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Living with Fatty Liver and NASH

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Remember when a glass of wine a day was good for you? Here's why that changed.

https://www.popsci.com/moderate-drinking-benefits-risks A recent study proclaiming that there is “no safe amount of alcohol” made a lot of headlines for, well,...

https://www.popsci.com/moderate-drinking-benefits-risks A recent study proclaimi...

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We tell you not to eat a lot of saturated fat. Many scoff at that, but would you like to know the science?

Endoplasmic Reticulum - BORING - but you really need to pay attention to this You live or die based upon whether your cells are able to process the chemicals...

Endoplasmic Reticulum - BORING - but you really need to pay attention to this Yo...

Partner•6 years ago

Liver Biopsy

I have made a appointment with The Cleveland Clinic to speak to a Doctor for a Liver Biopsy. I have read this is a risky procedure with 1 out of 100 dying as a...

I have made a appointment with The Cleveland Clinic to speak to a Doctor for a L...

•6 years ago

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I'm 34 and newly diagnosed. I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment, I have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. My paternal uncle and grandfather died from liver...

I'm 34 and newly diagnosed. I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment, I have nonal...

•6 years ago

Are you hypothyroid as well as NAFLD? Is there a connection?

I am both but wasn’t referred for the NALFD until recently after a year on thyroxine although my bloods were showing high ALT (liver) when I was first...

I am both but wasn’t referred for the NALFD until recently after a year on thyro...

•6 years ago

How long does it take for a fibroscan score to improve?

Mine seems to have improved over 3 months just through swimming three times per week rather than once per week and without dieting just by exercise. Am being...

Mine seems to have improved over 3 months just through swimming three times per ...

•6 years ago

Good information about liver disease can be hard to find. If you are interested in a snapshot here is a good one

The NASH Education Corp is a new non-profit created by a transplant patient. His goal is to share his experience of going through the disease and to help...

The NASH Education Corp is a new non-profit created by a transplant patient. Hi...

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Second banding procedure

My Doctor has stated I will need a second banding procedure on 10 December. She did not explain why this is needed. I am growing suspicious of her silence on...

My Doctor has stated I will need a second banding procedure on 10 December. She ...

•6 years ago

What would you do?

Ok need serious advice here. Would you recommend going to a different specialist number one for a liver biopsy. Number 2 to see if you can get insurance papers...

Ok need serious advice here. Would you recommend going to a different specialist...

•6 years ago

Do you think of liver disease as a chronic slow moving illness? NASH can be deadly very quickly, read this caregiver's story

https://www.fattyliverfoundation.org/david_frank_nash_aware Here is a snippet #NASH #fattyliver In October 2014 my mother Geraldine passed away after a very...

https://www.fattyliverfoundation.org/david_frank_nash_aware Here is a snippet #N...

Partner•6 years ago

Volunteers needed to help with our first liver screening project

Every organization needs volunteers. We are doing a pilot research study in Houston using FibroScan screening for unidentified fatty liver (NAFLD AND NASH)...

Every organization needs volunteers. We are doing a pilot research study in Hous...

Partner•6 years ago

Any liver transplant folks in Houston who would like to help educate people as part of a screening project for undiagnosed liver disease?

We are going to be screening high risk but asymptomatic patients in Houston as part of a research study. We need a couple of people with knowledge of liver...

We are going to be screening high risk but asymptomatic patients in Houston as p...

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I need words, Wayne, for the live specialist

Dear Wayne, Please help me. I can not believe how intimidating it has become to see a specialist! I feel like I have to collect evidence and bring it before...

Dear Wayne, Please help me. I can not believe how intimidating it has become to...

•6 years ago

F4 and S3.....what does all that mean?

My sister, and only living family member, is mid 50's, overweight, and has recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 Fibrosis and S3 Steatosis (sp.?). Our internet...

My sister, and only living family member, is mid 50's, overweight, and has recen...

•6 years ago

Mysterious Fatty Liver Diagnosis- First Post

Hi all, I was recently diagnosed with fatty liver disease and could not be more confused. I have never been overweight and follow a whole foods plant-based...

Hi all, I was recently diagnosed with fatty liver disease and could not be more...

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•6 years ago

New to the forum

Hi! I’m new here. I was diagnosed last December with Cirrhosis stage 4 secondary to NASH, portal hypertension and esophageal varises while being treated for...

Hi! I’m new here. I was diagnosed last December with Cirrhosis stage 4 secondar...

•6 years ago

New Here! Cirrhosis is causing overwhelming fatigue -- what to do?

Hello! I am happy to have found this support group. I developed liver cirrhosis about a decade ago. Since then, I have been too ill to work, with the...

Hello! I am happy to have found this support group. I developed liver cirrhosis ...

•6 years ago

Seeking liver transplant recipients or compensated liver patients in the Houston area to help with a research study

Most of you know that we are sponsoring a clinical trial to study screening for liver disease using Fibroscan before symptoms develop. The pilot study is...

Most of you know that we are sponsoring a clinical trial to study screening for ...

Partner•6 years ago

Seeking help on cirrhosis

My husband has been diagnosed with cirrhosis I am new to this group. Looking for ways to help him.

My husband has been diagnosed with cirrhosis I am new to this group. Looking for...

•6 years ago

Sw Florida hepatotoxin algae

I visited sw Florida for a couple of months, ate the fish that we caught from the beach . The area we visited has been plagued by red tide and blue green...

I visited sw Florida for a couple of months, ate the fish that we caught from th...

•6 years ago