Diddian
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Based on what I saw in the program my friend was in, where transplant program clients get to know each other during frequent visits for medical monitoring, patients with liver disease as a result of abusive consumption of alcohol or Tylenol or Ibuprofen could be eligible once they completed a specified period of abstinence and provided they made a commitment to permanently abstain from those toxic substances.But from what I know about the listing process the chances of anyone with self-induced liver damage even being on the list is pretty small these days (whether the liver failure is from alcoholic cirrhosis or from a suicide attempt with Tylenol.)
I wonder if he was trying to keep up his supposedly stellar record of success in transplant surgery. Anyone who might be surgically difficult and/or might be less likely to survive he didn't want to be matched.
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So, the issue for the program team developing the criteria for gaining a spot on the list was NOT that they would punish someone whose lifestyle choices led to the liver failure by denying them access to a potential donor liver; it was that IF they were going to gain the opportunity for a donor liver (which are scarce), they would seriously commit to a lifestyle that excluded the substances that destroyed their own liver.