Welcome to Sirosis.
I am gathering information about end-stage care and treatment of Cirrhosis, reversal of fatty liver, prevention of gallstones, keeping one’s gall bladder, and ways to deal with compromised digestion and the resulting pain and debilitation.
There is a scarcity of information about the care of the liver in order to keep it healthy and functioning optimally so life is good. Knowledge gathering takes some digging and until recently was unavailable and largely ignored by sickness and wellness professionals as well as popular novel writers
Has your doctor ever talked to you about how to feed and care for your liver or gall bladder?
Probably not, unless you have a medical saint and/or health radical in your corner.
I’ve known since ‘93 that I had a “Fatty Liver” but whenever I asked my M.D. what I should do about that, I was told to ‘eat lots of fruit and vegetables’…
We all know that. But which vegetables? Which fruits? I needed something specific.
Something based on logic and biochemistry that would have restored my liver and prevented the Cirrhosis from developing.
The dietician had one page of generalities in her book about Cirrhosis. Not a lot.
I’m frustrated that I did not get the guidance I needed to prevent my fatty liver from progressing to Cirrhosis.
After I was diagnosed with Cirrhosis, two years ago, I tried to find out what I could do about Cirrhosis and what the prognosis was for the remainder of my life. I got nothing solid there, either. Nothing I could plan my future on so I’d have in place the care and living arrangements I’ll need when the time comes. And not before.
I have a dog and I need to look out for him, too. I don’t want to re-home him, while I’m well enough to care for him. I’m exploring how best to care for my liver and have the best quality of life possible for as long as possible. My hope is to outlive the dog and he is now five years old.
I’m only one person, so if others share experiences, we’ll know how things go for some other people and maybe find ways to help expand knowledge in this critical health field.
Pretty much everything depends on the liver and the liver depends on the knowledge, choices and actions of the person in whom it exists, so we’d better get together a Caregiver’s Manual for our trusty servant, the liver.
Share your experiences, what you know, or want to know and make a difference for yourself and others.
About Me
- Liz
- Profile Worked in Education from ’55 until ’89.. Taught Nutrition and other aspects of Home Ec/Family Studies Worked in Arts, Renovation and Home Decoration I was a skinny little kid whose mother tried to fatten her up. Mother succeeded beyond my wildest nightmares. It was, “Clean up your plate!” “You need something to fall back on,” To her credit, she did recognize gross obesity when she saw it. When I was twelve I bought my first book…a book on diet. The quest to find that skinny little kid again was on. I yo-yoed for forty years but my big stomach was always the part that annoyed me. Cirrhosis announced itself in ’07 and I went from 175 to 132 on diuretic pills to relieve the Ascites complication. I lost 23 pounds of fluid. I looked anorexic. Today, at 145 pounds, I still look malnourished, and I am. I’ve come to realize that nutritional facts have attention getting ways of manifesting in one’s life. And these ways are never fun. There is no way to be fat just on the outside. I’m eating and exercising the best I can for my liver right now. I know it’s kind of late, but better late than never.
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