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Out of the woods?

Hello all, I posted recently expressing concerns about the health of my liver following an extended period of heavy drinking. I did experience some symptoms,...

Hello all, I posted recently expressing concerns about the health of my liver fo...

•8 years ago

PBC symptoms

Good evening all, I need a little assistance, if anybody can help. In January of this year I was diagnosed with PBC and been trying to understa d the bigger...

Good evening all, I need a little assistance, if anybody can help. In January of...

•8 years ago

Help with varicies

Hi I'm new to this so please excuse my ignorance.my friend had severe variceal bleeding in February this came with no warning as she was otherwise healthy they...

Hi I'm new to this so please excuse my ignorance.my friend had severe variceal b...

•8 years ago

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Worry about cirrhosis

Hi all I am 35 years old, non drinker. All of my lab results for AST, ALT, BILIRUBIN, ALBUMIN, INR, ALP, CREATININE came out normal. However, the ferritin...

Hi all I am 35 years old, non drinker. All of my lab results for AST, ALT, BILIR...

•8 years ago

Looking for advice

Looking for some help not sure how to put this out there. 3 months ago I had my gallbladder removed because of problems since then I've been in so much pain....

Looking for some help not sure how to put this out there. 3 months ago I had my ...

•8 years ago

On the list!!!

I finally heard that I made the transplant list Got to get my Hepatitis jabs then the wait and visit to keep on eye on me start The waiting for the call is a...

I finally heard that I made the transplant list Got to get my Hepatitis jabs the...

•8 years ago

Private Health Insurance

I have private health insurance, it's currently costing me £100/month and I can't really afford it. However I got it many many years ago through work, and all...

I have private health insurance, it's currently costing me £100/month and I can'...

•8 years ago

Fatty Liver

Hi, I have just been diagnosed with fatty liver, the 3rd stage. There are so much conflicting information in books and the net. Could someone please tell me...

Hi, I have just been diagnosed with fatty liver, the 3rd stage. There are so mu...

•8 years ago

Anyone had a false negative on fibroscan?

Hi all. I just wanted to share my experience as i'm desperately trying to make sense of my symptoms and am utterly terrified i've damaged my liver. I'm 33 and...

Hi all. I just wanted to share my experience as i'm desperately trying to make s...

•8 years ago

nutritional drinks???

Advice needed again! Are you having any nutritional drinks/meal substitutes? My partner (with advanced cirrhosis) is sometimes drinking ensure plus,but it...

Advice needed again! Are you having any nutritional drinks/meal substitutes? My ...

•8 years ago

NAFLD/ Cirrhosis

Hi I was diagnosed earlier this year with NAFLD, I've had several fibro scans most recent reading was 18 and had a elastography scan yesterday. I got a call...

Hi I was diagnosed earlier this year with NAFLD, I've had several fibro scans mo...

•8 years ago

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scared newbie

Got liver scan tomorrow (well in 8 hours time) waited at hospital 5 hour yesterday to be sent home - yesterday told level was 1222 and should have been between...

Got liver scan tomorrow (well in 8 hours time) waited at hospital 5 hour yesterd...

•8 years ago

Advice wanted please.

Hello all, newbie here, my husband diagnosed with cirrhosis about 4 weeks ago, he is extremely tired all the time, not eating very well and has lost a lot of...

Hello all, newbie here, my husband diagnosed with cirrhosis about 4 weeks ago, h...

•8 years ago

Hello there everyone

Hi there my name is Ian and I have been hepatitis C positive for 25 years plus I am 55 years old and I am also co-infectted with HIV? I am looking forward to...

Hi there my name is Ian and I have been hepatitis C positive for 25 years plus I...

•8 years ago

Haemochromatosis

Hi, I'm new here. Would like advice about my condition. Just been diagnosed. My feretin level was 1343 and is down to 409. At what level is blood usually...

Hi, I'm new here. Would like advice about my condition. Just been diagnosed. My ...

•8 years ago

Catch up

Hi all hope everyone is still fighting as best they can. It's been a long stressful few months with 2 weekly ascetic drains, trips to Birmingham and living...

Hi all hope everyone is still fighting as best they can. It's been a long stress...

•8 years ago

Prejudice within this community

I know iits relevant to state the cause of the liver problem you may suffer from. But why is it always"relevant " to state what was NOT the cause. I'm talking...

I know iits relevant to state the cause of the liver problem you may suffer from...

•8 years ago

Remission

Hi every one I haven't been on here for a while because I have been living. I wondered if it is possible to get a remission wit AIH PBC overlap and if so, how...

Hi every one I haven't been on here for a while because I have been living. I w...

•8 years ago

Back to work post transplant

Hi all, thank you all for your help and support previously :-) How long after transplant have you gone back to work /normal daily routine? Online it says to...

Hi all, thank you all for your help and support previously :-) How long after tr...

•8 years ago

Craving a beer...

Having always been a drinker with regular bouts of binging i was diagnosed with early stages of cirrhosis & strongly advised to give up alcohol completely...

Having always been a drinker with regular bouts of binging i was diagnosed with ...

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•8 years ago

4 years plus, post transplant

Post TRansplant Hi Anybody out there developed problems nearly 5 years post transplant.? My husband was transplanted December 2011 due to Alpha 1...

Post TRansplant Hi Anybody out there developed problems nearly 5 years post tr...

•8 years ago

any info

mum has sclerosis which is caused by antibodies in her blood she never been a drinker her ascites is now being drained every 7 to 9 days average 7 litres a...

mum has sclerosis which is caused by antibodies in her blood she never been a dr...

•8 years ago

HCC and prognosis

Hi all! My 62 y/o partner was diagnosed with HCC in February.He has at least four tumors,a couple of which are nearly 5 cm. He has undergone two TACE...

Hi all! My 62 y/o partner was diagnosed with HCC in February.He has at least ...

•8 years ago

cure for my need

hi all am new too, i am having terry nails this i found on my nails recently so please help me out to cure this

hi all am new too, i am having terry nails this i found on my nails recently so ...

•8 years ago

Cirrhosis at 35

Hello. Complete newbie here. I'm 35 and I was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver today. I was referred six months ago to a Hepatologist who thinks that...

Hello. Complete newbie here. I'm 35 and I was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the li...

•8 years ago

Very high GGT ALP AST ALT

Hi All, new here, I'm beside myself with worry, August 2015 I had a liver test and it came back fairly high, can't remember numbers exactly but about 6 times...

Hi All, new here, I'm beside myself with worry, August 2015 I had a liver test a...

•8 years ago

Impact of rare diseases on daily life

Are you a patient or carer of someone living with a rare disease? EURORDIS, (www.eurordis.org) a European non-profit and non-governmental patient-driven...

Are you a patient or carer of someone living with a rare disease? EURORDIS, (ww...

•8 years ago

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Update on Mrs and Mr Pear

Dear All, I was trying to find a way of describing what life is like now - and was struggling to write down how things really are... This poem is actually...

Dear All, I was trying to find a way of describing what life is like now - and w...

•8 years ago

side effects of propranolol

Hello dear people, Yes,I have a question to anybody who takes propranolol: do you have any side effects,like nausea,dizziness,mood swings,fatigue,suppressed...

Hello dear people, Yes,I have a question to anybody who takes propranolol: do y...

•8 years ago

Edinburgh Rare Conditions Support Group Meeting

Hi all This is just to confirm that the next meeting of the Rare/Genetic Liver Conditions Support Group will take place from 6pm on Wednesday 24 August 2016 at...

Hi all This is just to confirm that the next meeting of the Rare/Genetic Liver C...

•8 years ago

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