Health update

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Jan 13 18:22:29 GMT 2009



On 13/1/09 18:15, Scott Silva wrote:
> on 1-13-2009 3:52 AM Julian Field spake the following:
>    
>> Folks,
>>
>> Well, I've just got back from the hospital, had another meeting with the
>> transplant team.
>>
>> As of now, I'm suspended on the liver waiting list.
>> They are going to do another endoscopy in the next 2 or 3 weeks, and
>> we'll see the outcome of that to see if the varices have gone down at
>> all which will imply better blood flow through my new portal vein
>> replacement.
>> I suspect this will most likely show an improvement.
>>
>> If it does, then the original reason for me being on the list will have
>> gone (well enough). So it will be no longer worth doing what is, in my
>> case, a very difficult and dangerous procedure.
>>
>> So I'm officially suspended from the list at the moment, but not removed.
>>
>> As I've spent the past 15 months or so mentally preparing for the
>> procedure, this is going to take a bit of getting used to. It's going to
>> take a few days to sink in properly.
>>
>> Jules
>>
>>      
> If your liver is recovering on its own, then that is GREAT news!
>    
It's not, but I am quite possibly slowly growing a replacement for my 
portal vein.
> Transplants are less than ideal, and the anti-rejection drugs are somewhat
> hard on the rest of your system. If your body is starting to heal itself, then
> you are a very lucky man.
>    
Indeed!
> All my best, and keep doing what you have been doing to stay healthy.
>    
Err... living on a diet mostly comprised of narcotics, ice cream and 
wine :-) (in varying quantities!)

Jules

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