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3 weeks post liver transplant: when will I feel better?
Transplants | Last Active: Jun 16, 2023 | Replies (106)Comment receiving replies
hi FireCat some one asked me to contact you she is RoseMary and I believe we have some in common I am 66 years old and had a liver transplant since February 14-2020 all this time follow directions of Doctor and put all my energy I have to recuperate. I was extremely happy and to be grateful with God. After 9 ERCP because of my bile ducts on December 2021 all my liver functions were fine but in February 2022 they found our I have Portal Hypertension and my transplanted liver start with cirrosis. Fell bad at that time buy now I have faith in God and I accepted God decision but still fighting and follow my Doctor guide which is Medicine to control the Portal Hypertension, then if this does not work, next the TIPS (bypass the liver) and in a long run the second transplant
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Hello Sir,
Remember first, God has a plan for us or we wouldn't have been given a chance at a new life. He hasn't yet shared it with us, but we WILL know when we need to step up!
We are close in age as I am 67. I received my transplants of a liver and kidney 3 days before my birthday on February 10,2021. I had an ERCP 6 months ago to open up a bile duct stricture that happened over a year after transplant. I have another one scheduled for October 20th to remove the stint that they installed.
Sorry to hear of the scarring of your new liver. I was a drinker years ago that set off my cirrhosis which in turn affected my portal vein and eventually killed my kidneys.
I hope yours doesn't start to leak fluid into your body cavity. Towards the end prior to transplant I had to receive a parasenthesis twice a week as I didn't pee anymore. Weekly average of 12 liters. Not to scare you but that's what I had go through.
Your liver complications suck. My first kidney let me down. It did function well enough to avoid dialysis, but not to do the job required.
As I said earlier in this letter, God must have a plan for us. We both know how hard it is to be blessed with an organ, but I was blessed with 2 kidneys in 9 months as on November 12th I was so blessed with one.
Have faith in God my friend and I am sure you will receive that second liver.
Miracles happen everyday, and right now we are two of them! Always remember that my friend.
Better days lie ahead for you.
FireCat