Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
A PATIENT'S GUIDE TO LIVER TRANSPLANT SURGERY
The Waiting List and Other Concerns
Many waiting transplant recipients erroneously believe that the waiting list is like a ladder - that they are added to the bottom of the list and move up as recipients ahead of them receive their transplants.
Not so. The list is in order of matching priority as indicated, according to medical criteria, length of time waiting, blood type, body weight, size of their present diseased organ(s), and severity of illness.
The list is blind to age, sex, and race.
Recipients do not necessarily move up the list. For example, if a waiting recipient has blood type O, his or her name will not appear on the list as a potential recipient for a donor with blood type B.
Even though one may have waited longer than another, he or she may not receive the next available organ(s). The list is constantly changing.
Each potential recipient has an equal chance at receiving a transplant.
Many medical factors related to a proper match enter the equation.
The UNOS registry was designed to assure the equitable sharing of available transplantable organs.
READ EVERYTHING ON THIS SUBJECT FROM THIS LINK:
Liver Donor, Liver Transplant Patient Guide
A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to liver transplant surgery, including a step-by-step...
http://128.125.97.89/divisions/hep/patientguide/donor.html
The Waiting List and Other Concerns
Many waiting transplant recipients erroneously believe that the waiting list is like a ladder - that they are added to the bottom of the list and move up as recipients ahead of them receive their transplants.
Not so. The list is in order of matching priority as indicated, according to medical criteria, length of time waiting, blood type, body weight, size of their present diseased organ(s), and severity of illness.
The list is blind to age, sex, and race.
Recipients do not necessarily move up the list. For example, if a waiting recipient has blood type O, his or her name will not appear on the list as a potential recipient for a donor with blood type B.
Even though one may have waited longer than another, he or she may not receive the next available organ(s). The list is constantly changing.
Each potential recipient has an equal chance at receiving a transplant.
Many medical factors related to a proper match enter the equation.
The UNOS registry was designed to assure the equitable sharing of available transplantable organs.
READ EVERYTHING ON THIS SUBJECT FROM THIS LINK:
Liver Donor, Liver Transplant Patient Guide
A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to liver transplant surgery, including a step-by-step...
http://128.125.97.89/divisions/hep/patientguide/donor.html
I go from site to site and do this, I have learned from a great man who has dedicated his own life to the gift of life.
I also have many friends from the Grateful Dead, that do what you do, they also have tables to many different events, and promotes Organ donation.
So tip of the hat to you, too my darling friend.
Thank you
Mckenzie
One day at the time