Expectations From Liver Donation Surgery: An Overview
Since you are a healthy person, your evaluation team expects that you will recover from this surgery without any significant long-term problems.
However, it's important for you to know some of the things that have happened to other people with
liver donation surgery.
As a positive effect of this surgery, some donors find that they have an improved self-esteem or feeling of well-being after donating part of their liver.
Since this is a major surgery, you will likely experience pain during your recovery period. It may be frustrating to not be able to get around very well or do the things you used to do for a while. Having this surgery may also add stress to your relationships with family and friends.
Please also keep in mind that you will not receive any medical benefit from this surgery. You are also not allowed to receive any type of payment other than having your medical tests and surgery paid for and possible reimbursement for other expenses.
In addition, having this surgery may make it harder for you to get health and life insurance in the future, or it may be more expensive, although this is unlikely and has not happened in the past.
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