Guest guest Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 There is still a smallsection of the incision where the horizontal and vertical cutsintersect that has not knit together completely.>>> Tim wrote about having this problem with healing. I just completed my tx evaluation and will be listed within the next 10 days with a meld of 21. The tx coordinator (who just came from Mayo- ville) said the surgeons at KU Med don't do that incision anymore because of problems like this. Instead they do a semicircle with the high point just under the sternum if I understand correctly. Just wondering if any of our transplanted pscers have had this type of incision and how quickly it healed. The KU med program is being revitalized right now. A great hep from the Neb. tx center has come to KU along with a tx surgeon from U. of Wis. There is a good possibility of another hep from Neb. also coming in the near future. Tx time is pretty short. I was told that after listing my tx would probably take place before thanksgiving. I have set up a caring bridge site which only has my original posting on it right now. To access it type in barbaranordgren. When I am called I will send an email to the group before I leave for the hospital, That is assuming I'm not a total wreck. But hey, I did pass the psychiatric exam so I should be all right. Blessings, Barby UC - 1965, ileostomy - 1972, BCIR (continent pouch) 1994, PSC - 1995, arthritis 2007married 27 years , 5 sons, 2 daughters in law, 1 granddaughter born 6/06 and 2 golden retrievers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 > > There is still a small > section of the incision where the horizontal and vertical cuts > intersect that has not knit together completely.>>> > > Tim wrote about having this problem with healing. ... the surgeons at KU Med don't do that incision anymore because of problems like this. Instead they do a semicircle with the high point just under the sternum Because the mercedes cut was the standard when I had my first transplant 9 1/2 years ago, my recent transplants followed the same incision lines rather than leave me with a crosshatching of scars all across my abdomen. The new semicircle (or " L " or " J " - like W had when he donated to Jim in 2001) obviously avoids the problem I have, caused by intersection of two incision lines, and is now becoming (or has become) the standard incision. Tim R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 Go Barby ... I wish you the best May God bless you - 45 PSC, Crohns 2000 > > There is still a small > section of the incision where the horizontal and vertical cuts > intersect that has not knit together completely.>>> > > Tim wrote about having this problem with healing. I just completed my tx evaluation and will be listed within the next 10 days with a meld of 21. The tx coordinator (who just came from Mayo- ville) said the surgeons at KU Med don't do that incision anymore because of problems like this. Instead they do a semicircle with the high point just under the sternum if I understand correctly. Just wondering if any of our transplanted pscers have had this type of incision and how quickly it healed. > > The KU med program is being revitalized right now. A great hep from the Neb. tx center has come to KU along with a tx surgeon from U. of Wis. There is a good possibility of another hep from Neb. also coming in the near future. Tx time is pretty short. I was told that after listing my tx would probably take place before thanksgiving. > > I have set up a caring bridge site which only has my original posting on it right now. To access it type in barbaranordgren. When I am called I will send an email to the group before I leave for the hospital, That is assuming I'm not a total wreck. But hey, I did pass the psychiatric exam so I should be all right. > > Blessings, > Barby > > > UC - 1965, ileostomy - 1972, BCIR (continent pouch) 1994, PSC - 1995, arthritis 2007 > married 27 years , 5 sons, 2 daughters in law, 1 granddaughter born 6/06 and 2 golden retrievers > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Thank you Tim and for responding. I was wondering if the surgeons would just continue with the same incision line as you had before - makes sense to me. My tx coordinator suggested that the change in style had lots to do with how the wound heals and that it would heal quicker with the newer version. That makes sense to me too. Blessings, Barby - KS UC - 1965, ileostomy - 1972, BCIR (continent pouch) 1994, PSC - 1995, arthritis 2007married 27 years , 5 sons, 2 daughters in law, 1 granddaughter born 6/06 and 2 golden retrievers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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