What to ask your doctor about liver transplant surgery
Some questions you might ask your doctor
- What preparations should I make before my operation?
- What will happen during the surgery?
- What is the surgery aiming to achieve?
- Will the surgery cure my cancer?
- How many of these operations do you do each year?
- What are your results?
- What are the possible risks and side effects?
- What other treatment choices do I have?
- Can I see an oncologist (cancer specialist) to talk about alternatives to surgery?
- Will I be in pain after the operation?
- What can you do for the pain?
- How might the surgery affect my life in the longer term?
- Is it safe to go back to exercise?
- Are there any sports I shouldn’t play?
- Can I eat a normal diet?
- When can I go back to work?
- What about my sex life?
- How soon can I drive?
- What about going on holiday and having vaccinations?
- I would like to thank my donor family - how can I do that?







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