I am 48 year old female with a history of Pancreatitis from age of 7, having several attacks a year where I had to be hospitalized placed on a drip and given controlled drug painkillers.
When I reached 36, my Pancreas developed a cyst the size of a football. I was operated on, half of my pancreas was removed along with the cyst. My Spleen had been damaged so that was removed as well. I continue having attacks of Pancreatitis but have developed other problems. Whilst having an ultra sound test I was informed that I had a very fatty and scarred Liver. I also suffer with Aneamia. What can having a very " fatty & scarred " Liver mean please ?
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My problems started with a pseudo cyst on my pancreas, 10cm long. I was also told I had a fatty liver. I was told to abstain from alcohol for six months and then stick to guidelines. I lasted 3 months, and slowly slipped back into old habits. The cyst cleared up.
Regarding the scarring you really need to discuss this with your Doctors, there are various diagnosis and nobody here will be able to answer your question.
Eat a healthy diet with low fat and salt. Exercise as much as you can and abstain from alcohol.
Good luck with everything, stress and anxiety will exasperate your health, not easy.
Good luck and stay positive.
Mark.
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Hi mark
With respect to your first para - old habits = lots of vimto? When did you stop afterwards then, or what went on to make you stop?
Miles
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The guidelines then were 21 units for men, even at my youthful age, I remember. So that is two bottles of lighter white wine a week. OK, open the bottle and drink a third, easy 250 ml glass. That was nice, ah look the bottle is open and two thirds full, another one won’t ‘hurt’.
Roll on 9 years and back to the same Gastroenterologist, hello Michelle how are you? Hello Mark, I am fine, thank you but you are not. Never drank again.
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Good stuff mark. Actually I mean not good stuff obviously! For the life of me I can’t think why you did that, lmao it was nearly the life of me so I know exactly how it went so it’s a 😁 but a much bigger 👎🏻
Miles
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Moral of the story, avoid getting into the position of the Himalayan Hummingbird and LISTEN to your doctors 🥼.
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Omg mark you’re really testing me today! I know it’s not hard, but what the heck does a Himalayan Hummingbird do when it’s at home? 🥺
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Milo, my bad, I forgot you are new to the forum. Find Healing is possible’s post. Something about watermelon and chakras will remove the need for immunology, I suppose it would save on meds.
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No wiser about hummingbirds and now who is Healing when he’s at home. Riddles united = mark 😁
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Healing is possible is Jennie, she believes in an alternative approach to immunology, most of the rest of us are sticking with our Heptologists etc and keep taking the pills 💊.
Personally I think that, with advice, supplementary approaches, could in certain circumstances be beneficial.
Getting into the position of the Himalayan Hummingbird is a step too far for most of us finely tuned athletes.
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Also I'm pretty sure you can take on the position of the Himalayan hummingbird AND listen to the doctors at the same time 😅
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Not so sure about that. Watermelons are not cheap. Let's say you go through one every couple of days, that's around £60 a month! Prescriptions are only £8.40 each. From a financial point, it makes sense to listen to professionals 😏
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Klodian,
Next time you do your Xbox thing, check Aldi.
On a serious note and for those paying for prescriptions, get yourself a prepayment certificate, google it NHS. £104 per year, covers everything and is credit card size. Saves enough to buy Watermelon 🍉.
Mark
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Thanks Mark I'll be on my way to losing the will to live at Aldi soon 😏
I had the pre payment certificate until September last year but didn't renew as I get 2 of my medications every 6 months and advagraf every couple of months so cheaper paying individually and still money left for 🍉 and other fruit.
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Looking forward to that day.
If the man up top existed, Aldi would be his sense of humour.
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I'd say Trump (everything about him) and May's attempt at dancing are way more hilariously depressing than anything Aldi could ever manage.
Also, something I only found out last year, you can pay by monthly installments by direct debit. So its £10 a month for ten months I think, way cheaper if you have more than one prescription a month!!
I think it's atrocious that people need to pay for prescriptions especially if your life depends on them. I get free prescriptions as I take levothyroxine and if I didn't I'd die. But surely that's the case for most people. My son is asthmatic and pays for his prescriptions but if he had an asthma attack and didn't have his inhaler he'd die. You get free prescriptions if you live in Wales or Scotland though. Grrrr
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Do these sound like Liver problems? If so, I'm really struggling to get a formal diagnosis :(
High liver enzymes
Liver mass
Fatty liver? 
