MELD Score Query?

[zephgala]

Hey, and Hello,
My friends MELD score has gone from 47 to 14 in 9 months ... how should we be feeling ? We are in a suspended state of 'disbelief' it seems ....
Zeph x

[mikesimon]

I think that, in general, you should be encouraged by this dramatic drop. Two questions that comes to mind are: 'what is the underlying disease and why did this drop occur- is it treatment related?".
The one thing that I think is clear is that your Friend is not nearly as sick as he was and the risk of death is greatly diminished. I hope that your Friend feels a lot better and that you do as well.
I wish you luck.
Mike

[hepman]

i was up  about to 49 our so wen i almost died with a complete system shut down in 2004   now im 19 in my meld score it was a wake up call that i do have some control over my life with living or dieing  Howe i eat no drugs no drinking  we can bounce back and forth on are meld score   every year are chances of it staing up get worse for most as are liver gets worse cerosses   if you can keep it down to 14  smile a lot  and enjoy every day.  the light at the end of the tunnel is a train on a different track    

[hepman]

hello i used to be nitramog 3 years ago we have talked be fore i spent a few weeks our more on machines in 05 i had a complete body shut down all organs it was a few years to get to 19 i you"st to be strong as a bull   sorry about your son.     jimmy

[Roninanibooboo]

I am curious.  New transplant patient here, kidney, what is a MELD score?

[rfriend]

MELD stands for Measurement of End-stage Liver Disease.  It is a number derived from the level of Bilirubin, the INR and Creatinine.  It is used to determine the necessity for Liver transplant and placement on the waiting list.