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My current situation with Hep C and Liver Cancer
Hi.
I case some have wondered what happened to me and why I have not been posting.
I am officially not able to get a liver transplant at the current time because my liver cancer is outside of the UNOS criteria to be eligible for a liver transplant. Meaning that based on known data from following transplant patients with AFP numbers as high as mine (667), to give me a transplant at this time, would be not a good use of such a limited resource as a cadaver liver, as my chance of survival post transplant is so poor.
My and my doctor's hope is that my TACE treatment last week will destroy the tumor and lower my AFP number to under 500. Then I would be active on the transplant list again. At that time there will be a small window where I will need to get a transplant before my AFP starts rising again.
So in 3 weeks the MRI and AFP results that will be the decision point.
I am hoping for the best but what I am dealing with is harder than anything I could have imagined. So I am playing it by ear. There is no map for where I am in my life experience so just know I am trying to do the best I can whatever happens.
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Hector
I case some have wondered what happened to me and why I have not been posting.
I am officially not able to get a liver transplant at the current time because my liver cancer is outside of the UNOS criteria to be eligible for a liver transplant. Meaning that based on known data from following transplant patients with AFP numbers as high as mine (667), to give me a transplant at this time, would be not a good use of such a limited resource as a cadaver liver, as my chance of survival post transplant is so poor.
My and my doctor's hope is that my TACE treatment last week will destroy the tumor and lower my AFP number to under 500. Then I would be active on the transplant list again. At that time there will be a small window where I will need to get a transplant before my AFP starts rising again.
So in 3 weeks the MRI and AFP results that will be the decision point.
I am hoping for the best but what I am dealing with is harder than anything I could have imagined. So I am playing it by ear. There is no map for where I am in my life experience so just know I am trying to do the best I can whatever happens.
-`ღ´-
Hector
The most altruist,awesome person i have ever heard and known through this forum.Hector wishing you all the best, hope you have the transplant very soon and also the recovery to be quick.
p.s i am an hbv sufferer and i have read a lot of your posts on the hcv forum.You are a unique person hector. You are in my thoughts and prayers. My best regards ronny.
p.s i am an hbv sufferer and i have read a lot of your posts on the hcv forum.You are a unique person hector. You are in my thoughts and prayers. My best regards ronny.
Hector you have to catch a break. It is just that simple. Hector needs a break!!!!!!! You have been around and seen enough to know these breaks happen. Why, and when we don't know, or do we care. We just accept breaks when they come and are thankful. Hector, you have helped and indirectly saved many people from so much misery, now it's your turn to catch a break. You are in the best hands in the world, your karma is in order, so it's time for Hector to get his break, and get this transplant.
Keep fighting, you never know what's around the bend in the road!!!!
Keep fighting, you never know what's around the bend in the road!!!!
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