I finished all final testing and procedures today. 😁  The liver team will meet on Thursday and Friday to discuss my candidacy for getting listed for another liver transplant. As best as I can interpret I believe I cleared all cardiac, radiology and pulmonary tests, It is difficult for me to interpret those reports on MyChart. 

The most tell tale tests of liver health was the ERCP and the Fibroscan. The scan indicated stage 3 fibrosis (which from my knowledge) is unchanged from my last punch liver biopsy years ago. This made me cautiously optimistic, but perhaps it should not be.

The ERCP was 66% successful, Dr. Shah was able to access 2 of the 3 bile ducts. He increased the opening of two to improve bile flow and prevent infections, the other one is completely blocked and we are hoping the increased size of the other two ducts will be able to clear the bile of all three (or at least that’s what I understood, but I was still pretty sedated and sick to my stomach with a really sore throat). 

I hope this will buy me some more life with my existing liver and I can postpone a transplant. Technology is improving all the time. Colorado is perusing some very interesting new therapies with successful results. Seems they may just need some fine tuning to make them better less painful options. 

The team at Colorado was very nice and incredibly laid back. I was at ease right from the beginning. I will know a lot more on Thursday and Friday of next week after the entire team discusses my case.