Hi as promised another little update
It’s now19 days post transplant and doing really well been home 5 days and been back to clinic once where they take blood and generally check you over consultants happy with progress although weight still coming off 12 kg in 17 days good job I ate healthy before op it’s so important to help yourself before such a big op. Meds still make me feel odd and I have the shakes but they’ve lowered my steroids by 5mg so beginning to help.I was then told about my old liver and the HCC the MRIs were showing 3 tumours but on biopsy arter transplant I actually had 5 and one was a cluster which had attached itself to a vein ( not good) so they now say that there is a possibility that the cancer could of got into my blood and return to my new liver they do stress that at the moment am cancer free and every chance I will remain so but had to tell me as it’s still a possibility I will need further treatment,they will monitor me closely via blood and scans so if anything does materialise it will be caught early. I feel extremely lucky to of had my new liver and will be eternally thankful to my donor who I think about so much and of course all the medical team who are treating me
That’s all for now good luck everyone
Huw x
Glad to hear you are doing well, tough news on the tumours though. Being post transplant myself i can tell you that the Consultants pull no punches and if there is a remote possibility they will still tell you. I had similar revelations post op, but in the end it all came to nothing and now 11 months in, best I have felt in 20 years. Did lose a lot of weight, about 30kgs total. But to be honest, not a bad thing. Managed to keep it off. It was stressed it was very important to retain a healthy weight and not regain. Enjoy your bonus points and like you, many thanks to the donor and the skills of the medical teams at all levels.