Wow, you've had quite a ride and your experience is inspirational for me and gives me hope. I am curious to know how well you have recovered from the confusion and fluid retention you experienced pre-transplant? Were you taking any medication such as Lactulose or Xifaxin for encephalopathy? Or furosemide or spironolactone for fluid retention?
I sure hope you continue to post on this forum. Your experience can be very helpful to many of us who are possibly facing some of the issues in the future that you have been through.
-- Edited by wmlj1960 on Tuesday 21st of October 2014 01:43:51 AM
LC said
Oct 20, 2014
Hi Pltmt, I bet that story will help encourage some people. Glad you made it through to the other side!
Matt Chris said
Oct 19, 2014
Hello Pitmt
Wow! thanks for such a inspiring story of your health history, goes to show the human spirit has a remarkable ability to survive.
Thanks again
matt
lilbit said
Oct 19, 2014
Oh my and I was having a pity party because I was overly tired for pushing to hard yesterday. Thank you so much for posting. Totally ruined my pity part, thank God.
Tig said
Oct 19, 2014
Hello Pltmt,
Welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing your inspirational story with us! I'm so glad you've been given a new chance at life and have been blessed with both a new liver and the SVR we all hold dear! I wish you continued good health and a long, happy life!!
Tig
pltmt said
Oct 19, 2014
Greetings all,
Today I am celebrating - 1 year post liver transplant due to this terrible malady. By the time I was diagnosed with Hep C back in 2010, my liver was already at stage 4 sclerosis. I tried the dual & triple medication treatments, my body was in such bad condition, I ended up being hospitalized & had to stop treatment. During a 4 month period June of 2013 I kept getting very sleepy & my blood pressure diastolic count was in the 20's & I fell into comas. & suffered frequent confusion & severe fluid retention. When the blood pressure gets that low, it causes permanent kidney damage. I was confined to the hospital & on my death bed mid October 2013 when I was blessed to have a donor liver offered for transplantation.
After several months of post transplant recuperation, I finally regained my strength & returned to work. In May of this year, my Hep C viral load was 5 million & my Dr.'s put me on the new dual treatment of Olysio & Savaldi. Within a few weeks, I was diagnosed as undetected & subsequently completed the 12 week therapy in August. As of a week ago I am still undetected. I look forward to a new life that I was given. Please don't ever give up. One of the biggest challenges If you are at an end stage & It's crucial; if you feel sleepy & confused, make sure some one is with you at all times to make sure you don't sleep too much ( 8 hrs or so at a time ), or you may never wake up again. I am so thankful for my wife who was able to call 911 & get me to the hospitals in time. No matter how bad things get, there is still hope for recovery & ultimately cure. I am living proof.
Hi Pltmt. Welcome to the forum!
Wow, you've had quite a ride and your experience is inspirational for me and gives me hope. I am curious to know how well you have recovered from the confusion and fluid retention you experienced pre-transplant? Were you taking any medication such as Lactulose or Xifaxin for encephalopathy? Or furosemide or spironolactone for fluid retention?
I sure hope you continue to post on this forum. Your experience can be very helpful to many of us who are possibly facing some of the issues in the future that you have been through.
-- Edited by wmlj1960 on Tuesday 21st of October 2014 01:43:51 AM
Hi Pltmt, I bet that story will help encourage some people. Glad you made it through to the other side!
Hello Pitmt
Wow! thanks for such a inspiring story of your health history, goes to show the human spirit has a remarkable ability to survive.
Thanks again
matt
Hello Pltmt,
Welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing your inspirational story with us! I'm so glad you've been given a new chance at life and have been blessed with both a new liver and the SVR we all hold dear! I wish you continued good health and a long, happy life!!
Tig
Greetings all,
Today I am celebrating - 1 year post liver transplant due to this terrible malady. By the time I was diagnosed with Hep C back in 2010, my liver was already at stage 4 sclerosis. I tried the dual & triple medication treatments, my body was in such bad condition, I ended up being hospitalized & had to stop treatment. During a 4 month period June of 2013 I kept getting very sleepy & my blood pressure diastolic count was in the 20's & I fell into comas. & suffered frequent confusion & severe fluid retention. When the blood pressure gets that low, it causes permanent kidney damage. I was confined to the hospital & on my death bed mid October 2013 when I was blessed to have a donor liver offered for transplantation.
After several months of post transplant recuperation, I finally regained my strength & returned to work. In May of this year, my Hep C viral load was 5 million & my Dr.'s put me on the new dual treatment of Olysio & Savaldi. Within a few weeks, I was diagnosed as undetected & subsequently completed the 12 week therapy in August. As of a week ago I am still undetected. I look forward to a new life that I was given. Please don't ever give up. One of the biggest challenges If you are at an end stage & It's crucial; if you feel sleepy & confused, make sure some one is with you at all times to make sure you don't sleep too much ( 8 hrs or so at a time ), or you may never wake up again. I am so thankful for my wife who was able to call 911 & get me to the hospitals in time. No matter how bad things get, there is still hope for recovery & ultimately cure. I am living proof.