Liver transplant

[WjjamshiD]

How long can poeple live after liver transplant?

[WjjamshiD]

Yesterday I talked with my doctor and he said that the only way is liver transplant. After thay all will be right. But the only question I'm worried about is that how long can I live after all that treatment and transplant. Because I'm just 19 years old..

[janine541 in reply to WjjamshiD]

Think you nèed to speak with your doctor and ask him lots of questions. Good luck x

[Marie1980x in reply to WjjamshiD]

Hi huni sorry to hear you need a transplant I dnt have the answers I wish I did but one thing I will say as I was sat waiting to see the liver doctor last week I got talking to an older gentleman and he had a liver transplant 17years ago and is as fit as a fiddle he had end stage autoimmune hep and he said he has never felt better and the autoimmune diease has never returned Hooe that gives you a little comfort xxx

[LAJ123]

Good morning,

If you do need to proceed to transplant, you will be having a lifesaving operation. So that's a positive straight away. I had mine one year ago exactly and all is going well. The side effects of the anti rejection medication have not been a problem at all and I'm fitter than I have been for 20 years. I'm 63 now and I fully expect to live as long as anybody else of my age - so that's at least another 20 years.

You are 19 which is very young and I hope you are quite fit, so you will possibly be less affected by the operation and will have a quick recovery.

The treatment and care post transplant is improving continuously, thereby making your future even better. One thing research is focusing on is, for transplant patients to be anti rejection medication free. There is one person on this site, already taking part in a medical research trial to stop taking immunosuppressive medication. By the time you are in your mid to late 20's - early 30's there may well be such dramatic advances in post transplant care, that such possible problems will be a thing of the past.

You have youth on your side and will most likely be able to look forward to a long and healthy life.

Take care,

Jim

[Chelle_]

Your find that there are lots of people on this site that have had many wonderful years of living after transplant. I am still waiting for mine. I think life expectancy is all down to the liver you get, your health pre and post transplant....there are too may factors to put specific numbers to it. The Hepetology teams will give you the proper statistics...they are statistics though and not a contract. Sometimes things can go wrong in the most routine of circumstances and then sometimes miracles are performed and peoples lives are saved! You need to speak to your Liver Team! Good Luck!

[AyrshireK]

Britains oldest surviving liver transplantee celebrated his 40 year transplant anniversary back in 2015. His procedure having been 12 hours long in 1975 under what would be now seen as pretty old fashioned surgery.

If you need a transplant then it wil be a life saving operation and whilst it isn't without its own risks, by the time you are in theatre having the operation then you would be at a stage where your life is at risk without it.

Wishing you all the very best.

Katie x

[Brummi]

Hi, don't look at it as a time limit, look at it as a life extension..

[Bermuda1]

How long is a peice of string . No one knows is the answer, but hopefully many years. I do know of one lady who has a genetic /AIH condition who is on her third transplant , as the condition does affect her new livers. She is doing brilliantly . Others go for years and years. So much is dependent upon the cause , the condition of your body in other ways , the liver you get . In life there are no guarantees, I have been run over twice, fortunately not badly hurt either time. However third time I may not be so lucky , but I still cross roads.

[Helenatonge]

I had the same worries after my transplant I am 10 years in October and still going good I hoping for many more years in me yet. Take care xx

[WjjamshiD in reply to Helenatonge]

Hi, how are you doing now.

[RodeoJoe]

I would honestly say that you have every chance of living to a good old age. Great answer from LAJ123. Once you've had transplant most people can live until old age, what tends to get them in the end is side effects of the Immuno suppressants. BUT medicine in this area is really really improving. I was involved in a medical trial using new drugs and some cell therapy and I'm on minimal medication now. I would imagine that these meds will get better and better.

[Artyjoan]

I'm in my 28th year post-liver transplant. Transplant for AIH, in my early 20s. I also know other people who are 10+y post-transplant.

[WjjamshiD in reply to Artyjoan]

Hi, how are you doing no. Hope you are well, as you said 3 years ago.