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Sadly, my husband died from Cirrhosis on Monday. I am grateful to the community nursing team, palliative care services, Marie Curie nurses and my own GP. Their kindness, care and support made such a difference to both of us. I’ve also appreciated the help and information I found on this site. Also

Scheduled for my first fibroscan this month. I refused to have another gastronoscopy due to a really bad experience. I was diagnosed with decomp ARLD cirrhosis in 2022. Now recompensated so there is much hope for anyone struggling. You must do the right things & make better choices. Mindset is key. The

Hi I'm just wondering if anyone is on carvedilol and how they manage on it also has it improved your liver or portal hypertension I'm just about to start this medication at the end of the week but would be very grateful of any information or advice thanks in advance xx

Hello everyone, haven’t been here for ages but I would like to know if anyone could talk to me about oesophageal varices. I’ve been diagnosed with this as I have severe cirrhosis.im so scared but I need to know more for my outcome so as I can deal with situation better.Is this the stage when I become

Hello i have been diagnosed with fatty liver by doing an ultrasound, but I'm having pain on my right side under my ribs when I lay on my back or sleep on my right side

Hi, I’ve been unwell with a virus, GP ordered a load of bloods. All came back as expected except liver enzymes, particularly ALT at 100. This happened once previously few years ago, had an ultrasound which showed mild fatty liver, this led to a fibroscan which was normal with minimal cap score.

So I just wanted to say thank you to this amazing group. I joined a month ago. Bad blood tests, knew I was drinking too much for years, then an ultrasound that said yep fatty liver. Then I went - no more. But I couldn't have done that without you lot. I've been sober a month 😁. From a girl that drunk

Hi all.I have been having blood tests every 6 months for a few years as my liver enzymes are raised. I had a period of heavy drinking for a few years but stopped it 5 years ago. For the past few years I have only drunk at the weekend...a bottle of 11%red wine which is 8.3 units and 2 vodkas ....never

I went to the doctor regarding various issues and she conducted lots of blood tests. One of which was looking at my liver. Back in August my GGT was raised - 65 and then in September it was 100! All the other liver tests were ok. She sent me for a scan after the August result and it showed everything

My partner recently passed away from decompensated liver disease after developing jaundice and ascites, resulting in having to have kidney dialysis. He was an alcoholic for a number of years and we did not realise his illness was so far advanced. He developed a lot of complications after being admitted

Hello! I had an ultrasound scan done back in January after routine blood tests showed high liver enzymes and I was diagnosed with non alcoholic fatty liver. It’s being blamed on my weight and I’ve worked really hard to improve this and I’ve lost over 2 stone since then (18% body weight), steadily and

A chance fibroscan has shown I have fatty liver. My cap score was 362 but my kpa was only 2.5. I'm 46 and I'm not overweight, my bmi is in normal range. My diet isn't always the healthiest although I do eat a lot of homecooked food with veggies. I get some exercise (walks, pilates) but know I need

Just got my results. Am panic stricken. I knew I had a fatty liver. I'm obese and a dreadfully controled diabetic. My appt at hospital has been moved forward. Am I dying?

I am a member of nutrition facts.com which recently posted a video, all based on current research, talking about the US but I know Herbalife products are used in the UK and often showing remarkable pictures of weight loss so thought I’d post it as a warning. When I was first diagnosed with fatty liver

Hi there everyone ☺️Just wondered if anyone else had the same experience I had. I've been told I have PBC and after a recent fibroscan (which was painless) was told I may have fibrosis so was sent for another ultrasound to check. I know I have fat on my liver so I'm not worried to hear about that but

I have been on diuretics since 2022 and finally reduced to 25mg spironolactone which I’m due to come off. Now recompensated/compensated. It’s been a long journey since 480mgs of a combo or ferusamide & spironolactone. I’ve heard weight gain might occur when I stop. Has anyone experienced this? My hope

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD or NASH) and fibroscan results. Has anyone come across scale that diagnosed F4 (cirrhosis) based on fibroscan result below 11 kPa? (NAFLD or NASH) I found this for example: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD or NASH) 2 to 7 kPa F0 to F1 Is normal.

Hi, I’ve got ongoing liver issues due to alcohol, which I am seeking help for. I had a Fibroscan 6 months ago with a kpa of 7 and S2 fat (268). The heptologist advised to keep drink to moderation and eat a healthy diet and to rescan in 6 months. Recent ultrasound a few months ago shows fatty liver

I have none alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver I have just been started on rifaximin tablets which is only for hepatic encephalopathy which is bad and I am worried should I be

Was told I have alcoholic grade 2 fatty liver disease February this year finally a month sober today just add my bloods alt 61 gt 128 was expecting them to be high but my b12 came back at 910 I don’t take supplements or injections for it so I googled it and says high b12 is the last stage off liver disease