Jean BLOATING/jana

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does yours come and go or just stay? is it hard?????? or feel like really

just gettin old fat????? LOL sorry not funny, sally

--- Lynch <meanjeanl2002@...> wrote:

> Hi,

> I haven't posted in a few years, mainly because I've been virus free

> since completing treatment in July 2004. I've been in school these last

> two years and my belly has grown out of control, mostly because I

> haven't been exercising. Never-the-less, this topic is interesting to

> me since I want very much to lose this weight. Jana, I hope you find

> some resolve for this condition and I will continue to monitor all

> responses on this subject.

> Jean

>

> nmilover <nmilover@...> wrote:

> Ihad cat scan, nuclear scan ultrasound and MRI..... said

> nothing

> wrong......... and some people do bloat with a hard stomach from hep c.

> April you seem so kowledgeable and I don't mean to refute what you are

> saying... in my case, I go from size 8 ---- 16 with hard bloating for

> ten

> years..... nothing ever showed in any scan...... not saying Jana should

> not go to anything doc says.... just my experience was ...... golllllly

> don't know why....... but your reasoning sounds perfecto..... don't mean

> to sound harsh....... good advice... but in my experience about 1/3

> people

> with hepc suffer from this.......... and I can only speak for ME re

> scan..... showed NOTHING..... blessings, Sally (nurse before disability

> in fectious diseases) I had ct scan, nuclear scan, ultra sound and

> MRI....... they all said diagnosis or findings....all normal..........

> really.... sally

> --- Aprilcupcake@... wrote:

>

> > Jana...

> >

> > This could be a build up of fat in the omentum, which lies just

> beneath

> > the

> > stomach.

> > When your liver cannot effectively store excess fat, like cholesterol

> > and

> > triglycerides,

> > the omentum takes over for it. (the omentum connects the stomach to

> > other

> > abdominal

> > organs, and the liver)

> > This omentum fat, also sucks insulin out of the blood,

> > causing your blood sugar to rise.

> > Some omentum fat is necessary..it gives your organs a quick source of

> > energy

> > should they need it...but it generally is fairly low.

> > When there is excess omentum fat, it can literally strangle your other

>

> > organs, and

> > press on your diaphram and stomach, making it difficult to eat, and

> > breathe.

> > It can also squash your kidneys enough to make them release hormones

> > that

> > will raise your blood pressure.

> > The omentum fat, when accumulated..kind of drapes down into belly a

> bit

> > causing

> > you look a bit pregnant, and it can feel semi hard, to very hard.

> > True bloating is generally not local..there will be some bloating in

> the

> >

> > extremities

> > and face as well as the belly..although the accumulation of fluid with

>

> > ascites can

> > appear to be confined to the abdomen.

> >

> > The only way to determine if it is omentum is with a CAT scan.

> >

> >

> >