Comments on: Liver Transplant + Bariatric Surgery = the New Marshall https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/liver-transplant-bariatric-surgery-the-new-marshall/ News Resources Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Rita Porter https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/liver-transplant-bariatric-surgery-the-new-marshall/#comment-3528 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:10:10 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=10542#comment-3528 Loved hearing your story! I hope Me and my husband can have such a great outcome. You see my husband was diognosed with Hemocromotosis. It had caused scrossis of the liver and brain damage. He also has gall stones. we don’t know where to turn. His MELD score is 10. Doctors at the transplant center said he was too weak for surgery and they had more patients needing livers that they had livers. What to do! Suggestions are very welcome, I need help, I’ve reaserched till I’m blue in the face.

]]> By: Jane https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/liver-transplant-bariatric-surgery-the-new-marshall/#comment-3527 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:29:27 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=10542#comment-3527 An amazing story, lucidly told by you Marshall. I was very moved by your story. I’m sure it will give others hope. I had bariatric surgery in 2002 – it turned my life around. However to get both a Sleeve and a transplant is quite something!
Wishing you and your family all the best and may you go from strength to strength and most importantly continue to enjoy your life to the full. x

]]> By: Christine Newkirk https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/liver-transplant-bariatric-surgery-the-new-marshall/#comment-3526 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:23:35 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=10542#comment-3526 Congrats and good luck!

]]> By: Marshall Curtis https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/liver-transplant-bariatric-surgery-the-new-marshall/#comment-3525 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:09:53 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=10542#comment-3525 One important thing that didn’t get said during this interview was that part of making the decision to come to Mayo for treatment was knowing that it would take a much higher MELD score to be eligible for a transplant than at the previous transplant center. This meant that I would have to be much sicker and much closer to death before I would receive a transplant. We understood this trade-off when we made the decision and in the end I pushed the limits of survival and the abilities of the staff. But even at the darkest moments when it looked like I was not likely to survive we never questioned our decision.

All patients have options and can look at transplant statistics on-line via the UNOS.org website. But in the end it become a choice between expediency and quality. Each has risks and benefits that need to be carefully considered. We know that for us we made the right decision.

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