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Hi, Jill, my name is Bobby. I am a recovering alcoholic with end stage liver

disease. I am so sorry to hear about your husband. I have heard many good

things about the Cleveland clinic. Is your husband on the list for liver

transplant? They started an evaluation for me last October, but it was stopped

for reasons that I am not quite sure of. Feel free to contact me anytime at

yahoo messenger, my username is robwalkingeagle. I will say a prayer for your

husband and hope the tips does what is supposed to and buys him some time. From

what I know about tips it is usually a bridge to liver transplantation. I hope

in his case he can be a transplant candidate. I would like to extend a welcome

to you and all the other new members of this group. There are a good number of

kind and loving people here in this support group, and while many lurk, many

more actively do research and support each other in their quest for answers.

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and feel free to add. Also, I have a blog which is my own way of dealing with

my disease.

http://billybobswildride.blogspot.com/

Thanks, Bobby Aragon, moderator, livercirrhosis support at yahoo groups

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Hi . My name is Jill. My husband was diagnosed with cirrhosis about a year and a

half ago. He has esophageal varices and gastropathy. He's Had 2 bleeding

episodes in that time. The most recent was 2 weeks ago which led to a 4 day

hospital stay.His specialist at The Cleveland Clinic is doing another EGD this

Friday and the wants to talk with us in the afternoon... He said it's time to

talk.......he mentioned 2 weeks ago about doing a TIPS procedure. My husband is

not sure about doing & nbsp;surgerie s just yet. He's afraid the shunt will cause

his liver to fail faster. HELP......sometimes I feel so overwhelmed. .....and

helpless.

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Love,Jill

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We don't remember days, we remember moments.

Life is not measured by the breaths we take,but by the moments that take our

breath away.

[Guest guest]

Welcome Jill,

My name is Pamela. I was caretaker to my mother Joy who passed away to glory

Feb '08.

Mom had non alcoholic cirrhosis after being diagnosed with a fatty liver 30yrs

ago and then mild cirrhosis 15 yrs ago.

I hope the TIPS procedure is a help to your husband. You said that he is afraid

it will cause his liver to fail faster? Why does he think that? Has he talked

to the doctor about the procedure? One of our physical therapists brother had

the TIPS procedure and it was a help to him. I don't know enough to comment,

maybe someone who has been there done that, will chime in.

Feel free to ask questions here, lots of info and GREAT folks! MAC and Bobby

are wonderful! I've been out of town for a bit and just getting back into a

routine again.

Pamela

I'm new

Hi . My name is Jill. My husband was diagnosed with cirrhosis about a year and

a half ago. He has esophageal varices and gastropathy. He's Had 2 bleeding

episodes in that time. The most recent was 2 weeks ago which led to a 4 day

hospital stay.His specialist at The Cleveland Clinic is doing another EGD this

Friday and the wants to talk with us in the afternoon... He said it's time to

talk.......he mentioned 2 weeks ago about doing a TIPS procedure. My husband is

not sure about doing & nbsp;surgerie s just yet. He's afraid the shunt will cause

his liver to fail faster. HELP......sometimes I feel so overwhelmed. .....and

helpless.

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Love,Jill

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We don't remember days, we remember moments.

Life is not measured by the breaths we take,but by the moments that take our

breath away.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jill,

Welcome to the group. I'm sorry to hear your husband is so sick. From what I've

read TIPS doesn't necessarily prolong the survival rate of cirrhosis. It can on

the other hand cause other complications or worsen current complications such as

hepatic encephalopathy. It is used in many cases where patients are not

suffering from encephalopathy but have other severe complications such as

esophageal varices. The TIPS procedure will redirect blood flow and lessen the

pressure in the portal vein helping control or eliminate the bleeding varices.

This comes with a price however and TIPS procedures are usually a last resort.

Below are some links regarding the procedure.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/517157_

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=tips & bhcp=1

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/devices/shunts/hic_transjugular_intrahepatic_porto\

systemic_shunt_tips_wyntk.aspx

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic764.htm

MaC

I'm new

Hi . My name is Jill. My husband was diagnosed with cirrhosis about a year and

a half ago. He has esophageal varices and gastropathy. He's Had 2 bleeding

episodes in that time. The most recent was 2 weeks ago which led to a 4 day

hospital stay.His specialist at The Cleveland Clinic is doing another EGD this

Friday and the wants to talk with us in the afternoon... He said it's time to

talk.......he mentioned 2 weeks ago about doing a TIPS procedure. My husband is

not sure about doing & nbsp;surgerie s just yet. He's afraid the shunt will cause

his liver to fail faster. HELP......sometimes I feel so overwhelmed. .....and

helpless.