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Melissa0919: Hi there! I received my liver tx at Mayo in Jacksonville 5 years ago and I appreciate what you are going through. For the first time at the beginning of this year, I experienced a bout of rejection and needed to go to Mayo (500 miles away) for anti-rejection treatment with SoluMedrol. That brought my LFT's down to acceptable range and I was able to go home on prednisone. I've been able to taper to 5 mg. of prednisone a day and, while I dislike the side effects, I'm glad to be able to take it and hang on to my tx liver. It has been my understanding from the very beginning that I will be fighting rejection to one degree or another for the rest of my life and this will not be smooth sailing, but I'm on the green side of the grass and able to do almost everything I enjoy doing most days. The way I figure it, I would have been dead from liver cancer 5 years ago this month and everyday is a gift to be delighted in and treasured. Keep your sunny side up.

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Thank you for the encouragement. It very much appreciated. I’m very overwhelmed by this. I just though I would get a new liver and everything would be ok and I would get my old self back.