DATE DIAGNOSED: 10/03
TYPE OF AMYLOIDOSIS: ATTR Familial
WHERE TREATED: UCSF - Liver Transplant
COMMENTS: I had to convince my doctors to send me to
UCSF for a possible transplant because they thought I
was still too healthy. Lucky for me the doctors at UCSF
knew otherwise. I received my new liver on May 26, 2004,
and today am very healthy. The hepatitis patient who
received my liver through the domino transplant is doing
very well also. I have learned to speak up to doctors
and not let them intimidate me. It saved my life, and
the life of my brother, who received his liver May 14,
2005.