Liver transplant

[georgegeorgia]

The doctor recently diagnosed me with a fatty liver 

 

I'm doing my best in the last 2 week of diagnosis to lose weight and stay off sugar & oils 

 

So far in 2 weeks lost 6kg height 177cm and 108kg

I have bigger body structure so what would my best weight be ?

According to google it's 78kg that would be very small 

 

However I'm still experiencing some dull pain in the liver so I have been googling at it says I may have about 3-5 years left with liver function but because of the pain must be inflamed so doubt I have that long 

 

My question is has anyone here undergone a liver transplant?

I know I have to pay so is it possible in Asia?

I'm thinking about trying to change it soon ,any idea where to go ?

Edited March 27, 2023 by georgegeorgia

[soi3eddie]

5 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

My question is has anyone here undergone a liver transplant?

I know I have to pay so is it possible in Asia?

I'm thinking about trying to change it soon ,any idea where to go ?

Try China. Everthing for a price. Rumour is that forced organ harvesting goes on there. Terminal for the donor though. Think maybe you should try your home country first. Not quite same and successful as a kidney transplant. From your post, it doesn't sound as if you need such a drastic procedure (yet).

  

 

[Yellowtail]

Have you been tested for hepatitis C?

 

Fatty liver is still a ways from a transplant. 

[nigelforbes]

A fatty liver is easily resolved and is not life threatening and in no way makes you a candidate for a transplant. Lose weight, chang diet and exercise.

[Yellowtail]

I don't think your liver hurts. 

 

Dr. Piyawat at Chula is great. 

 

Piyawat Komolmit - Chulalongkorn University

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

A fatty liver is easily resolved and is not life threatening and in no way makes you a candidate for a transplant. Lose weight, chang diet and exercise.

Not necessarily. 

[nigelforbes]

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

Not necessarily. 

Well yes, necessarily, unless you know something about the ops story that hasn't been shared here.

[Yellowtail]

Just now, nigelforbes said:

Well yes, necessarily, unless you know something about the ops story that hasn't been shared here.

The OP could have Hepatitis C or some other disease that is destroying his liver, but yeah, just diet and exercise and come back when you have cirrhosis. 

[nigelforbes]

2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

The OP could have Hepatitis C or some other disease that is destroying his liver, but yeah, just diet and exercise and come back when you have cirrhosis. 

The op could also have the black death too except neither that nor hep c was diagnosed by the doc!

[georgegeorgia]

10 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

The OP could have Hepatitis C or some other disease that is destroying his liver, but yeah, just diet and exercise and come back when you have cirrhosis. 

Why hasn't the doctor tested me for this ? Or have they?

 

I will make an appointment online to see her tommrrw (Tuesday) immediately!!

All they have done is blood tests and ultrasound

 

I have seen this lady GP more than 7 times in the last 2 weeks and all she wants to do is....wait until I lose weight 

 

Always seems too interested in putting me on weight scales and referring me to a  dietetician rather than send me to a liver  specialist !!

 

The pain is a dull pain which is not stopping me from going to the gym but nevertheless it's not a good sign 

 

I never thought of this hep C ,I will tell her tomorrow to test me for this !!!

 

 

 

 

Thankyou 

Edited March 27, 2023 by georgegeorgia

[proton]

Mate in UK had Hep C, cirrosis and early stage liver cancer. Still here 10 years later, but he did give up the drink

[nigelforbes]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

Why hasn't the doctor tested me for this ?

I will make an appointment online to see her tommrrw (Tuesday) immediately!!

All they have done is blood tests and ultrasound

Thankyou 

Hep c is diagnosed by a blood test, as is hep A and B. Fatty liver is very common and easily treatable. NAFL can be caused by certain types of food rather than by alcohol, aspartame is another cause because the liver can't process it.

[georgegeorgia]

16 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

A fatty liver is easily resolved and is not life threatening and in no way makes you a candidate for a transplant. Lose weight, chang diet and exercise.

I need to plan ahead 

Yesterday I made another Will,the lawyer in Sydney was so slow I had to tell her about my fatty liver and life expectancy she hurried it up 

[nigelforbes]

Just now, georgegeorgia said:

I need to plan ahead 

Yesterday I made another Will,the lawyer in Sydney was so slow I had to tell her about my fatty liver and life expectancy she hurried it up 

You trolling me.....don't!

[Dan O]

2 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Why hasn't the doctor tested me for this ? Or have they?

 

I will make an appointment online to see her tommrrw (Tuesday) immediately!!

