Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I had asked to have all the blood tests done the last time they did routine blood work on me. I of course didn't get the results until after my computer burned up. But, yesterday my daughter ran the results through the Mayo Clinic calculator. I came out at 16. So, it is nice to know where I stand even though I am not being considered for the transplant list. I just bought a used computer for $25.00 here at the library which I will use until I can buy a new one at the end of the month, so hopefully, I will be back online sometime tomorrow. Jan H > I hope you get a liver, be it MELD exception point, or Milan criteria, > or whatever. It is good that you are being watched so closely. > > > An Update > > Happy New Year Everyone! > > I had the MRI done right before the holidays and knew I was going to > > wait until after Christmas for the results. Got them over the phone > > on the 28th and received the hard copy in the mail yesterday. The > > things they don't tell you over the phone can be amazing. Though I > > understand it as many people would probably panic, and it would be > > better to always tell people in person. Though I have noticed that > > even then, they skim over things. > > The phone conversation said that the MRI confirmed the CT scan > > regarding the lesion found as well as the original two cysts in the > > liver. The nurse also stated that I am not one of the topics at the > > team meetings. Guess I have kind of moved up on their radar scan. > > Instead of the 6 month interval for MRI's, they are now every 90 > > days. I guess I will be sweating out the results again in March. > > Now that I have the hard copy results I see the things that they did > > not tell me over the phone...instead of two lesions there are four > > that are measurable and two that are too small to measure. Oh life > > is fun! > > I know that even though I have a lower meld score that some of this > > can move me up the list through the milan criteria. Has anyone been > > moved up that way and what was involved before the criteria applied? > > Thanks for listening and here is my new year wish for each of you: > > May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your > > debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. > > May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault > > your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and > > may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of > > joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! 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Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I understand what you are saying. The MELD is a pretty accurate scale as to how sick your liver is at any givin time. It has it's limitations, as in bleeding varicies, and encephalopathy, hepatic coma, hepatoma, and such, but it's a very cool invention. An Update > > Happy New Year Everyone! > > I had the MRI done right before the holidays and knew I was going to > > wait until after Christmas for the results. Got them over the phone > > on the 28th and received the hard copy in the mail yesterday. The > > things they don't tell you over the phone can be amazing. Though I > > understand it as many people would probably panic, and it would be > > better to always tell people in person. Though I have noticed that > > even then, they skim over things. > > The phone conversation said that the MRI confirmed the CT scan > > regarding the lesion found as well as the original two cysts in the > > liver. The nurse also stated that I am not one of the topics at the > > team meetings. Guess I have kind of moved up on their radar scan. > > Instead of the 6 month interval for MRI's, they are now every 90 > > days. I guess I will be sweating out the results again in March. > > Now that I have the hard copy results I see the things that they did > > not tell me over the phone...instead of two lesions there are four > > that are measurable and two that are too small to measure. Oh life > > is fun! > > I know that even though I have a lower meld score that some of this > > can move me up the list through the milan criteria. Has anyone been > > moved up that way and what was involved before the criteria applied? > > Thanks for listening and here is my new year wish for each of you: > > May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your > > debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. > > May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault > > your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and > > may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of > > joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! 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Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I have been trying to find out what the range is of people who are transplanted. I haven't been able to find it online. Can you people here tell me what you are aware of? I had no idea where I would come out, and wouldn't have been surprised to find it was in the single digits. I am not feeling that great, but do not appear to have varices, jaundice, a large amount of acites. I have been wondering if I could have been having trouble with my liver for 30 years and just didn't really show any symptoms. I am 100% Norwegian, and yet my complexion is more on the yellow side than I friend I went to college with 20 years ago, and she was 100% Japanese. I have always bruised easily, and itched a lot for a long time. While my energy level has certainly taken a nose dive, I don't remember having a high level of energy. This computer I am now online with is a dinosaur. It has about 12 gb of hard drive, operates on Windows 98, and has only 98 mb of ram. I had to download an old version of aim to be able to chat there. I haven't tried downloading any of my programs yet, such as WordPerfect and Word, so will be interesting to see what happens when/if I do try. No weather, but thankfully, it did come with a working McAfee. The time isn't working right either, about 20 minutes slow, so was late getting to Bible Study tonight when I thought I had left early. But, it is great to have it until I can get a new one in three weeks or so. Paid $25.00 for it at the library, one they were getting rid of to raise money for the new Children's Library. Even my gmail page looks different. Jan H -- Jan H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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