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The Liver Patients Support Group was founded in 1993, and it was started by Jackie Shilton. Jackie held an informal meeting in her home for liver patients after being approached by members of the liver unit, Chaplain and Nursing Staff. As members grew, meetings were later held at the hospital itself to accomodate them all. Presently there are some 25+ members who are very dedicated in offering help and support to patients diagnosed with liver problems, both at the monthly meetings and councelling sessions which are held at the hospital every week.
The majority of our members have either had transplants or have been carers for transplanted patients, who have helped nurse them back to good health again, and with the backing and co-operation from the medical staff, we are able to offer our services to other liver patients by exchanging our knowledge, help and advice of what it was like to have gone through a liver transplant and the remarkable life you are able to lead afterwards.
We are not able to offer medical advice, that is left to the medical profession. we are just ordinary people that were fortunate enough to have received a liver transplant. But we must not forget the donors because if it were not for their kind and remarkable gift of an organ none of this would be possible. God bless all donors.
February 2007 saw the launch of our website, and we are now able to reach out to even more people keeping them informed of the activities of the support group and helpful information which they can access anytime.
We have also published a booklet with real life stories from transplanted patients about their experiences of going through a transplant, this is available from the transplant co-ordinators if you are admitted for assessment for a transplant.
The booklet may also be obtained from this website, although we do ask you for a donation to help cover printing costs and postage etc, please get in touch if you would like a copy.
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