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Qualifications for transplant??????

Qualifications for transplant??????

  does a person with hepc....cirrhosis...decompensation, then compensated...encephalopathy etc...qualify to be put on a transplant list..if at the same time they have platelet counts of under 20,000, lupus, circulatory problems that have required 4 femerol bypasses and amputation of foot..plus being on Methadone for pain for 10 yrs.??????????
  We can't get an answer from anyone of the criteria and she doesn't want to go thru the tests (endoscopy cardiac etc) only to be told by a transplant board..sorry!
  Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
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Dear SS:
A large part of what I do is working with the transplant program at Henry Ford and if there is any subject that is more complex and emotional than the issues surrounding transplant, I don
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