Acute Liver Failure Transplants

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Comment by Mark E on January 20, 2010 at 1:12pm

hi Jennifer its great to be alive isn't it! every day is a gift for us! none of us would be here if it wasn't for our gift of life, I passed over just prior to my transplant but was saved ! I have a purpose to fulfill- don't know what yet- but I too have that same feeling when I go for labs and meet and talk to all our fellow walking miracles! I am 25months post and doing ok, but Im still scared sometimes!

Comment by Jennifer Roberts on January 20, 2010 at 9:40am

Wow...I sit here in awe with tears streaming down my face because I can relate to so many stories on here. We are all walking miracles and I am so blessed and yet so scared at the same time but, I give all the glory to God that I am still here and doing well. No rejection and it's been almost 3 months. I hope everyone that reads this has a blessed day. You'll all be in my prayers!

Comment by Marie-Agnes Cederborg on September 1, 2009 at 9:09am

Too many people ignore the close inter-relation between kidney diseases and diabetes or hypertension. Worldwide, 246 million people suffer from diabetes and the figure is expected to reach 380 million by 2025. Diabetic nephropathy affects a third of people suffering from diabetes. Sadly, less than half people diagnosed with diabetes undergo a screening test.
Next Word Kidney Day will be held on Thursday 11 March 2010 and will focus on Diabetes, the leading cause of kidney failure.

World Kidney Day offers a crucial, visible opportunity to inform and educate health policy-makers, people who are at highest risk of CKD, and the general public that kidney disease is common, harmful and treatable.

Join our World Kidney Day 2010 group and come to exchange your experience and ideas that could be proposed to World Kidney Day organisers over the world.

The success of World Kidney Day across the world is only possible because of each of you!

Comment by Michelle on June 2, 2009 at 11:51am

Hi all! I haven't been on for a while, and that's because everything has been good. I am almost 10 months out already! They finally took me off Prednesone (spelling?) My bloating, which I thought was not normal no matter what the docs told me, is going down. Some days I'm more bloated than others. Hope everyone is doing well.

Comment by Erica Forbes on June 2, 2009 at 11:32am

my daughter depended on TPN and lipids for 10 months for her nutrition.... and thats what caused her liver damage. She was YELLOW when she went in for her transplant. I never noticed how yellow she was til i look at her now then look at pics of her before the transplant.

Comment by Heather on April 4, 2009 at 4:42pm

Even if your body is slow on responding to treatment the doctors get nervous because sometimes it causes your liver to have chronic rejection. That is what my daughter has.

Comment by TransplantCafe.com on April 3, 2009 at 3:14pm

Rejection during the first few days after a transplant is pretty common from what I understand. Docs are prepared for it and know how to handle it well. I wouldn't worry too much about rejection with all the follow ups and great meds we're given..

Comment by Holly Werlein (Holdol) on April 3, 2009 at 3:02pm

Have any of you already been thru rejection or no? I did 2-3 weeks after and what is weird is that my body was really slow in responding to the steriods, so docs were kind of nervous, but everything is good now thank God! Lynds, I do get scared everytime I feel flu like symptoms too....

Comment by Heather on April 3, 2009 at 1:21pm

well we will get our evaluation again 2 days before she turns 4. I don't know if I should be happy or not but my anxiety is so high I had my doctor raise my dosage of anxiety meds. Hopefully I won't freak out this time. I hope everyone feels well and stays out of the hospital(no illnesses). Happy Easter.

Comment by Holly Werlein (Holdol) on April 2, 2009 at 11:19pm

I went to my docs for a totally unrelated appt and my eyes happened to be yellow. They tested my liver enzymes, obviously way eleveated and I was admitted. I remember 3 days of being in the hospital and them running tests finding nothing wrong. I woke up not nowing what had happened to me too! It's so crazy! My parents told me I had 20% function and docs immediately put me 1st in the nation for a liver and I got one in less than 8 hours! They never found out what happened to my liver either and it's scary to me. What a miracle it is that we are all alive! I had rejection 2 weeks after,but have been doing great ever since then. I'm going to the World Transplant Games this year and am so excited :) Is anyone else? I would love to talk with others...

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