All they have done is blood tests and ultrasound

 

I have seen this lady GP more than 7 times in the last 2 weeks and all she wants to do is....wait until I lose weight 

 

I never thought of this hep C ,I will tell her tomorrow 

 

 

Thankyou 

Why dont you just follow the doctors direction and lose weight, fix your diet and stop all the extra vitamins like the doctor told you. 2 weeks is hardly any time to see a change, it could take several weeks to a couple months. If it was a more serious issue the evidence would be apparent and the doctors you've seen would be testing for it.  Man up dude.

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

The op could also have the black death too except neither that nor hep c was diagnosed by the doc!

My doctor did not test me for it, I had to ask. 

 

 

 

 

[nigelforbes]

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

My doctor did not test me for it, I had to ask. 

 

 

 

 

And did you have it?

[georgegeorgia]

3 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

You trolling me.....don't!

Go into the other thread and you will see my blood results I posted !

 

Alt was I think 57 

The other 82

[Lemsta69]

1 minute ago, Dan O said:

Why dont you just follow the doctors direction and lose weight, fix your diet and stop all the extra vitamins like the doctor told you. 2 weeks is hardly any time to see a change, it could take several weeks to a couple months. If it was a more serious issue the evidence would be apparent and the doctors you've seen would be testing for it.  Man up dude.

Yeah I read that it takes about six weeks for the liver to heal itself after abuse. I had the same issue last year, ultrasound clear but the pain persisted. It eventually went away after about a month of no booze and watching what I ate. 

[nigelforbes]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

Go into the other thread and you will see my blood results I posted !

 

Alt was I think 57 

The other 82

Like the previous poster said, do as the doc told you, give it time and man up.

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Hep c is diagnosed by a blood test, as is hep A and B. Fatty liver is very common and easily treatable. NAFL can be caused by certain types of food rather than by alcohol, aspartame is another cause because the liver can't process it.

Hep c is diagnosed by a specific blood test and will not show up on a typical liver function test. 

 

Fatty liver is pretty common and is easily treatable is you do not have hep c. 

[Yellowtail]

3 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

And did you have it?

Yes

[georgegeorgia]

10 minutes ago, Dan O said:

Why dont you just follow the doctors direction and lose weight, fix your diet and stop all the extra vitamins like the doctor told you. 2 weeks is hardly any time to see a change, it could take several weeks to a couple months. If it was a more serious issue the evidence would be apparent and the doctors you've seen would be testing for it.  Man up dude.

I know but I feel like the GP is not doing enough 

She is not young so should be experienced at this 

 

I'm thinking of seeing another GP but I'm not sure what tests to ask them for ?

 

Someone suggested a Fibroscan , I asked her (GP) about this but she suggested wait 1 month to lose weight 

 

Another a PET scan.

 

In the meantime I need to plan ahead , I'm google India cost is 50k for a liver transplant 

 

Edited March 27, 2023 by georgegeorgia

[nigelforbes]

2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Yes

You should have been a doctor. How about black death, did you have that too!

 

Edited March 27, 2023 by nigelforbes

[Yellowtail]

Just now, nigelforbes said:

You should have been a doctor.

 

You should have been an English teacher. 

[Lemsta69]

10 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Always seems too interested in putting me on scales and dietetician rather than send me to a specialist !!

I got that from my GPs as well. Excess weight (fat) causes all sorts of problems that will go away if you follow the advice. 

 

Easier said than done of course, I'm struggling with weight issues at the moment; I'm 106 kegs when I should be about 75 and I have a dull ache in my liver area, so I feel your pain.

 

I've just cut out the booze and am trying to eat more healthy options (bye bye KFC). I'm not expecting results for at least a month, these things take time.

[georgegeorgia]

28 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I don't think your liver hurts. 

 

Dr. Piyawat at Chula is great. 

 

Piyawat Komolmit - Chulalongkorn University

Thankyou for the link going to try to see this guy on my next visit in May /June ,or someone there in Thailand

I will ask them the cost of another liver 

 

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

Thankyou for the link going to try to see this guy on my next visit in May /June ,or someone there in Thailand

I will ask them the cost of another liver 

 

I assume your post is a windup, but you will not get on a transplant list in Thailand. 

[nigelforbes]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

What are the symptoms of this ?

I have made a appointment to see this silly woman GP tommrrw at 1pm I will ask her to test me for this !

Thankyou 

Welcome to my ignore list.....bye.

[georgegeorgia]

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I assume your post is a windup, but you will not get on a transplant list in Thailand. 

If your not interested in liver disease etc then please ignore me !

I'm going thru a stage at this time of inflamed liver