Hi. My daughter recently had a liver transplant (june 2008) and we are having a heck of a time to keep her magnesium levels at an acceptable level. She vomits a lot and is now 119lbs (she's 5'9"). I am trying to find a magnesium supplement that will work for her instead of the Magnesium Oxide tablets. I have read a little about the Ionic Magnesium in my search to help her in hopes I might be able to find her something that will work.She is on 1.
My transplant surgery was filled with complications and I was re-listed for a new liver twice, I was in the ICU for nearly 2 weeks and it looked grim but the original donated liver started to show signs of improvement every time the transplant team and I was about to give up on it. Now, 7 weeks post-transplant I am starting to feel great and have a mental clarity and sharpness that I haven't felt in decades.
Can-do is right you are much better off with Original Medicare A, B, a supplemental Plan F (to cover all deductibles, co-pays, etc.) and a Part D drug coverage plan.
While drugs are expensive and you will take meds for the rest of your life. Just remember that the HCC treatments and everything around liver cancer is very expensive and of course transplant surgery and hospital stay is many hundreds of thousands of dollars so you want the maximum coverage possible.
In June, 2011, six months after his diagnosis, he began the evaluation process for a possible liver transplant at a major transplant center in the NYC area. By late August he was listed and the wait began. His primary hepatologist suggested that we consider trying the new triple treatment that had just come out in May, 2011.
He said that the success rate for all (including African-Americans like my husband) was anywhere from 70-80%.
one looked very good that said that they thought that Fibro was caused by some disease of the liver, wow would that make since, and that when they were treated with chemo for the liver disease the Fibro dissappeared....hmmmmmm!!!!
I also cannot answer your question about difficulty of receiving a transplant in India I have heard it can take months or years of waiting in the United States.
I have heard people who have received a liver transplant can go on to live many more years after a successful transplant procedure.
I just joined this forum and have a question regarding my EBV tests and Valcyte. My doctor wants me to start Valcyte for my elevated HHV6 and EBV antibody levels. I will post them and if anyone here has any thoughts on them I would very much appreciate it. I know this isn't an HHV6 forum but I will post the test results as well.
HHV6 Ab IgG 21.44 (range 0.1-1.
I have been told that my sister is the sickest patient within her region due to final stages of liver cirrosis, yet she is not a candid to be put on a list for a liver transplant even that she has me who will be a living donor. The reason she can't be put on the list is because she has been listed as an alcoholic. She is 49 years old and did not drink daily.
My mom had HBV and now she needs liver transplant. My sister is 23 years old and overweight. She wants to give her a part of her liver because they have the same type of blood. I would like to know if that possible and it will not be dangerous on my mom or my sister.
Hello Everyone,
I am posting concering a family member that has be diagnosed with Cryptogenic Liver Cirrhosis. We have consulted with the transplant team and at this point, this family member is “too good” to receive a transplant. There score is 10/15. What does this mean? I have been looking through a number of scoring criteria and none end in 15? I looked at the “MELD” score and “PELD” scoring, these do not seem to apply. Any direction? Also, anyone in this situation?
He was told that his liver was decompensated and he needed a liver transplant. First he has to be approved by Medicaid and they are not in any rush on that. His doctor told him this week that his MELD score had gone from a 12 to a 20. He tires very easily now and he goes weekly to get his abdomen drained. At first they were getting 1-2 liters fluid and the last 3 weeks they have drawn 6 liters at each visit. What is the outlook for him with him not being on the transplant list yet?
Assuming your current doctor is correct and you will need a liver transplant you should find a hepatologist at a liver transplant center to evaluate the status of your liver disease. The sooner you make contact with the transplant center the better.
It is unclear why you stopped treatment. Was this treatment the last attempt to cure your hepatitis C before your advanced liver disease made it impossible to treat due to the risk of further damaging your liver?
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