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My husband's MELD was 15 and the doctor sent a request to the board (Region 3) to set score to 20 (was done). I was told by the doctor that it would automatically increase after 3 mos. He has...
Is taking Zifaxin twice a day and upped the Lactulose which led to lot of other problems and did not decrease confusion (told the doctor). Last night I was wondering how to get a hospital bed and...
Is there anyone out there that can help me in determining what I can do. My husband is listed on a liver transplant list and has a MELD score of 22. His weight has gone from 210 to 136 lbs (as of...
What I learned is there are organs that have been turned down (for whatever reason) and might come from a "questionable" source. These would be offered to the patient who would then make the decision...
All I could find out is that the liver being offered "has more risk" than one thru UNOS (not sure this is good thing). Still digging for more info cause I have a lot of questions that were not...
I will pass on info that I learn. We are meeting someone this evening that has received a transplant through the organization I was asking about. I talked with his wife this afternoon and she is...
My husband has been accepted to the transplant list but his MELD score has gone from 18 to 15 but is very sick, weak and has to be tapped often due to fluid buildup. I asked the surgeon if a patient...
My husband also experiences the ears being stopped up. Have had MRI on brain, seen ENT doctors and nothing shows to cause it. He is having fluid build up around his right lung and I am not sure but...
Being new to this I don't understand how someone with a MELD score of 10 can feel so bad! Hubby is battling a really hard cough and nausea. I give him gingerale and crackers and it seems to help....
Just received a letter from the hepatologist that stated his blood work indicates a MELD score of 10 (when he was in the hospital a few weeks ago it was 14). We see this doctor on the 22nd and hope...
Penny Thanks for the info. I did print out list of hospitals last night per the link you posted. I feel good about this doctor....hope we are on the right track. It threw N for a loop when doctor...
Pink Grandma, my brother in law died 3 years ago of the same disease (both he and husband non drinkers) and did everything he was told to do. Turns out he did not have the doctors for his disease and...
Connie, the doctor is a hepatologist. I knew that was what I read on the building under his name but had GI on the brain. Hubby gives me grief if I ask any questions (do not question doctors because...
Thank you Pink Grandma for input. Any info about the TIPPS procedure is welcome. Thanks to you all on this site I was able to ask "fairly intelligent" questions today while in the doctor's office. I...
Penny, today we saw a new gastroenterologist and one of the things he mentioned is that with Vanderbilt the MELD number has to be 26 whereas with Boston and Jacksonville (?) it is 22 before...
Thank you Penny for steering me here! VIEW IMAGE...
I have another question. Have any of you noted the patient's ears stopping up? We have been to 2 ENTs and the ears are fine. He has an appointment for an MRI next week and the ENT has scheduled...
You all are great! Makes me feel that I am not alone in this. I do have to say that my granddaughter gave me a book yesterday to read by Beth Moore titled Get Out of That Pit. It is a spiritual book...
I am new and "trying to find my way around" the forum. My husband has NASH and was officially diagnosed 5/2008 when the cirrhosis was found during a gall bladder surgery. Like everyone else we are...
My husband's physician at Vanderbilt University said he could take BP meds when his heart rate was at least 60 and BP was not under 95 over 60. That is what he has been doing, otherwise he is wiped...