Liver transplant - Let's support each other

they were giving them today at Mayo Clinic!

Here is a relevant discussion in our group about sun protection started by @jolinda :
- Anyone have tips on sun protection? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-have-tips-on-sun-protection/

The discussion helped inform this useful blog post by the transplant team:
- Vacation Tips and Tricks for Transplant Patients https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/transplant/newsfeed-post/vacation-tips-and-tricks-for-transplant-patients/

Is everybody getting their flu shot too?
- Flu Season: What You Can Do To Stay Healthy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/transplant/newsfeed-post/flu-season-what-you-can-do-to-stay-healthy/

@gingerw. I knew we were at higher risk but I read somewhere a number of months back that we are at 200% greater risk! My favorite way to avoid sunburn is avoidance. I hate the feeling of sunscreen.

MGH has a dermatologist who specializes in post-transplant patients so I see him.
JK

I have been doing well since transplant. Thanks for asking and thanks for the information.

@rodney9999 Because organ recipients are on immunosupressants, there seems to be a higher incident of them developing skin cancer. A visit to the dermatologist will include a visual check by that person, to check for any signs of skin cancer. They will advise you to have a yearly or even semi-annual check. Congratulations on your successful transplant! How are you feeling these days?
Ginger

I am 6 months post transplant and am scheduled to see a dermatologist next week. I use sunscreen regularly but not sure what to expect.

@livertrex I am just seeing a dermatologist now. Some of my brown sun spots have turned cancerous and a biopsy has been taken on the largest one. I am waiting for results and am sure they will be removed in office. This has happened post transplant. I'm not sure if this relates to your conversation or not but thought I'd share anyway. I am now 9 months post transplant.

I honestly don't know

I just had a liver transplant in August at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona everything went well it's taking a little longer to get back on my feet and I thought ,I guess I had great expectations I'll have the great expectations for you too so congratulations on your liver transplant and the doctor had me go ahead and get a dermatologist in my local community look at Maya dark spots all over my body and give me a plan to move forward with him to make sure that I wore sunscreen. Thank you

@racing212 When you go back for more tests will they determine if the “spots” are benign or malignant? I had malignant lesions and they did an ablation to get rid of them. That was more than a year before my transplant which occurred in September 2016.
JK