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How to Lower Liver Enzymes ALT and AST karen hoyt
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Karen Hoyt

How to Lower Liver Enzymes ALT and AST

How to Lower Liver Enzymes ALT and AST – After looking at my most recent labs this morning, I feel a little stressed. They can be elevated for many reasons. It could be a medication you are taking.  Some of

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MASLD vs MASH: Where are you on the spectrum karen hoyt ihelpc
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Karen Hoyt

MASLD and MASH: Where are You on the Spectrum?

There are no FDA approved medications for those with fat MASH or MASLD liver disease. You can learn about the stages or find out where you are on the spectrum. I’ve beat liver cancer and love to encourage others to learn more about how the liver tries to heal itself. I’ve written for over a decade and have plenty of stories that can help you in your liver disease journey.

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Coming Off of Disability SSDI

Almost 6 years ago, my hepatologist found the tumor on my liver. Sure enough, it was malignant and it tore through my life like a tornado. Nothing prepares you for the “Cancer” word. I was placed on total and permanent

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Positivity is a Verb 

A friend on IG gave me a shoutout for #positivity this morning. It reminded me of when my twitter buddies personalized a hashtag of #karensunshine . It wasn’t something I tried to earn or aim for. It’s more like a

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Wait Time for a Liver Transplant

The wait time for a liver transplant is a story of suffering. Recently, one in our community talked about her suffering on CNN   just a few days before her death, at age 39. Erika Zak was a wife and mom

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Don’t Give Up on Yourself with Cirrhosis

What a winter it’s been for many of our friends. Me too. I’ve been fighting sinus problems and still can’t take anything but children’s Benadryl. It’s been this way for years. With Hepatitis C, I was afraid to take anything,

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My Health Care Wishes: Prognosis Declaration

“Give me the whole truth” I told the doctor. After hearing that I wouldn’t make it to Christmas, I wanted details, kinda. You and I both know that we can’t take it all in at once. Part of you wants

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My MRI with Liver Disease

 Getting ready for ANY type of test can be stressful. Getting a Magnetic Resonance Image or MRI means something is probably not going well for you. My MRI with liver disease was how I was diagnosed. It was a hot

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Denied for Transplant List

Denied for Transplant List. Most of us don’t know how the whole transplant system works. It’s stays out there in a vague corner of our mind. It’s a place that we don’t want to think about. Ever. Then something happens,

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Are All Veterans Treated Fairly with Hepatitis C?

Are All Veterans Treated Fairly with Hepatitis C? The Veterans Administration has definitely made positive changes for those infected with Hep C. More money and expanded programs are making huge improvements. Still there are those who may not be getting the

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Running Toward Retreat

Long before Eat Pray Love was published, women were going on retreats. I’m not sure what makes up a retreat, although I talked a bit about cancer retreats here. I encourage you ALL to look into taking any amount of

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Finding Liver Cancer

Finding Liver Cancer  Up until a couple of years ago, the biggest threat to my life had been the Hepatitis C Virus. I got that “Not Detected” and was so excited. I still had cirrhosis scarring, on my liver, and

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Spots on Your Liver

Spots on Your Liver  With cirrhosis comes scans and look-sees at your liver every 6 months. Lately, I’ve been hearing all this talk about spots on the liver. Is it cancer? Are they nodules? What if it’s just a lesion?

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Courage and Confidence with Liver Cancer

Courage and Confidence with Liver Cancer  During my battle with liver cancer, I loved reading all of your personal cards, emails, and messages. How could I possibly respond back? (Picture me typing all night.) Instead, I folded strong words into

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Time to get Listed for a Liver Transplant

 I am positively sure that every person who hears that it’s time to get listed for a liver transplant takes some time to freak out.  My doctors and team gave me a lot of information and tons of paperwork but it

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Hangover with Cirrhosis after Ablation

Hangover with Cirrhosis after Ablation  This is another one of those blogs that might not make a lot of sense. Howeva, when I experience something and write about it, so many of you have gone through the same thing. We

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Ethanol Alcohol Ablation for HCC

Ethanol Alcohol Ablation for HCC I get these hunches. Call it intuition, inkling, or whatever you want. The tumor was growing again. For several weeks my snooze alarm was getting tapped more frequently. Not even Matt Bellamy motivated me to

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