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Just joined, hello everyone.

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Hello I have just joined. I am a 69 year old female.

My interest is to hopefully chat and maybe, support anyone who has been diagnosed with liver disease in its many silent killer forms. A few good people stood beside me, when I was diagnosed, this changed me, because they cared, they supported me. I was faced with a terminal cancer prognosis and was in a dark place.

Then on the 30th March 2019 I was most fortunate to have a Liver Transplant. Recovery is still taking place. Jaycee

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Millie09

Hi Jaycee,

What a lovely inspiring journey!

I do hope you are keeping well in this difficult time we find ourselves in ,

I'm at present moving over from another HU site when I have 5 mins , even in lockdown i find myself more busy than usual 😊..

Stay safe Jaycee

in reply to Millie09

Yes I have just moved over from another site. Was it the same one?

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Millie09 in reply to

Yes it's the same one Jaycee. In process of moving over ☺

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AyrshireK

Howdy, another familiar face - I am on both. :)

Katie

in reply to AyrshireK

Well hello Katie, lovely to hear from you. Nice to be here. Thank you.

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Richard-Allen

Welcome Jaycee. I am so glad you've come over here. We just need Laura to join and then we'll all be in good company.

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Laura009 in reply to Richard-Allen

I'm here too ... Hi all xx

in reply to Laura009

Hi Laura I am beyond happy to see you.

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Laura009 in reply to

You too Jaycee xx

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L4LKelvin

Hi Jaycee, my double liver transplants were on December 8 & 11 2012, the first graft failed and I was re-transplanted 3 days later. The bad news is that recovery took the best part of 18 months, the good news is, that with cutting out alcohol completely and continuing to pay attention to diet and exercise, I now consider myself an extremely fit and healthy 67 year old with hopefully the rest of sweet young life still ahead of me.

Enjoy your own journey, the future is bright and full of wonderful things and experiences, every day is a gift, use it well, as I try to do by managing the helpline for the liver charity Liver4Life.

Kind regards and best wishes to you.

Kelvin

I’m very happy for you that things turned out so well I have concerns I have elevated AL P levels my Gastro is new and he is extremely anal and any little flight numbers he digs in they did a fraction iced blood work and it looks like I’m still within the range in the normal side but it seems like it’s coming from my phone I had back surgery in 2014 I had it herniated disc and I still have back problems plus arthritis so I’m wondering if that could be the reason why it’s high my ALP LEVELS came out as 127. Lab Corp has level from 40 to 117. In scared!!! I pray there’s nothing wrong with my bones. Could it be The slight levels are elevated because of my back lumbar issues? I have a fatty liver so we thought it was that the fraction ice test showed that that was normal it’s just my bone fraction iced ALP levels are 65 out of 68 which is still within the range but the doctor was a little bit surprised that it wasn’t the liver that it’s more the bone I’m scared like I said I don’t know what’s wrong I pray that there’s nothing wrong I feel fine I don’t have any symptoms I do have a gallstone that they found in a CAT scan so maybe I’m wondering if that can be it can you help me and give me some information?

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Herman7275

Hi, Jaycee also what a remarkable story glad you were able to get a transplant mine was not as urgent and was given other alternatives that pre-empted surgery of the stomach because of a fatty liver and Fibrosis and Cirrhosis caused by a lifetime of diabetes and obesity. Placed on a low carb diet and exercise to loose 125 lbs, in a year. I live on a low carb diet and fight at keeping at 30 carbs a day. I am 67 year old male. In process of a divorce, after 44 yrs of marriage, wife just informed me she was ready for her independence of her own life and not with me, so now I have new hurdles to deal with this year plus all of my past health issues. Good to be here and to meet new people. Ron

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