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Posted 7/23/2012 2:40 PM (GMT 0)
Today is the third anniversary of my liver transplant. There have been some setbacks, but on the whole, I have a new life. For nearly 10 years, I only received bad phone calls, first finding out I had Hep C. Then a year of feeling lousy from the cocktail. A few months later, a cerebral hemorrhage that almost killed me and put me in the hospital and rehab for almost 3 months. A few months later I was in a transplant program. Followed that with MELD scores from 12 to 17 for years. I was barely able to get up and work, but did, in between 6-8 bathroom breaks a day, due to so much lactulose. I was hospitalized several times for a week or two in the last year before I finally got the call. That was the first "good" call in almost 10 years. I realize that life is precarious, not because of the transplant, but because I almost died from the hemorrhage that day in 2005 and how quickly things can go downhill in an instant. Today, I live like an AA ad, one day at a time. And, I enjoy each one.
Posted 7/23/2012 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
Happy liver day David !



A. Ziffle
Posted 7/23/2012 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
Happy 3rd David....and many more.

Angie1953

Posted 7/23/2012 4:19 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations, David!! (Happy Birthday Mr. New Liver!)

Hugs,
Connie
Posted 7/23/2012 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
Happy new liver birthday!!!!
Posted 7/24/2012 3:15 AM (GMT 0)
David, your story is an inspiration...congrats on 3 years of positive, post transplant living.  We cheer your good fortune, and wish you continued good health.

Carol and Mike

Posted 7/24/2012 3:16 AM (GMT 0)
Awesome post David!

Hooray on the 3 year mark. Things will continue to look up.

Posted 7/24/2012 8:06 AM (GMT 0)
Happy bday to you... habby birdsday to u... u look like a monkey... and u act like one toooooooo!!!!! nope I'm sober before you ask... oh and clean tooooo... after the roll in the pig pen.... awesome day... glad to hear...

smile... cyber *hug*

oh myyy... feel another mud bath comin on... and oh does this misss piggy look good in pink... and that's a tail for another zoo day... later liverwurst peeps...
Posted 7/24/2012 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
David, wonderful! Wishing you many years of health to enjoy that new liver.
Emma
Posted 7/24/2012 5:36 PM (GMT 0)
David, that is great news and an inspiration to people pre and post transplant!! If you don't mind me asking, how is your Viral Load/Hep C affecting your new liver? One of my concerns is whats going to happen to my husbands new liver . . his Dr has told us that Hep C treatments after transplant are not something that is the norm. i'm sure there are different answers from different Dr.'s, but I'm just wondering. At this point, less than 6 mos post transplant, he wouldn't be healthy enough for the treatments anyway.

Thanks and again . . CONGRATS!!

Debbie
Posted 7/24/2012 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
@ Debbie

How about start this question as a new thread

I bet you will get a lot of answers. And opinions.

Carol
Posted 7/25/2012 8:19 AM (GMT 0)
Good morning all, David your story is not only inspirational it is also a testament to what people can achieve . In addition to all of your inspiration you failed to mention your tireless work for the men's erectile disfunction organisation.You must feel so happy with yourself making so many women smile on the island of Nantucket . In finishing David KEEP IT UP !
Your friend M
Posted 7/25/2012 1:33 PM (GMT 0)
Cable Poodle,
Hep C isn't doing anything to my liver at present. I am tested monthly and for the past 7 months have been undetectable for the virus.

Mick,reading your words made me blush. Compared to you, I'm a novice.
Posted 7/25/2012 1:51 PM (GMT 0)
David Happy 3rd! Live like you said one day at a time, who knows you may be like my dad. He turns 80 next month. He got Hep c from his first triple by-pass in 1976. He has had more than his share of bad days, but we have had lots of good days in the last 36 years. I feel so bad for feeling sorry for myself, all I have is fibromyalgia. I wish you many GOOD DAYS to come
Posted 7/25/2012 3:28 PM (GMT 0)
Chikatz, welcome. I see you normally post in the Fibromyalgia forum. What brings you to this one? Just wondering.

Hugs,
Connie
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