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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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Amazon Smile Program Trio Oklahoma

On the anniversary of my transplant, I wanted to tell you about a fundraiser that doesn’t cost YOU a dime. It is a great way to support the Amazon Smile Program Trio Oklahoma for the Transplant Recipients of Oklahoma. This

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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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Back Pain and Sciatica Post Liver Transplant

After all the treatment and chemo I finally made it through a liver transplant. Keeping my mind on the prize of traveling to the World Transplant Games was a great goal, but I ended up in a LOT of pain. I used a lot of tools to keep myself strong without back or hip surgery. Now you can follow my plan and learn how to heal your back pain too. You’re not alone.

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Liver Biopsy or FibroSure and FibroScan

Today, your doctor can use a liver biopsy or FibroSure and FibroScan to see how healthy your liver is. A needle biopsy used to be the gold standard to determine the stages of cirrhosis. With newer and less invasive methods

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The Corona Virus and Liver Transplant Patient

Update: Oklahoma has a few cases and new concerns have me being cautious and trying to maintain peace of mind. How does the Corona Virus affect a patient with a liver or other organ transplant? We all know the rules

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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 Organ Donor’s Birthday

I can’t write about my organ donor the way I write about everything else. As a transplant recipient, there simply aren’t enough words in my vocabulary or heart. My dear donor, that beautiful boy who’s pictures I have memorized in

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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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World Transplant Games After Liver Cancer

World Transplant Games  It’s difficult to put into words – being at that door and then coming through to the other side. The door was double and led into a rather crowded room with many machines and a metal table

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Moving Right Along

Moving Right Along  It has been so long since I posted that I don’t know where to begin. Changes! A lot of changes happened in the last 12 months. It seems as if I am a totally different person than

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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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My Organ Donor

My Organ Donor – Telling Our Story   This is my 143rd attempt at writing about my organ donor. Now, I’ve got a second sentence in here. I think it’s going to happen…… because –  I’ve received a letter from his

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