caused a reversal in his liver condition.

Here is information about liver disease to get you started to talking.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/liver-problems/symptoms-causes/syc-20374502
Has the doctor discussed a potential liver transplant with him, yet?

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