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Best Food Sources for Fighting Fatty Liver

Finding the best food sources are your first step for fighting fatty liver. A person may have cirrhosis and yet have no symptoms. People who drink little to no alcohol are also becoming victims of fatty liver, and it is

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Karen Hoyt

Get Help for Heart Disease

‘Heart Diseases’, is a term that covers all the disorders related to the heart. Similarly, it includes all cardiovascular diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels. In addition, it also leads to clogged arteries. Do you know poor cardiovascular health

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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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The Four Seasons of Life

We enjoy the cycles of the seasons in our lives. For me, fall brings remembrances of back to school, liver biopsies, cancer treatment, and finding my organ donor. This year, I’m watching the deer feed, waiting for the leaves to

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Can You Get Better with End Stage Cirrhosis?

Many people with liver disease are told that they will not get better. My family and I all wondered if I would make it. Can you get better with end stage cirrhosis? My doctor predicted I wouldn’t make it 4

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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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Medications for Liver Disease

So much has changed since my liver failed in 2010. There was a lot of medications for liver disease in the beginning. By eating right , I finally weaned onto lower doses.  I went off and on some of them. It was

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The Benefits of Yoga for Liver Disease

For those living with liver disease, it can feel as if you’ve tried everything to address the long list of symptoms that come along with this diagnosis. Whether you’re dealing with nausea, chronic pain, fatigue, brain fog, or inflammation, there have likely

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The Truth About Liver Disease – My Story

That whole thing you hear about feeling like your body let’s you down with liver disease?  Yeah…that’s an ugly truth. Here is the truth about liver disease – my story. I had a healthy dose of self-acceptance before my liver

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Ninja Warrior with Liver Disease

After my liver decompensated, I fixated on the death sentence. However down some back street of my mind, I kept thinking that life couldn’t be over. I was mad, and determined to make it. I didn’t know how that would

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How Your Liver Works

You need knowledge about how your liver works, so you can give it lots of support, and live longer, even with end stage disease. A lot of liver disease is caused from inflammation. Your liver is the target for  celiac, Hepatitis, and

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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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Facts for Dry Mouth with Liver Problems

I’ve been battling cavities a lot. Some of it was from Hep C, some may have been medicine or treatment, liver cancer, or the Tace and Ablation. I feel like diuretics and even diet or hepatic encephalopathy make it worse.

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Can You Exercise Safely with Liver Cirrhosis

Can You Exercise Safely with Liver Cirrhosis When my liver failed with Hepatitis C, my doctor made me quit exercises. No weights, no cycling, no running. I had to prove that I would be super careful not to cause another varices

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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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Heal Your Liver with Bone Broth

Having a sick liver slows you down, and makes protein hard to process. Here’s how you can heal your liver with bone broth. If you are having high liver enzymes, swelling, jaundice, fatigue, nausea, and body aches – you need

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