Re: help...

[Guest guest]

Hi Sumi,

I can tell you what I know from my own experience. My platelet count

was lower than your father's. Mine was 59,000, and I had a whole

liver transplant on January 6, 2008, and I am doing very well now. A

few days before the transplant, the doctor told me I would need a

partial liver from a living donor in order to survive long enough

until a match was found for me for a whole liver. I believe a

partial liver wouldn't have been good enough for me because I have

Hepatitis C. The doctors said the donor would have to have the same

blood type as mine, but the positive and negative didn't have to be

the same. I am O positive, and a donor with O negative blood could

have donated and it would work. The antibodies would have to match

too, I believe, but I don't know much about that.

I hope my experience helps you a little bit. I see Abijann already

answered you, and she knows so much about these things, and like she

said, your father needs to start the evaluation process soon to get

placed on the list to get a liver transplant.

I hope things will be alright for your father and you too.

Take Care.

Penny

>

> Hi,

>

> My father has been diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. In 2006 he was

admitted for the first time. At that time the doc told us that the

condition of the liver is extremly bad and that thr is a growth on

the liver which does not look good and therefore doc was not

suggesting any transplant. Due to the condition of the liver he was

unable to check if the lesion was malignant.

>

> Now few days back the doc advised us to go for a scan and liver

tests.After reviewing,the doc says that my father's liver has

regenerated which he feels is a big miracle considering the earlier

situation.Now the major cause of concern is the lesion.This has

increased its size and also the doc has suggested a transplant.He

says its now the time to act and do it.My father's platelet count is

not good.It varies between 65,000-75,000.We are concerned about

this.How far is the success rate of the transplant??If the transplant

does not require a full liver,i mean a small portion of it,could i

give a part of my liver for transplant?Is it necessary to have the

same blood group??Did any one face such similar situation ??Could

some one help me with details..

>

> Sumi

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry, I just read what I wrote, and I feel like I sounded bad by

saying my platelet count was lower than your father's. I'm sorry if

that sounded bad, like I'm conceited or something. I didn't want to

make it sound that way. I shouldn't have wrote that. My apologies

if it offended you in any way.

Penny

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > My father has been diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. In 2006 he was

> admitted for the first time. At that time the doc told us that the

> condition of the liver is extremly bad and that thr is a growth on

> the liver which does not look good and therefore doc was not

> suggesting any transplant. Due to the condition of the liver he was

> unable to check if the lesion was malignant.

> >

> > Now few days back the doc advised us to go for a scan and liver

> tests.After reviewing,the doc says that my father's liver has

> regenerated which he feels is a big miracle considering the earlier

> situation.Now the major cause of concern is the lesion.This has

> increased its size and also the doc has suggested a transplant.He

> says its now the time to act and do it.My father's platelet count

is

> not good.It varies between 65,000-75,000.We are concerned about

> this.How far is the success rate of the transplant??If the

transplant

> does not require a full liver,i mean a small portion of it,could i

> give a part of my liver for transplant?Is it necessary to have the

> same blood group??Did any one face such similar situation ??Could

> some one help me with details..

> >

> > Sumi

> >

>