Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 , This may seem like a strange question, but are your in-laws Ken & Rosie Stirratt? If so, you are married to my cousin! Ken is my mother's (SandyQuillin) sister. Someone (either Aunt Donna or Uncle Kenny) had told me to get in touch with you, that you had been dx'd with AIH several years ago and were doing good. Sorry to hear that your tests came back elevated. I was just diagnosed in January of this year with AIH, so needless to say I haven't had any experience with the living donor transplant, but this is definitely the place to look for answers! AIH (01/01) Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 Hi , Babycolt98102690@... Who is Genny and part of this group has been approved to be a living donor for her daughter Jodi. They are partly through the testing process I believe. I hope your lab test respond to the increase in medication and that the enzyme increase is temporary. Welcome back, April - Elyse's Mom Elyse (15 yrs old -AIH 1/01) [ ] New/Returning Member > Hi. I became a member when first diagnosed with AIH in May 98. Very > helpful group in learning about the disease and some of the overwhelming > feelings. Have had normal LFT's for over a year by taking Cellcept (a > stronger anti-rejection drug than Imuran) and 10mg Prednisone. Then all of > a sudden this month in my blood tests my ALT has skyrocketed. Luckily I > feel good. My Hepetologist decided to retest and ALT came back even higher > than the first test a week earlier. So he put me back up to 40mg Prednisone > every day with 5mg taper down every 2 weeks. He hopes that will bring > things back down to normal again. > > I have one sister and she and I are looking into living doner transplant. > She is a healthy mom with 3 kids so I was very shocked that she would even > consider it. I'm 34 and she is 30. We are still in the early investigation > stages though. Anyone here had any experience with Living Doner Transplant? > > > > (Indiana, AIH 5/98) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2001 Report Share Posted April 21, 2001 Hi , I'm on Cellcept too. I was diagnosed in aug 00, and was transferred from imuran to cell cept within 2 months of starting my meds. I'm now on 7.5 pred 2gs cellcept. How are you finding cellcept? what dosage are you on? how long have you been taking it? What are your side effects, I get bouts of bad tummy, the last one lasted the whole easter, fun! ( sorry about all the questions, but I haven't been in contact with a non transplant patient who is on cell cept too). I'm encouraged to hear that you had normal lft's for a year, at least all the side effects of cell cept won't be for nothing! Best wishes (age 21, London UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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