I am grateful every day to my donor who has allowed me to open my eyes every day for the last 18 months since my life-saving transplant. So my transplant went as well as I reasonably could have expected and it certainly beats the alternative. ![]() I have been on every low levels of immunosuppression since my transplant my liver related blood levels are all within normal range and my body has not tried to reject my liver. It turns out that my new 36 year old female liver is very compatible with my 62 year old body and I had no complications during the surgery or just after my transplant which is where the risk of a cardiac death liver typically occurs. Any liver transplant patient who is close to death will tell you they have thought of that moment dozens of times before it happens. Due to my critical situation I had already decided to accept any liver. You then say whether you want to accept it or not. When you receive the call that a liver is available they tell you the sex and age of the donor and any known risk factors about that liver. Finally after 4 years on the waiting list, kicked off and got back on at the last moment I got to be at the top of the list with a MELD score of 36, so I knew I was going to be offered the next available liver that was blood type O and compatible with my body size at my transplant center. I was told I probably won't survive a few months previously and had been fighting for my life every day that entire year. Yes, I had sign up for about all of "non-ideal" liver options. ![]() Especially the cancer type and stage and when you last had detectable cancer. I have had two different cancers and am an organ donor.
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