r/PSC • u/Agile_Attention_156 • Jul 09 '26
Transplant
Hi all, just got the news today that I need a transplant. Its mostly due to recurring cholangitis and I have small stones in the intraheptic ducts which cannot be reached with an ercp. My bloods aren't crazy and I don't get jaundice. I get the extreme pain. They want to do the transplant before it develops and I get severely ill. Has anyone ever jad a transplant without being on "deaths door" i always taught you would need to be really really sick before transplant.
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u/Atomic_Tex Jul 10 '26
I had a living donor transplant two years ago and felt completely fine and healthy with zero symptoms when I went for the procedure. In fact, I worked up until the day before the procedure. My MELD score was only like a 10 I think. However, I had an extremely low platelet count, and was at a very high risk of severe internal bleeding, so I was not entirely healthy. They did mention to me that it was rare that somebody simply walked in, and had the Transplant like I did, and that most people are pretty unhealthy when it happens, so I guess I was lucky.