Living With Liver Disease The Awful Truth
Living with liver disease the awful truth. A message from Terri a liver disease warrior. On the morning of December 23 2010 after having my gall bladder removed I was shown a picture of my liver and told I had a stage 4 liver cirrhosis. The various types of liver disease usually have no symptoms at all.
Liver disease is complex varied and fluctuates meaning that no one persons experience of liver disease is the same as another. Progression of Liver Disease. People who drink too much alcohol may also have fat in their liver but that condition is different from fatty liver disease.
On the morning of December 23 2010 after having my gall bladder removed I was shown a picture of my liver and told I had a stage 4 liver cirrhosis. Your experience of liver problems may vary from day to day. The liver is my area of specialty and its my lifes work to try to help people who are dealing with liver damage.
You can choose courage or you can choose comfort. One day I was a healthy vibrant professional dancer and within the course of a week I developed severe ascites abdominal pain and other terribly unpleasant symptoms. The Medical University of South Carolina notes that some patients can have undetected cirrhosis for many years without any ill effects on their health.
And one that began more than a half-decade of tests misdiagnoses and eventually. If I could stress to anyone taking care of a person with liver disease its you must be able to have thick skin because you are not dealing with the same type of illness as say someone dying of cancer kidney disease heart disease etc the negative functions of the body are extremely different in people with liver disease its 100 times more complicated and most doctors understand this only on a. Liver problems cause yellow skin and pains.
Fatty liver disease means that you have fat inside your liver that can over time affect liver function and cause liver injury. I was already dealing with fatty liver disease. I needed to find a bolder truth.
Pretty big stuff because it involves you guys. Couple of years she was sick with different things but refused to see a doctor but I told her youre getting ill an awful lot.
Liver disease is complex varied and fluctuates meaning that no one persons experience of liver disease is the same as another.
I have some things on my mind. Two years ago they told me I had liver fibrosis and I was at a 25 out of a 1-4 scale1 being healthy and 4 being cirrhosis. At the time of my second biopsy I weighed 268. Hospice may have given him something to ease. If I could stress to anyone taking care of a person with liver disease its you must be able to have thick skin because you are not dealing with the same type of illness as say someone dying of cancer kidney disease heart disease etc the negative functions of the body are extremely different in people with liver disease its 100 times more complicated and most doctors understand this only on a. The Ugly Truth About Liver Disease. At a certain point in the progression of liver disease damage can become irreversible and lead to liver failure liver cancer or death. Progression of Liver Disease. Types of fatty liver disease Health care providers divide fatty liver disease into two types.
The Truth about Liver Disease My Story. It was a powerful and frightening moment one that is seared into my memory. I am an upper kind of girl. Many people with liver disease do not look or feel sick even though damage is happening to their liver. She possibly was telling the truth. I needed to find a bolder truth. And one that began more than a half-decade of tests misdiagnoses and eventually.
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