Walking is the Best Exercise for Liver Disease For most of the last decade, I couldn’t even pretend that I was an athlete. Okay, with declining liver health, I kept cycling and walking fast trying to boost my energy, but
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?
Stress Busters for Hepatitis C I have no filter these days. So what I’m feeling kind of blurts out. Maybe it’s PTSD. You can guess the result: most of my time is spent home alone. That works, but sometimes you’ve
Balancing Hepatitis and Health My life has been spinning since being diagnosed with the Hepatitis C Virus. At first, I ran out of the hospital trying to get away from it. Then I spent the next 6 years coming to
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
A Spin Around the Sun Crossing the line into January is a really big deal around here. I’ve had a variety of kooky rituals over the years. Most of them have been about marking the passage of time. Buh bye
Depression during Christmas with Hepatitis C or Liver Disease Christmas is all around us. The nativity, singing of hymns, buying myself a present – all of those traditions bring me comfort and joy. I am celebrating it more than ever
10 Ways that You Cannot Get Hepatitis C I’m throwing it down. I just read an email from a poor woman who’s husband was flipping out because they discovered that she had Hepatitis C. He went on this militant housekeeping
Pre and Post Liver Transplant I peer into the darkness several times every night. Sleep is hard to come by, so I toss and turn. My first thought is that I’m so very glad to be alive. All the years
My Fave Free Health Apps for Liver Disease Today’s smart phones have more technology than the Apollo One Spaceship! Have you thought about using your smartphone to improve your health? The applications (apps) can help you get through the ups
Feelings About Dying with Hepatitis C and Cancer [1 Video] Comfortably Numb Video by Pink Floyd click link to open a new window and listen while you read. One of my favorite classic rock songs is Comfortably Numb by Pink
Please excuse any typos or upside down pics. 🙂 I’m still working on transplant recovery. I don’t want to appear to make light of a the term “nervous breakdown”. There is not an official diagnosis, but it generally describes an
What to Expect after a Liver Transplant This is an email to a Best Friend who is waiting on their liver transplant. I thought you might like to read about what to expect after a liver transplant. As always, pardon any
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
Writing a Thank You Letter to Donor Family Writing a thank you letter to donor family was on my mind, even while I was still in the hospital, weak but, getting stronger. After my transplant, I thought of them constantly. The
Going Back to Bed after Surgery After the surgery, my transplant coordinators, friends, and family all conspired to make me rest. Then they got me all jacked up on steroids which made it totally impossible for me to sit
Coming Home After My Liver Transplant This blog and subsequent ones will undoubtably be a hot mess. Given the batch of meds, steroids, and the anesthesia hangover – I promise nothing in regard to editing or coherency. Nothing except the truth
Post Liver Transplant Protein and Healing Happy Earth Day to all of my Best Friends! I am filled with joy at the thought of sharing this lush planet with you all! It seems appropriate to give thanks for all
(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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