Experiences with

Liver transplant

Can I ask if someone who has had a liver transplant would they be covered by the Equality Acy 2010?

Has anyone post Liver transplant got experience of not having the live Yellow Fever vaccine and travelling to The Gambia or other countries with Yellow Fever?

He has just started taking LO-LA which I’m hoping will help things until he can get a liver transplant. Has anyone here had a liver transplant after HE and can they tell me if HE improves after liver transplant and how long it takes?

Hello everyone I’ve recently been told that my son Jamie who is 15 years old will need a liver transplant due to portal hypertension and varices There was an official meeting the following week where it was decided he would be having one However fast forward 7 weeks and his liver Co-ordinator

Told no treatment, no Liver transplant, blocked bile ducts not resolved after two ERCPs. Left Right intrahepatic ducts. Left to palliative care, no surgery or bypass offered does this sound right to anyone ? Does anyone know of an ERCP specialist? Were South East England

Emma had her liver transplant carried out at the QE earlier this year. Emma is keen to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol and is telling her story to hopefully help others. This episode is worth keeping an eye open for. Well done Emma.

I'm male 65 years old and due to go to Addenbrooke's for Liver Transplant assessment at the beginning of January.I would like to chat with people who have been through this process. Needless to say I'm a bit worried about the whole thing. Can anyone help ?

My d-in-law has collapsed from v recent dengue infection. She is in icu in Brazil. Her INR is 4.1 her brain fog has been cleared through dialysis but liver deemed not to be functioning. I have her blood results but don't want to bore the list with numbers. (She's a non-drinker non-smoker). I am speaking

When I had my liver transplant back in 2016. I secretly promised my donor that I would look after this gift of life, and never knowingly cause it any damage.

Anyone taking Envarsus after being on Adoport after liver transplant and had any side effects.

We are still on our journey for being assessed for a liver transplant. it’s been a long one but at least we are still on it😁 So the hubby had a stress test in nuclear med at the QE Birmingham. They said that 17% May get called back for another scan. I’m sure I heard the words ‘resting scan’.

Hello everyone my 15 year old son Jamie is on the liver transplant waiting list but we’ve been told to expect a long wait due to the fact that he’s a popular blood group (o positive) and because his meld score isn’t high (he’s on the liver transplant list due to his portal vein blocking so his liver

I had liver transplant in 2016, now suffering from low sodium and need to get a nuclear gastric emptying scan, has anyone had this test and what was the outcome.

I was told I was gonna go in the liver transplant list or I was going to die. I was prescribed URSODIOL and Oclavia. My levels started to go down, but I was starting to have a reaction from the Oclavia, causing me to have eczema on the soles of my feet.

Post liver transplant in Sept 2022, i had CMV virus, but over the last year my kidney function is declining. I think it was about 22% this time last year, but is now 19%- and probably continuing to fall.

With his high MELD score he is a candidate maybe for liver transplant, but has to be 6 months sober to get on the list. And we still don't know if he will actually be eligible for a liver transplant. My husband is very sick.

My age is 46 I had a liver transplant in August 2021, but since the liver transplant, my health has not been going well, which means I have been experiencing pain in the whole body. Itching on the body which is cured by taking medicine.

Hi there, posting for the first time 👋 I'm going down to Edinburgh for my liver transplant assessment week on 3rd September. I got diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis last August, not touched a drink since and am doing what I'm told (first time for everything!).

Apologies in advance.Had a Liver transplant due to PSC in 2006. In 2013 got PTLD. The Lymphoma was cured but it damaged one of my ureters. Since then I have had ureteric stents replaced every 6 months to keep the ureter open.

My husband had his second liver transplant on 9/23/24. Everything was fantastic the day after and he was moved, walking on his own, out of ICU. He started feeling bad the next day and was moved back to ICU.