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Sometimes inspiration and support come in unusual forms. How my skydiving mother gave me a new perspective on terminal illness ....

Partner•4 years ago

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Depression is a terrible disease. When you combine it with chronic illness the combined burden is difficult to face. What do you do?

Sometimes inspiration and support come in unusual forms. How my skydiving mother...

I have been helping several groups doing research on what is happening with liver disease patients and I have been surprised by a trend that I have noticed....

Partner•5 years ago

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Good news from the Primary care docs treating fatty liver. Do you think your docs are part of this or do they minimize #NAFLD and #NASH risk

I have been helping several groups doing research on what is happening with live...

You may think dying of liver disease is for old people. According to the CDC it is the 4th leading cause of death for the 45-54 year olds. In this analysis a...

Partner•5 years ago

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Dying in your 40's, why are we choosing to do that? Why do you think liver disease is the 4th leading cause of death for young adults?

You may think dying of liver disease is for old people. According to the CDC it ...

Searching for information and support of others

Partner•5 years ago

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We are working with the Healthy Trucking Association of America, (HTAA) to help educate and support truckers at risk of liver disease. It isn't commonly known...

One of the groups most at risk of liver disease is long haul truckers. We have joined with the HTAA to help educate them about health risks

We are working with the Healthy Trucking Association of America, (HTAA) to help ...

I said no, I wanted to know why liver enzymes were up. I lost my previous husband to liver cancer. So he ordered an ultrasound of liver. The results was a...

Partner•5 years ago

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My husband was told his liver enzymes were up according to a blood test. Our Dr. said we would keep an eye on this and re-check in 4 mos.

I said no, I wanted to know why liver enzymes were up. I lost my previous husban...

delightfulreader

•5 years ago

https://www.jenreviews.com/diabetes/ We really like the Jen Reviews website as a good source for information written for real people backed by good science....

If you have a liver disease you likely have diabetic issues also. Diet is a common theme. This is a link to a very good overview of diet.

https://www.jenreviews.com/diabetes/ We really like the Jen Reviews website as a...

Partner•5 years ago

n every battle there are moments which mark the end of an era. They portend the beginning of something new and a time when tiny things can sprout and grow to a...

Moments in Time - Can great things grow from a tiny idea?

n every battle there are moments which mark the end of an era. They portend the ...

Partner•6 years ago

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,...

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 proclaimi...

Partner•6 years ago

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...

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 p...

Partner•6 years ago

It might surprise you but if you eliminate all the hype about a proper diet, you can do pretty well with just four words? I will tell you what it is, but any...

Do you know what the shortest dietary advice that actually works is?

It might surprise you but if you eliminate all the hype about a proper diet, you...

Hello. I saw this topic at FLF, and I had to join. I am a diabetic for 18 years. I have a great family, but if they don't see explicit signs of outward...

Partner•6 years ago

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I can relate....

Hello. I saw this topic at FLF, and I had to join. I am a diabetic for 18 years...

BrnThrasher

•6 years ago

The worst thing you can do to a person with an invisible illness is to make them feel like they need to prove how sick they are.

Have you ever been made to feel like you had to prove how sick you were?

The worst thing you can do to a person with an invisible illness is to make them...

Early audience results are in from the 17 station interview tour we did a couple of weeks ago. I am pleased but surprised that we have had an audience of 13.6...

Partner•6 years ago

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NASH radio tour results, part of our efforts to educate people about this disease so that it isn't such a silent unknown killer.

Early audience results are in from the 17 station interview tour we did a couple...

Just a brief programming note. I spent this morning doing a radio interview tour around the country talking about liver disease. I was working with Ann Moore,...

Partner•6 years ago

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My Radio Tour discussing Fatty Liver and NASH. One of the Foundation's goals is to educate people who have no idea they are even at risk.

Just a brief programming note. I spent this morning doing a radio interview tour...

Partner•6 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/freethinkwrong/videos/127152768001170/

Society has been taught to get fat by the government. This video history of official food advice is worth your time to watch #fattyliver

I keep getting the question of why am I supposed to give up deserts but eat fruit. We are creatures who like our pleasures and sweets are so appealing that we...

Partner•6 years ago

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Sugar bad, sugary fruit good, right? What do you think about eating a lot of fruit?

I keep getting the question of why am I supposed to give up deserts but eat frui...

Partner•6 years ago

As you get older and deal with health issues, it is interesting how the things that make your day change. I would never have predicted that having a BM before...

Appreciating small successes, a BM before a shower, what makes your day?

As you get older and deal with health issues, it is interesting how the things t...

Remember from prior posts, that fibrosis forms first as long strings that associate over time and are eventually arranged into a very stable triple helix that...

Partner•6 years ago

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Collagen and fibrosis, do you know how that works?

Remember from prior posts, that fibrosis forms first as long strings that associ...

I was in Houston working on the project Wednesday. A critical step is what to do after the scan to help people. People who are shown to have advancing fibrosis...

Partner•6 years ago

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Progress on the screening project, how to make healthy food taste better, you won't succeed if it does not

I was in Houston working on the project Wednesday. A critical step is what to do...

Partner•6 years ago

Sugar is glucose and that's brain food. Right? Why would that be bad for my liver? Well if you want to dig into it to understand the advice, here is a link to...

Give up sugar, the experts all say that. Do you know why it is bad for your liver?

Sugar is glucose and that's brain food. Right? Why would that be bad for my live...

Partner•6 years ago

One of the goals of the Fatty Liver Foundation is to do several patient education videos about what it is like to have liver disease. We want one of them to be...

Are you waiting for a transplant? Would you be willing to tell people at risk but don't know it how it really is and perhaps warn them?

One of the goals of the Fatty Liver Foundation is to do several patient educatio...

Partner•6 years ago

In a recent survey of medical professionals only half said they were confident about having THE TALK with NASH patients. What has your experience been like?

Are you surprised? Half of all liver specialists are not confident discussing lifestyle change with patients.

In a recent survey of medical professionals only half said they were confident a...

Does it surprise you that 1/3 of patients who shared their age at diagnosis for liver disease were under 50? We all know that only old alcoholics have this...

Partner•6 years ago

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Have you voted in the age at diagnosis poll?

Does it surprise you that 1/3 of patients who shared their age at diagnosis for ...

Partner•6 years ago

If I was inclined to become a preacher needing only a miracle to fill my heart with wonder the liver cell would become my guiding light. Behold the single most...

If I was a preacher man

If I was inclined to become a preacher needing only a miracle to fill my heart w...

Partner•6 years ago

The four horsemen of the apocalypse. The vision of death and destruction for humanity from the new testament is a chorus of the woes that can befall society....

Behold a pale horse, and his name is COMORBIDITY

The four horsemen of the apocalypse. The vision of death and destruction for hum...

Being accused of being a liar by people who always associate cirrhosis with alcohol You have to explained what NAFLD & NASH mean. Then you get a lecture about...

Partner•6 years ago

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"The most frustrating thing about being diagnosed with fatty liver or NASH is…"

Being accused of being a liar by people who always associate cirrhosis with alco...

mrsmerlin

•7 years ago

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"The most frustrating thing about being diagnosed with fatty liver or NASH is…"

@What the heck is it?" "Where does it come from?" "Why me" A diagnosis should only be the beginning, I know for some that is very comforting, they have a name...

@What the heck is it?" "Where does it come from?" "Why me" A diagnosis should o...

angelatonew

•7 years ago