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From: MyBadLiver on 11 Sep 2008 00:30 Hello. I have been lurking around for a while and now have a question. I have a pain right in my upper chest, right at my collarbone. When I breathe very deeply it radiates all around. If I am laying down it is worse. I have cirrhosis with a MELD of 15. I am not ready for the Transplant list. Not sick enough just yet. My last scope was april 2007 and showed varices in my stomach (severe gastric varices) and sonogram showed splenic varices. My arterial pressure in bad enough that my body made a bypass from my from the vein leaving my spleen to the vein leaving my kidney. Many people have a shunt place in this spot to relieve pressure. A spontaneous one is rare but they do happen and it did in my case. Please help if you can. I will be seeing my doctor in October but wonder if it is a emergency problem. Thank you for any help
From: Cactus Jammies on 11 Sep 2008 10:26 Hi MBL Why don't you sign up to Delphi forums, there is a hep c forum with live chats that deals specifically with your issues. http://forums.delphiforums.com/specialplace3/start It is called ~HCV Living Room for Non-SVR~ hope to see you there, there are other Hep C related forums, but this one deals with living with Hep C Transplants, cirrhosis, complications. cactus jammies (same name in chat room) "MyBadLiver" <mybadliver(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:wtKdncxdDNBlA1XVnZ2dnUVZ_tPinZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > Hello. > > I have been lurking around for a while and now have a question. > > I have a pain right in my upper chest, right at my collarbone. When I > breathe very deeply it radiates all around. If I am laying down it is > worse. > > I have cirrhosis with a MELD of 15. I am not ready for the Transplant > list. Not sick enough just yet. > > My last scope was april 2007 and showed varices in my stomach (severe > gastric varices) and sonogram showed splenic varices. My arterial > pressure in bad enough that my body made a bypass from my from the vein > leaving my spleen to the vein leaving my kidney. Many people have a shunt > place in this spot to relieve pressure. A spontaneous one is rare but > they do happen and it did in my case. > > Please help if you can. I will be seeing my doctor in October but wonder > if it is a emergency problem. > > Thank you for any help >
From: Kozure Ookami on 12 Sep 2008 03:31 On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:30:49 -0500, "MyBadLiver" <mybadliver(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >Hello. > >I have been lurking around for a while and now have a question. > >I have a pain right in my upper chest, right at my collarbone. When I >breathe very deeply it radiates all around. If I am laying down it is >worse. > >I have cirrhosis with a MELD of 15. I am not ready for the Transplant list. >Not sick enough just yet. > >My last scope was april 2007 and showed varices in my stomach (severe >gastric varices) and sonogram showed splenic varices. My arterial pressure >in bad enough that my body made a bypass from my from the vein leaving my >spleen to the vein leaving my kidney. Many people have a shunt place in >this spot to relieve pressure. A spontaneous one is rare but they do happen >and it did in my case. > >Please help if you can. I will be seeing my doctor in October but wonder if >it is a emergency problem. > >Thank you for any help My understanding is that at 15 and higher you should be eligible for transplant list. Saying whether it is an emergency or not is going to be very difficult for a non-doctor without current data. However, varices can be vary dangerous as they can burst. I'm assuming this pain is fairly new or has worsened. Why not see if you can get a sooner appointment. One thing that is for sure is doctors cannot make absolute time tables with illnesses and they are often wrong about the rate of progression. Your last scope was quite a while ago. See a doctor about that pain. Don
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