Waiting Room Etiquette There is no other time in your life when waiting seems so long as when you’re sick. It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in a chair at the doctor’s office or waiting for a procedure – it’s
Sleep is kind of like a thought eraser that swipes the day clean. But I frequently wake up in the middle of the night and remember the tumor. One night last August I awoke with the image of big clamps all around my chest cavity. Eyes wide open now, I saw myself lying on a table surrounded by doctors and nurses, my face as white as the fish I had seen floating belly up on the pond last year. I could see my head arching back with a tube tunneling down my throat that clicked and whished while forcing air into my lungs. I blinked hard and then stared at my chest as my breasts moved up and down. I wondered what it would be like to wake up in ICU with that machine on and my hands tied down. Shaking my head with an audible moan, I flung back the covers, and jumped out of bed like the house was on fire.
My heels drummed a hollow beat on the wood floor as I fairly flew to the kitchen. I stood in the dark. I don’t want a liver transplant. The thought of someone dying to keep me alive is more than I can bear. Of course there are a lot of other things that I don’t want. I don’t want to clean the branches up from the last storm. I don’t want to pay taxes or shave my legs. I don’t want cancer.
Oil Pulling for Liver Detox and Health There is something about home remedies that we all love. Truth be told, a lot of modern science came from “folk medicine”. Today’s aspirin is simply a chemist’s version of the bark on
Fermented Cabbage for Stomach Varices and Liver Health There is a jar of rotting cabbage sitting in my little back porch. If guests were to see the pale mixture, they might assume that a mad scientist had taken up residence
New Years Eve Phone Call to YOU I just called my friend Laura, and spent 22 minutes talking about everything from New Year’s Resolutions to home made cashew cheese. If I could make a New Years Eve phone call to you
Sometimes we become afraid of food with liver disease. We need to make sure that we eat foods that heal our liver. We hear a lot of advice with liver disease. Don’t overeat! Low sodium! Protein makes you loony! Watch sugars! Eat often! Our liver
Social Security Disability with Cirrhosis and Cancer I just got my approval letter. I am officially on Social Security Disability with Cirrhosis and Cancer from Hepatitis C. I have mixed feelings right now. In a sense I’m pretty relieved because I’m
The Hepatic Encephalopathy (H.E) Support Group The Hepatic Encephalopathy (H.E) Support Group is a Facebook page moderated by my friend Bill Pinson. This group is filled with good people who lift each other up with kind comments and feedback. That is not easy to
Eating Before Liver Tests I think somebody broke into my house and stole my paperwork. I need it tomorrow for my liver tests, an MRI and some bone scans. This paperwork tells me where to be and at what time.
There is something glorious about vegetable juice and protein shakes for a healthy liver. Some of you think that if you can’t chew it, it’s not food. Its easy and oh so scrumptious to make shakes and you’ll be putting all kinds
Drugs that are Safe for Liver Pain This blog about liver pain is different than my first blog or youtube. With liver cancer, Tace, chemo ablation – I’m like most of you, I try to handle pain bravely. But recently there
Healing HCC Liver Cancer Retreat – After I was diagnosed and was in the Oh My Gosh I Can’t Believe It’s Cancer stage, my first google searches were about what to do when you find out you have cancer. I wanted
Liver Safe Vitamins and Supplements with Cirrhosis Making sure that you get the right vitamins is important with liver disease. But remember, a damaged or inflammed liver cannot handle an overload of vitamins, and the wrong dose can cause more harm
Fast Food Drive Thru with Low Sodium It’s time to get smart about eating out! Yes, you can find fast food drive thru with low sodium. If you are on a blood pressure medication or diuretic, you know that the sodium
Getting Dental Work with Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis is important. It is not easy to keep smiling with Liver Disease. When dealing with hep c, or liver cirrhosis, it’s easy to lose your smile. In addition, cirrhosis, and hep
Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization is a mouthful! I like the nickname TACE. I think of a taser – like that gun the police chase unruly people with? Seriously, I learned quite a bit about the procedure and my TACE for Liver
Liver Cancer after Hepatitis C Treatment is not the norm, but it is a threat to those of us who have severe liver damage. Reading about Heptacellular Carcinoma, or HCC, and Hepatitis C can take your mind in a couple
25 Best things to do for HCC Liver Cancer I wanted to share my personal list of the 25 Best things to do for HCC Liver Cancer. Ever since being diagnosed with Hepatocellular liver cancer from end stage cirrhosis my life has
(AASLD) The American Association for the Study of Liver Disease creates info and education to support patients. Doctors and medical staff are invested in helping you liver longer stronger with liver disease.
(Global Liver) Donna Cryer is a dear friend who had a liver transplant while finishing her law degree. Her reach goes out to patients, families, medical providers, pharma and on and she’s global.
(Trio-National) Transplant Recipients is your one stop shop for information for ANY type of transplant candidates, recipients, their families and the families of organ and tissue donors. Lorrinda Gray Davis is the President.
(Trio – Oklahoma) This is Oklahoma’s chapter founded by Lorrinda Gray Davis. I’m the founding VP to our current president Benjamin Babb. For anyone needing support for solid organ, tissue, or eye transplant, we’ve got your back. We’ll truly be your best friend.
(Fatty Liver Foundation) was founded by Wayne Eskeridge to improve the diagnosis, treatment & support of Americans with fatty liver, NAFLD or NASH through awareness, education, screening and patient advocacy.
(Sober Liver Survival) founded by Jenn Leigh Jones is everything you need for sobriety, recovery, PTSD, breaking cycles of addiction and victims of personal violence. She’s just getting SLS off the ground and would love to connect with other people battling alcoholism.
(Say Yes to Hope) Suzanne Lindley is a hope dealer to cancer patients. If you need a fri
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