Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Thanks for all the info. I stink when it comes to finding things on here--lol. Tammy ________________________________ To: livercirrhosissupport Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:29:35 AM Subject: Re: doc appt. you know Tammy i thought you had to attach to a portion but that seems to not be the case...i always thought that this would not be an option for my husband but may be it can be... ____________ _________ _________ __ From: Tammy Parsons <austincannonrhianna @yahoo.com> To: group <livercirrhosissuppo rtyahoogroups (DOT) com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:33:35 AM Subject: doc appt. Hi All, I went to the hemotologist yesterday morning. Wow lots and lots of info to digest. I can say he was very nice and very personable. He was in the room with me for over an hour just explaining things. He did clairify what i had thought and what alot of you had told me--the platelets were low because they are trapped in the spleen. I go back to him on Dec 5th. He sent me to get yet more bloodwork yesterday and I have to get an MRI of my liver to check for cancer,tumors on Dec.1st. I thought i had already had one but he said that was a Hida Scan i had done-all I know is i am poked every other day and have a machine run across me once a week looking for something-lol. The hemo doc is calling my liver doc to discuss going ahead and making the appt with the transplant team at Hopkins. I guess it is a very long process and he wants to get started now. My family will also get tested. Ok here is something I am not understanding, why do they wait until you are so darn sick before they do a transplant? Is it because of the lack of organ donors? My little box on my license has been checked since i was around 20. The doc did say that if it is a living donor then you dont have to meet all the guidelines as you do with the national list. Does that mean you dont have to be as sick? Ok enough questions from me for now--lol. My boys are waiting not so patiently for me to get in the shower so we can go to wal mart. My 7 year old is into those little lego things--they drive me nuts, they are so small so i just dont know how the heck they can hurt so bad when you step on them--lol. Have a great day!! Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 tammy i am glad you saw the dr. and like him,it sounds like he is gonna take great care of you!good luck on your up coming tests,i will be praying for you honey much love barby ps your babies are sweet:)--- In livercirrhosissupport , Tammy Parsons wrote: > > Thanks for all the info. I stink when it comes to finding things on here--lol. > Tammy > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: livercirrhosissupport > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:29:35 AM > Subject: Re: doc appt. > > > you know Tammy i thought you had to attach to a portion but that seems to not be the case...i always thought that this would not be an option for my husband but may be it can be... > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > From: Tammy Parsons <austincannonrhianna @yahoo.com> > To: group <livercirrhosissuppo rtyahoogroups (DOT) com> > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:33:35 AM > Subject: doc appt. > > Hi All, > > I went to the hemotologist yesterday morning. Wow lots and lots of info to digest. I can say he was very nice and very personable. He was in the room with me for over an hour just explaining things. He did clairify what i had thought and what alot of you had told me--the platelets were low because they are trapped in the spleen. I go back to him on Dec 5th. He sent me to get yet more bloodwork yesterday and I have to get an MRI of my liver to check for cancer,tumors on Dec.1st. I thought i had already had one but he said that was a Hida Scan i had done-all I know is i am poked every other day and have a machine run across me once a week looking for something-lol. The hemo doc is calling my liver doc to discuss going ahead and making the appt with the transplant team at Hopkins. I guess it is a very long process and he wants to get started now. My family will also get tested. > > Ok here is something I am not understanding, why do they wait until you are so darn sick before they do a transplant? Is it because of the lack of organ donors? My little box on my license has been checked since i was around 20. The doc did say that if it is a living donor then you dont have to meet all the guidelines as you do with the national list. Does that mean you dont have to be as sick? Ok enough questions from me for now--lol. My boys are waiting not so patiently for me to get in the shower so we can go to wal mart. My 7 year old is into those little lego things--they drive me nuts, they are so small so i just dont know how the heck they can hurt so bad when you step on them--lol. > Have a great day!! > Tammy > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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