Guest guest Posted December 21, 1999 Report Share Posted December 21, 1999 Yes, it can, and has been done. I, myself, am looking at the " living donor " option. I'm just waiting to hear if my transplant Dr's will let someone that isn't related donate to me. If I remember correctly the RH factor doesn't matter, just the blood type does. Others can give you more information on this, as I haven't studied it very much. Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 1999 Report Share Posted December 21, 1999 Judy, I have psc and am in the process of considering a living donor...Kate, my angel, has gone through the first part of the eval, and her primary care doc has given her stamp of approval. Now, it will be up to New England Med to tell us what other tests and procedures she'll have to go through on their end. As I understand it, they will take a portion of Kate's bile duct as well as half of her liver, then they'll attach my intestines to the bile duct she donated with the liver. We'll see where it goes from here. Kate is a marriage and family therapist and a former student of mine. She and another former student, Wendell, have both offered to consider being living donors. Others also offered, but were not good matches. I'll keep you and the list informed about the process. Gracie and Ed have also talked to New England Med about the living donor option. (Ed has PSC, and Gracie is his wife). Perhaps they can share their experience with you also. in NH (dx '85 listed 3/98) Judy Short wrote: >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:56:46 -0600 >To: -helpegroups > >Subject: Living Donor > >Hi, > >My husband Ron was diagnosed 9 years ago with PSC. In Sunday's paper (our >local paper) there was an article about a man who donated part of his liver >to his wife (she has pbc). I did not know this could be done for people >with pbc. It was done at -Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was near >death and it was plain to see that she was not going to get a liver in time. > I was wondering if any of you have ever heard of a living donor for someone >with psc. Since the bile ducts are involved I have a hard time imagining >how this could be done. I sure hope it can be done.... especially since it >seems to be getting more and more difficult to get organs. I told by >husband about the article and said that I could always donate part of my >liver for him when it is needed if we can't get an organ in time. Ofcourse >he didn't want to hear me saying that. So far my husband is doing fine.... >takes lots of medicine but nothing significant has happened. He's not even >close to being put on a list. It scares me that so many people are dieing >because there are not enough donors. Oh, by the way..... the couple are >doing "great". It took the husband (the donor) a little longer to recover >but he is doing real well now and his wife is doing very well. > >Judy ***************************************************** Judy Short, Admissions Secretary Department of Philosophy 105 Hall 810 South Street Urbana, IL 61801 Fax: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Gator fills in forms and remembers passwords with NO TYPING at over 100,000 web sites! Get $100 in coupons for trying Gator! http://click./1/340/4/_/24674/_/945788781 -- Talk to your group with your own voice! -- /VoiceChatPage?listName= & m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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