Live Donor Liver Transplant

A close family member of mine has cirrhosis of the liver. To increase the likelihood of survival, I would like to donate a portion of my liver. Now this person is having difficulty accepting this from me, but I am very concerned about this person and do nothing to keep them alive.

Did he who has done it before please advice resources / information to read on?

Poor healing? healing process? etc.

Also, I understand these issues are something to discuss with Dr, but I'm impatient and I want answers on a Saturday night .. I Gilbert Gilbert's syndrome (a disease of the liver and mild sweet), anyone know if I still qualify for a liver donation?

Any / all information is greatly appreciated, thank you.

I do not know if they would accept you or not, but I was always told that the person donation must be in excellent health, over a game. I doubt they would accept anyone who has a liver problem, but you should talk to the doctor transplantation to determine whether or not you may be eligible. To be a match, you must be a compatible blood type and body size.

The customer must go through all the processes of testing and evaluation that the recipient does. It will leave a sizeable scar that looks like a deranged Y. I go by the scar that I have my transplant and I'm assuming it will be the same for the donor.

They say that the recovery time is about three months, so you must plan for it. I am a member of your family, because I would not accept one of them, either to donors. I would never put someone through that, unless absolutely necessary. It was my decision, but there are many successful transplants done by living donors. The missing part of the liver in both donor and recipient grow back in about six weeks. The good thing to have a living donor is that surgery can be anticipated and planned in advance. There is no waiting list and then suddenly be called some time in the future. This expectation can be quite challenging nerve. I was called 4 times before I get my transplant, which is not uncommon.

I congratulate you for being so generous. It is a very serious surgery that requires careful consideration if you're serious about giving. I think you should respect the wishes of your beloved. Maybe give him time to think. Maybe the two of you could discuss it with the coordinator of the transplant physicians. I wish the best for you both.

Here are some sites that will explain life
donation and transplantation.
http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/hep ...
http://www.transplantliving.org/
http://emedicine.medscape.com/transplant ...
http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/about/tr ...
http://www.unos.org/SharedContentDocumen ...

You both should have an advance directive
or form of proxy for others ....
talk to you if you are not able to
(Like when you are in surgery or strongly
medicated)
http://www.caringinfo.org/stateaddownloa ...

The patient has the right to refuse to become a
donors themselves. They will go through a
assessment process to be placed on the
transplant list, even if they have a living donor ...
them.