@joanaiken Each year a transplant recipient undergoes a series of tests and examinations, to ensure all continues to be on the right track for good health. This happens around the anniversary date of the procedure. I believe that is what @jerrynord may be referring to.
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Aling these lines, at my 11th transplant evaluation last year, my team told me not to expect another transplant if anything happened. I feel this is fair to give someone else a chance. Also makes you more aware of taking care of yourself.
@jerrynord You have mentioned before that you are 80. That probably is a reasonable cut-off date, although many people after age 80 are in remarkable health, as is my husband who will be 85 in July. I went to a doctor's appointment with him when he was seeing a new doctor who I had been to. The doctor was amazed at how good my husband looked and also that he takes no medications whatsoever, just occasional ibuprofen.
I tell my husband I married him for his longevity genes, since very few of my relatives in the past generation have made it as far as 70.
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Hi @bibiliverbug, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Are you referring to age with respect to becoming a liver transplant recipient or regarding eligibility to be a liver donor?
Aling these lines, at my 11th transplant evaluation last year, my team told me not to expect another transplant if anything happened. I feel this is fair to give someone else a chance. Also makes you more aware of taking care of yourself.
Hi @jerrynord 😊
Happy to meet you. When your team told you not to expect another transplant, what brought up that conversation? Are you starting to show signs of a problem?
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11th transplant evaluation ? Why so many ?
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1 Reaction@joanaiken Each year a transplant recipient undergoes a series of tests and examinations, to ensure all continues to be on the right track for good health. This happens around the anniversary date of the procedure. I believe that is what @jerrynord may be referring to.
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3 Reactions@jerrynord You have mentioned before that you are 80. That probably is a reasonable cut-off date, although many people after age 80 are in remarkable health, as is my husband who will be 85 in July. I went to a doctor's appointment with him when he was seeing a new doctor who I had been to. The doctor was amazed at how good my husband looked and also that he takes no medications whatsoever, just occasional ibuprofen.
I tell my husband I married him for his longevity genes, since very few of my relatives in the past generation have made it as far as 70.
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Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, John. Are you currently being evaluated to received an organ transplant?
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2 ReactionsHi @jerrynord 😊
Happy to meet you. When your team told you not to expect another transplant, what brought up that conversation? Are you starting to show signs of a problem?
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