Re: Re: Recent Diagnosis/How Much Time?

[Guest guest]

One thing I'd like to add to the others who've answered you: I had PSC

for at least 17 years, and about 5 weeks ago I had a liver transplant.

For about the first 12 years of that time, I thought of a transplant as

a very negative thing, but over the last few months (and especially

since the transplant) I've come to realize that it is really a new

chance at life. If your PSC does progress to the point where you need

a transplant (which may not happen for a very long time if at all) it is

a great and almost miraculous thing. I'm only five weeks post

transplant and I feel about 15 years younger! I went roller blading

today, bicycling yesterday, canoing the day before, and... hmm I think

the day before that I played a video game! ;-)

PSC isn't easy. The last 17 years have been hard, but they've also been

great years. In that time I graduated college, got a job, got married,

had two beautiful kids, built an addition on my house (just finishing

that up now), and in general lived a very full life. I still have some

hard things to face I'm sure, but life goes on because of a wonderful

gift I've been given, and I plan to live it to the full!

athan

[Guest guest]

I feel about 15 years younger! I went roller blading today, bicycling yesterday, canoing the day before, and... hmm I think the day before that I played a video game! ;-)>>>> athan, Did you forget about the garden getting tilled??? It is so wonderful that you are feeling this good and able to do those things that have been on hold for so long. 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

[Guest guest]

Barby wrote:

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> athan,

> Did you forget about the garden getting tilled???

I got that done last week! The corn's about 2 inches tall now!