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What to expect going into a transplant consult?
Transplants | Last Active: Jan 17 1:22pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
@jamesduaiswamy
My wife is in need of a liver transplant more than likely this coming summer. We have had our consult and done all the tests. She has one more PRRT treatment for NET, then we wait 90 days, for the radioactive material to clear her body, and she will be on list. My question or concern is our transplant team doesn’t do live transplants, only donated livers. The more I research it appears the live donor livers have less issues after transplant. I see your was a live liver donation, was the recovery any easier than what was told during the consult? Any and all info you can share is most appreciated.🙏
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I'm 68 years old and had a living donor liver transplant 2 years and 4 months ago at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. My daughter donated 64.2% of her liver to me and it was not a bad experience for us. We were out of the hospital in 1 week and were released in 3 weeks. I had no other medical problems. Today I am as healthy as anyone I know and live my life like I was never sick. I was never afraid of death but truly enjoy my chance to continue living, no reason to get a transplant and stop enjoying your life.
The advantage of a living donor is the timing of the transplant, you can schedule the procedure.